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Just feel the need to qualify that you are in NY in winter and the other report is in southern CA for those just taking these data points at face value. As you were.

I doubt the owner would be able to know whether the vehicle can/is preconditioning or not. It's not typically something communicated to the driver, it just happens (if at all). Some people claim the e Tron does precondition when routing to DCFC, but no one can say for certain because it doesn't...

It's a pretty near certainty that the Max Pack is higher margin. An entire pack has a current production cost of about $135/kwh. Even if you applied that same number to the marginal 45kwh (marginal cost is almost surely even less to just add cells to an existing pack with capacity), the cost to...

You could say the same about GM or Ford to some degree honestly.... But in either case, they don't just vanish into thin air. Rivian won't ever just go out of business, they would be bought by someone else and all of this would be inherited.

I guess it depends on the definition of profitability. That could be in aggregate or in margin %. By percentage, the Max Packs are absolutely more profitable than the Large packs as they have a super high margin on that extra $10k. I think she means the latter (profit margin), because otherwise...

Definitely a lot of concerns to report back on, but some appear to just be user error. We've all seen shots of the efficiency graph on the left side of the driver display so not sure why they haven't found it. Pretty sure auto high beams are included, so also might be user error. Also, after all...

Most definitely not, why would they do that? They will be just like Chargepoint chargers and the like, pay per use (but free/included in Membership).

They actually didn't make any projections related to this revenue (or any other primary or ancillary revenues), other than the total gross potential per customer over ten years. Investors/analysts were left to their own assumptions on take rates based on what they know from following other...

Definitely wrong. A work/fleet truck doesn't need 400mi of range, nor can it feasibly cost that little when you do the math on a 200kwh battery. Everything they offer will be similar to Ford in spec/price as it always is.

I'd take a moment to consider that the COGS for just the 400mi battery is $27,000 at current cost of $135/kwh. Adding a 15% profit margin means that the market price is over $31,000 before you add anything else. So, with the remaining $9,000 of market price, that equates to a COGS of about...

Tesla is certainly not considered Luxury, not even for the S/X. Expensive doesn't necessarily mean luxury. Tesla and Rivian are both what I'd call premium, not luxury.

Probably more. The easiest guesstimate is to spec a F150L, then add about $10k+ for the additional 65kwh of battery. At today's prices, that extra battery has a cost of nearly $9k to Chevy. Rivian is charging a 60% profit margin on their additional 45kwh of battery, so that would make it about...

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All the vehicle details, including battery pack size, are included in the infotainment menu. Not to mention it will be obvious from the range of the vehicle.

When did I bash them? You preemptively started a thread on the presumption that people were bashing them, when the name Nikola hasn't been uttered on these forums in probably 18 months. You asked why we aren't talking about Nikola, and I said it's because they aren't relevant to people looking...

I'm looking at the totality of facts, including the context of the question in which the answer was given, and the reaction to the answer. The reports from the call have referred to it with the same interpretation as me, that he misspoke. It would make zero sense that they would put in the S1 a...

It's perfectly understandable why no one here cares about a company that doesn't produce a consumer vehicle, in addition to their shady past. This forum wouldn't even exist if Rivian only made a delivery van.

I read it just fine. My point is that production of anything for the first time is hell by default, regardless of planning or competence because you don't know what you don't know. That was true for Tesla for their own unique reasons, any number of which could include what you are suggesting. It...

Your job has nothing to do with playing games with semantics. Hell is synonymous with difficulty, trouble, strain, stress, complexity, etc in the sense that it's not easy and full of unexpected problems to solve. Anything but pressing a button and thousands of vehicles spitting out of the line...

I think you're getting too caught up in grammar. They are clearly preparing for drives in Denver if you've seen that thread. Every time a service center opens they will start the mobile drives, that's the entire point of opening the center right now until deliveries start. There is no service to...