An alternative way to do ”tariffs” would be to calculate the cost differential for producing the product at the least cost as opposed to complying with all our domestic health, safety, environmental and other regulations. That cost would then be attached as a tariff or tax on the good unless the...
I had a similar argument with an angry coal roller last year who thought I shouldn't be riding my fat bike down a gravel road since his gas taxes were paying for it and I wasn't. The fact that I have multiple vehicles in the family that I'm paying registration/gas/eve taxes on as well as the...
I have an R1T Quad Motor. I have launched numerous times and it has never felt out of control - impressively so - other than the one time I foolishly did so on a gravel road. You could hear and feel it scrambling for traction. It was definitely impressive how well it did, just stupid of me to do...
Service center capacity is a current constraint, which has to be solved anyhow. Once done, ability to retrofit things like the new steering wheel could be an attractive revenue stream. Some additional software management complexity might make it more trouble than it’s worth though I suppose.
2016 Audi TTS, Daytona Grey. Fun car. Loved the look and the clean interior design. Surprisingly good utility with rear seats folded down given hatch and nice to have a little rarity. Ride is a bit rough even with suspension in comfort mode on rougher surfaces (like the 1.5 mile gravel road to...
There are hundreds of Broncos sitting in the parking lot of a closed Ford facility it Belleville, MI (can be seen from I94). I wonder if they are waiting on a supply constrained part.
I wish I could tell you - I got the call from service while out and didn’t note anything down. I recall having to tap the screen several times at the top and/or bottom and enter a password. There might have been another step.
I had my key fob become completely inoperable - I think it likely didn't complete the software update. Rivian took me into password protected parts of the vehicle OS to try and force the update without luck. I was then sent to the service center where a tech fixed it (I didn't see what they did...
Read the topic title and thought …. To stand for election. Agree with the etiquette point. Another personal bug bear is people using the speaker phone functionality in public spaces like restaurants. Simple consideration of others should be sufficient without needing etiquette rules, but...
Apparently R1T and R1S service is all moving from the Plymouth location to this one in Madison Heights. Personally, I wish Plymouth was still an option. Apparently Plymouth is going to just service Amazon vans going forward.
I think the Porsche style experience at the factory is a great idea. I recall back in the 90’s when I worked at GM, Saturn had a warranty recall for a wiring issue that could cause a fire in the engine compartment. Conventional wisdom at that time was that the best you could do with a warranty...
When passing through IL last month, we stopped to charge in Lincoln at the Walmart EA 350kW charger. We went to Obed and Isaac’s brewpub in town. Good food, great beer and service.