mgc0216
Well-Known Member
This isn't a design "flaw" it's a design "decision"
Rivian decided the gains in range / aerodynamics outweighed concerns about debris hitting the truck. They also decided that an application of PPF could help reduce the possibility of any paint damage.
This vehicle was designed and iterated by a team of engineers over many years. Everything about it is intentional, the idea that folks on a forum are going to discover some "flaw" that thousands of engineering hours missed is ludicrous.
That being said, your particular criteria may be different than the criteria the product team applied (you might say "I'll take 1% less range, for a 7% less chance that my truck suffers a ding in paint from a rock that flew through the gap") - that still doesn't make it a design flaw that makes it a truck that wasn't designed for you.
Rivian decided the gains in range / aerodynamics outweighed concerns about debris hitting the truck. They also decided that an application of PPF could help reduce the possibility of any paint damage.
This vehicle was designed and iterated by a team of engineers over many years. Everything about it is intentional, the idea that folks on a forum are going to discover some "flaw" that thousands of engineering hours missed is ludicrous.
That being said, your particular criteria may be different than the criteria the product team applied (you might say "I'll take 1% less range, for a 7% less chance that my truck suffers a ding in paint from a rock that flew through the gap") - that still doesn't make it a design flaw that makes it a truck that wasn't designed for you.
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