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Article: How Rivian's CEO became the anti-Elon - Financial Times
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Very in-depth profile on Rivian and RJ. The good. The Bad. And the ugly is spelled out in an honest piece of how Rivian focuses more on the environment than customer service or profits and the perils it produced to folks like all of us on this forum.
https://on.ft.com/3P0ocjy
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https://on.ft.com/3P0ocjy
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I don't think I'd seen the "launch mode" he first describes (floor brake and gas, count 3-2-release on 1) as a Rivian recommendation. Have others or is that something new or a hack?
Its not like I've pushed the limits already and looking for more. Just punching and then not even to the floor has been plenty, so far. Just curious if that's a prescription for or another .1 or .2 seconds 0-60.
Its not like I've pushed the limits already and looking for more. Just punching and then not even to the floor has been plenty, so far. Just curious if that's a prescription for or another .1 or .2 seconds 0-60.
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Was just reading that earlier. Good article. ??
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definitely a good read!
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Thanks for the article. I didn't know he went to the same undergrad college as I did.
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On my first mile drive that's exactly what the person from Rivian had me do. Stand on both pedals, count to 3 and let go of the brake.
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I thought I read somewhere that he went to
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He did:
Dr. R.J. Scaringe | whitehouse.gov (archives.gov)
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"At MIT, he learnt that the big car companies were very good at manufacturing at scale, very good at introducing new models and styles, and very good at rehashing the status quo. But they were not very good at changing course or introducing a totally new concept."
What a load of bs. You learn such things by working at car companies. These carefully groomed founder stories required for millennial entrepreneurs are ridiculous.
What a load of bs. You learn such things by working at car companies. These carefully groomed founder stories required for millennial entrepreneurs are ridiculous.
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