Or maybe Ford's just comfortable "playing politics" which is why you never hear about anything.
Also, from Reddit, good Rivian summary:
"
RIVN earnings highlights
• will no longer announce preorder numbers
• lost $1.72BN last quarter
• produced 10,020 vehicles last qtr. that comes out to losing $171,657 per vehicle produced. Maths
• projected to lose $4.3BN 2023
• 63k 2023 production expected and 50K guided
• Interestingly, they continue to grow revenue QoQ consistently as you'd expect from increased sales but their FCF keeps getting worse.
• The best part is they still claim they will be able to make a gross profit in 2024 "