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https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/rivian/355696/rivian-offered-incentives-british-government-build-uk-factory Rivian is already looking at a European factory. Looking at the UK and at least two other countries. If it is in the UK it makes since to service all right hand drive countries plus...

Most "car factories" don't manufacture much but are rather final assembly points. IF Rivian follows the Tesla route and vertically integrates there will be many more employees per car produced. Outsourcing doesn't create value.

This is just a stupid assertion. Of course Cybertrucks have been tested. As have Ford Lightnings. Tesla has over 2M vehicles on the road while Ford has over 20M trucks on the road. Neither need to advertise their testing procedures to reassure buyers. Rivian, as a startup, does.

Roughly a quarter of Lightning reservations holders are F Series owners. https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/16/11-of-ford-f-150-lightning-pre-orders-are-from-tesla-owners/ Cybertrucks, like all Teslas, will be production constrained not demand constrained for at least a decade. Ford has...

Out of warranty Model 3/Y don't need $400 door handle repairs. These handles were designed with the mass market in mind although Tesla has been raising prices quite frequently. And you don't get to best EPA range in your segment by accident. Regarding Doug's off road review complaints...

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The McLaren F1 scored 74. Both have a similar fully hydraulic suspension.

Honda has been running midpack in reliability rankings for most of the last 10 years. This year it scored 6th and last year 5th but the previous 10 years it was in the 10-20 category. Honda has been running on reputation more than results. Tesla is not only constantly making changes but...

All car companies have model years, including Tesla. It is required by law. The difference with Tesla is that features, trims etc are not consistent within a model year. They make changes constantly instead of during model year rollovers.

Couple of thoughts reading through thread. Tesla was correct to go after full size truck market. It is the cash cow of GM, Ford, and Stellantis. It forces them to respond, electrify or go broke. Just wish Tesla hadn't mooned traditional full size truck buyers with the styling of the Cybertruck...

As Autolycus said Tesla rents space to Panasonic which manufactures the cells. Tesla employees are not allowed into the Panasonic section of the Gigafactory. Tesla takes delivery of the 2170s puts them into modules and then into battery packs. GF Nevada also produces the motors for Model 3/Y.

Tesla doesn't make 18650s in the Model S and Model X. Tesla doesn't make 2170s for Model 3 or Model Y. Tesla doesn't make Prismatic LFP for MiC base Model 3 and Model Y. Tesla is currently making 4680s in California but hasn't installed them in a vehicle being currently sold.

The cheapest Taycan Cross Turismo available right now in greater Los Angeles is $120k In the non-Tesla CUV/SUV BEV $42k-$85k class available right now ID.4 Polestar 2 Mach-E These generally bigger non-Tesla $55k-$125k CUV/SUV class available later Hummer,EV9,Ioniq 7, Lyriq, Bollinger are...

Not specifically UAW. But if Rivian, Lucid, Tesla or any of the foreign automaker domestic workforces form a union not affiliated with UAW, then the UAW will almost certainly file a complaint with the NLRB(National Labor Rights Board) that said union is a company sponsored Union. Which is...

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-autos-tax-credit-idUSL1N2RU3FO In the newest Democrat proposal the price limit for the Federal EV credit for SUVs. Pickups and Vans jumps to $80k. Income limit is lowered to $250k/year or $500k/year for joint fillers.

By the end of this year, according to Monday’s filing, the company said it had hoped to have delivered 1,000 R1Ts and 15 RISs to customers. https://www.ft.com/content/e123d71e-8644-410c-9b4e-69a25914d867