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I think ending the leasing loophole is phenomenal. That was like the special subsidy to large financial institutions law. Better to ease the standard on % domestic-built than to have a high standard that doesn't apply to certain customers.

>deliveries to customers around June 73rd. Illinois has a constitutional mandate to approve a budget by June 30th. They do pretty well (in terms of timeliness - my judgment of their budgeting isn't germane here), but it's common that at a minute to midnight, they'll take the batteries out of...

I don't get the 0-60 obsession. Over the course of any given hour's drive, the difference would add up to 12 seconds.

One weird note - the video starts with "Jeff", who claims he has "a great voice", and then that woman agrees. He has a horrible voice. And a voice that really sounded AI-generated. Who is their ad company or Chief Comms officer who signed off on that sh*t*? I wasn't quite clear how (or how...

I'd make the ticket about $5,000 if they were pulled over for a traffic violation and showed a license that had a CA address to go with their MT registration. I live in a 2-plate state, and I'd also pull every a-hole Tesla driver who skipped the front plate because he didn't want the bulge in...

My daughter, who knows my Rivian obsession, sang out as we drove past a delivery van this afternoon, “Isn't that a Rivian?” Sure enough it was. For Factor, a food delivery company I’d never heard of Cool to finally spot one. I actually might have seen one two weeks ago, but with no logo and...

Do you live in a rural/small town area? I see 2-3 Rivians a day and can’t drive a mile without passing 2 Teslas going the other way.

I believe you. So I was surprised this morning driving around the Little Egypt — the part of far southern Illinois that is culturally Kentucky/Arkansas — and saw two Rivs zero Cyber. I also want to mention to those saying demand has topped that I live in a community that just got a nearby...

You probably know this but just in case, or for anyone who doesn’t — your battery will stay a lot warmer in the garage, even if it’s detached and unheated. .

They just opened in Skokie. That surely affected Chicago. But I’m seeing a lot more Rivians in the north suburbs, including two families that are friends of my kids, in the last two months.

Not quite a joke, but I love this for Elon. Tesla is now offering existing leaseholders a way out of their lease, but only if they buy a Cybertruck. I'm pretty sure they've now sold to every single one of the 30,000 people in this country who are willing to drive a CT, and now they're utterly...

Sure. Also the fact that I"m from the Chicago north suburbs, where off-roading isn't a thing at all. I did see something about it, but it hadn't occurred to me that off-roaders could be the overwhelming majority of the users of a campground and the majority of the people in the area. That...

>camping We tried a few weeks ago, as a non-dune-buggy family who just wanted a place to tent-camp and didn't understand what Silver Lake was about. It was cramped and loud. The only cover between us and the three campsites within about 40 feet of us in different directions was the dust...

I’ll swap. I’m looking for a Rivian emblem for my ID4!?

Well, I do laugh. But keep in mind the Founder's Edition is something like an additional $20-30,000. Some share of the 750,000 who passed up this offer are waiting to buy the cheaper version once they run through the thrill-seekers and star-fuckers. I'm guessing that number will be well into...

Next Time Try a Ford. (What, was my attempt at humor too shallow for you?)

A difference of a couple hours doesn't affect enough short sellers to matter. This meme is ridiculous.

A CT rep trying to console someone whose truck was recalled for a known issue — accelerator getting stuck — the day before delivery: > I told him the worst part about this was I had just told people at St. Jude that I would be bring a cyber truck for the kids to get their pictures in.... He...

The Trib had a nice article about the event in Normal (not Bloomington, whoops): https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/08/rivian-r2-open-house-normal/

This sounds like it was pretty close to creating another "Teslas died waiting for chargers in the cold" series of headlines, which could have been incredibly damaging to Rivian. If they don't have Level 3 for visitors at the factory, they better figure something out before they host another...