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It's the same skateboard as the Hummer, so it's not a completely new vehicle. With cells not in short supply and GM being slow in many lines perhaps they will make a lot of vehicles this year. What I like about the Silverado is that it can hide among ICE pickups. The Hummer is designed to be...

Journalists may get a preview with a publishing date restriction. That release of restriction would presumably correspond to the reopening of the stores ability to configure new production

Most people who actually need a pickup aren't shopping the R1T. The Lightning Flash looks like a nice pickup for some buyers. Obviously the most elite and special group here on the forum are the three of us who own Illinois corn farms. I'm not a farmer, but the other two guys are. They are also...

Your understanding of business is nonexistent. Or youre being humorous. Can't tell

"It's cool how my stuff is always the BEST!!"

The difference is that Tesla owns the cars and sets the price. Like Rivian. But Tesla is an ongoing business regardless of the auto market this year. Rivian only stays in business by acquiring more working capital. externally. A lot of people will prefer a real square back SUV. As a decendant...

Can Wallbox be controlled by an API?

Highway range of 300 miles is usually plenty. But do the math for going into a remote area. 40kWh each way. Add a 20kWh safety buffer. So 100kWh just to get to the destination. On the large pack that leaves 35kWh to use in the wilderness for both travel and camp use. That doesn't work. There...

I agree. The worst thing about Nextdoor are the daily users who pick over every little thing. The best thing about Nextdoor are the daily users who will hunt him down like a rabid dog. He's driving a Prius, not a random vehicle. He probably has a job.

Those measurements are provided by the vehicle, so not normally put in a residential wall connector. At 2x the price, wall connectors designed for multiple users track usage. Ubiquiti EV Station would be one such model. Rivian's wall connector is expensive as it doesn't seem to do power...

I don't see weight coming down significantly any time soon. The state of the art would be battery storage for aircraft. But the vehicle/energy storage side of the business is cost driven, as the new cell type, LFP, is lower energy density. Rivian using higher energy density cells for max pack...

What you describe is not contribution margin

Attaching significant feelings to an object that you didn't design or build, or a company that you don't contribute to, is not what fully formed adults do.

Schadenfreude I was an original max pack reservation holder.

RVT is a lot lighter than the Unimog U500 I owned. Size is relative to other vehicles and use case. Rivian is likely less efficient than full size pickup EVs on a volume basis. Using a Rivian as a daily driver is operating one of the least efficient EVs that can be comfortably driven around town.

I agree. To date Chevy doesn't seem to want to sell their Silverado EVs. But now battery supply has opened up and cell prices have dropped. So perhaps that will change. Dropping the price last week was a stange move if they don't plan to actually deliver the big battery versions. One...

I saw today that Vanderbilt is the first university to estimate one year cost at $100K. So don't worry, in the bigger picture the extra $10K is a trivial expenditure.

Who wants a 2023 $100K mid size pickup with a $10K near worthless option? Nows your chance. Rivian doesn't often make obviously avoidable errors. But their solution to delivering on max pack is certainly one. R!T max pack is priced similarly as the Silverado EV RST with 220+ kwh battery. The...

That is good news for Rivian. But Rivian will likely still struggle to sell production from two shifts. While we may be very interested in the R1 refresh I doubt the market will notice much. R!S sales are already very good, considering its an expensive EV from a new company.

I feel Rivian has been fair to old order holders with the vouchers. I agree its unlikely that they get manipulative as to what we can buy. I also think they will be demand limited this year. Nothing makes margins worse than missing plan. I feel a sexy name for a new R1 type is "The 240V 9kw...