Guy who hasn't heard of Rivian is quite excited by the R1T.

[Friscorays]

Bummer about March 1, 2022.

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[yizzung]

“Is this the only one?”

“No. There’s like five of them.”

 

[Pherdnut]

This is the reason I don't mind being a few months behind everybody else.

 

[Friscorays]

Bummer about March 1, 2022.

 

[slawwach]

In my experience, the gas pump is usually where this type of thing takes place but I imagine people at EV charging stations will be at least, and likely not even more, interested.

You would think so, but at least where I live I'm almost always alone at the location . This will probably change with time..
However since they're all pretty much by Walmart I do get questions from interested non-EV owners pretty often.

 

[Rivian_Hugh_III]

It makes the Land Rover and GT next to it look like yesterday's garbage

 

[Gator42]

I wrote this a while back but is still timely:

Feb 26, 2021

About that PR fluff needing to be done- in my corner of the world when I tell people I have a deposit on a Rivian they say 'What's that?- I've never heard of Rivian'. This includes plenty of Tesla owners and outdoorsy people with money.

Feels to me like a ripe market for a referral program...

 

[Gator42]

It makes the Land Rover and GT next to it look like yesterday's garbage

Well...the GT anyways ...

 

[Longhorngirl]

I wrote this a while back but is still timely:

Feb 26, 2021

About that PR fluff needing to be done- in my corner of the world when I tell people I have a deposit on a Rivian they say 'What's that?- I've never heard of Rivian'. This includes plenty of Tesla owners and outdoorsy people with money.

Feels to me like a ripe market for a referral program...

I agree. I have called CS previously asking whether there would be a referral program. Offering one month free Rivian membership for each referral or something like that seems to make sense. They probably should hire a VP of Sales and Marketing to create some kind of referral program.

 

[kanundrum]

They probably should hire a VP of Sales and Marketing to create some kind of referral program.

 

[Dbeglor]

I agree. I have called CS previously asking whether there would be a referral program. Offering one month free Rivian membership for each referral or something like that seems to make sense. They probably should hire a VP of Sales and Marketing to create some kind of referral program.

Or maybe they should restructure and get rid of head of sales and marketing because it will take two years to deliver on the sales they already made, and they don't need any more just to tell them to wait two years.... At their near infinite valuation multiple, that just created billions in value.

But seriously though, I think they are clearly not wanting to drum up demand for new sales for the time being. And they know that early adopters especially will be making referrals regardless of the incentive. They have and will continue to have a supply problem, not a demand one. Their current marketing budget is heavily weighted towards employee recruitment actually...

 

[SoCal Rob]

It makes the Land Rover and GT next to it look like yesterday's garbage

That Land Rover LR3 is somewhere between a 2005 and a 2008 so it’s WAY older than yesterday.

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