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Although it might not be at numbers that everyone was hoping, I am just happy that there are people (even on this forum) that have 'scheduled' delivery dates in October. If/once they confirm delivery it means we are on our way...even if the ramp up isn't as fast as some of us may hope.

It doesn't make a big difference, but it is actually 100k by 2025 (Jan 1 or Dec 31, unknown) according to the S-1; that's either 25k or 33k a year depending on if it is beginning or end of 2025. That is the existing order and there is a first right of refusal for 2 years after that. Also, there...

$1,782 for your RTA? I thought it was it 1.1% of depreciated value. If so, they are valuing your Model X at $162,000! Or is the $1,782 inclusive of all fees? I guess I should have paid more attention to I-976 Edit: A little more digging. The R1T may be except from from the RTA tax: per WAC...

That is essentially what the people I've talked to say too. I've got friends at Space-X and Blue Origin, sounds just as bad. I almost joined two of the more mild mannered FAANGs, turning them down wasn't necessarily the smartest financial move, but from an emotional and personal perspective it...

When you treat your people like crap, what do you expect? Every former Tesla engineering person I've talked to, especially the ones that worked directly with Elon, said they would never do it again.

Although it would be easy to track, that just replicates one of the issues with the gas tax. If you get a more effecient vehicle, you end up paying less for your useage of the same mile of road. In an ideal world, it would be a function of miles traveled in that state/county/city and the weight...

Thanks. I forgot about the new hybrid/BEV/alternative fuel vehicle tax. Part of me thinks it is ok (we are using a service, i.e. roads, and should pay for it. Ideally it would be based on #of miles driven but I understand the difficulties in doing that). The other part of me doesn't like that...

No Sales tax is nice...I envy my Oregon neighbors... This is what I am book keeping for myself: Washington State (assuming $80k sale price) Sales Tax (10.1%, varies by county) - $8,080 Title & Plates - $113 Registration (varies by county and even municipality) - $300 (a pure guess based on the...

Depends on what is shared between the platforms. Is the skateboard completely shared? Battery Cells, motors, BMS? It wouldn't surprise me if they made the deliberate decision to have as many common parts/components between the R1 and EDV platforms so they get economies of scale and reduce the...

DC is more effecient overall assuming the final compressor, cooling plate, etc is designed to run on DC. 120v would require running Rivian's inverter which isn't 100% effecient. As most fridges are designed for DC, so even if it is dual power, in usually converts the AC to DC to run the...

Sounds like the prototypical startup. Sell an idea, get money, run out of money, pivot, sell new idea, get money, run out of money, pivot...

Personally, if I was in the market for a RTT I'd go hardshell RTT based on the handful of times I've been out with my buddy. Just unfold it and you are all set up in less than a minute. He has this on this Taco: https://www.ikamper.com/products/skycamp-mini/ If it is a bit windy and he has the...

Pretty sure there isn't a price yet, so can't say it is "priced to pop". That said, it is always good press if it is valued such that there is a jump on the first day or two. The rationale side of me finds it hard to believe that there is much upward near term potential on a 80B valuation.

Doesn't this just set a ceiling on the common share price that their debt holders can convert to? i.e., it sets a maximum value amount that the debt notes can be converted to? I'm struggling to see how that directly influences offer price, maybe it gives an idea of the upper end? Either way...

Remember the Facebook IPO? The underwriters/banks had their trading desks buying to provide a support level near the $38 IPO price for the first week or so because it was getting hammered. Eventually, they gave up and the price settled at $26 1 week after and was ~$20 2 months after. Obviously...

There are several ways to get pre IPO shares as a non Rivian associated person: You were offered the chance to get in as an angle or at Series A, B, C, etc funding. The ship has sailed on this one You pick up share through a secondary pre-IPO market. These are some times used by employees...

Waze is a subsidiary of Google, bought for 1.1Billion in 2013. It is one of the reasons why google maps now also has speed traps, accident alerts, etc. That said, I believe that the underlying map engines are still different. Roads, etc. are built from a different dataset for Waze and google maps.

Too many variables to know for sure. 150k/year is max capacity with current factory configuration/foot print (this number also included the delivery vans too), it will take time to build up to that. That said, one of the reviewers said that a Rivian exec told him had a very good chance of...

There shouldn't be one, I could come up with any number of conspiracies as to why...just pure unbridled speculation.

There are forum members here that have "confirmed" October deliveries. Not to name names, but at least one of their posts are cagey in implying an October delivery in a very round about way...makes me think there is an NDA in place. NDA or not, if we are to believe our fellow members, it sounds...