Honestly, if I notice a youtube channel doing constant clickbait titles, I stop watching them. It makes me angry and loses credibility with me because you aren't meeting me with honesty so how can I trust the things in your videos 100%? I agree, that the title will fuel EV haters because they...
Really depends on a few factors. Like if they need all the validation builds for testing and don't have it in the approved budget to build another one for showing. If there are features they are not ready to release to the public yet for another couple months. If there are minor physical...
The VP of manufacturing in the video mentioned that they were trying to finish the R2 portion of the factory by Q4. They also said in the video that the EDV portion of the factory was currently shut down for retooling which would be up and running in a week.
A bit unrelated, but was watching Out of Spec's Rivian Factory Tour from them and during the tour, the VP of Manufacturing (who was acting as their tour guide) said the factory upgrade for the R2 section had to be completed by Q4. Hopefully that means earlier release date for the R2 Q1 R2...
Someone pointed this out to me on youtube, but the head rest is different the the prototype design. Simpler than the prototype that likely used the R1 series headrest when pieced together.
I agree. They would complicate things considerably. Hopefully, they either got a great deal to avoid tariffs or have bought them before the tariffs hit.
From what they said, it is to hide smaller details they are not ready to reveal yet (they have made small modifications. How small, who knows. They also said that it is just an automotive tradition. They also use the wrap to see how it will affect cameras and sensors as people will wrap the...
Yeah, not that hard. The wheels protrude in a way you can hit it with your middle fingers from behind like shift paddles. As a gamer that also has a haptic feedback controller, I'm excited because it really is cool and makes a difference.
Don't forget that they also need vehicles already ready ahead of time as they will be shutting down the factory for R2 prep later this year. Don't know how long they will need to shut down for though, but the back up in inventory may possibly be for that reason if the shutdown will occur during...
Compared to Mitsubishi though, Rivian is doing a lot of in house manufacturing rather than having others make it which requires more space for the vertical integration. Rivian is pretty into having as much control over everything they can to minimize issues with suppliers, thus why so much space...