Correct - I had it firsthand from a (pretty high ranking) employee earlier this week that they are just doing Black Mountain batches right now. Can't imagine it will be that way for very long, though - there are a lot of people with delivery dates coming up quickly with both OC and FE.
For me, being able to complete my pre-order at what is now a significant discount to the new going rate helps dispel some of that concern (and my general concern about buying from an unproven startup). Even if things go poorly, you'll very likely be able to sell at or above cost for at least the...
I'm not sure that this was JUST business. RJ is a human, too. I suspect he cares A LOT about what people think about his company that he has built from the ground up. I doubt the backlash was easy for him from that standpoint.
But you're also right - if there was not a reasonable business...
Oh wow, hard to blame you for being upset. I'm pretty sure it was the Forest Edge interior that did you in - they have only been including Black Mountain in the batches they are doing now. Regardless - it seems extremely unfair that you would now being paying so much more than your peers perhaps...
Something like this has definitely crossed my mind, though it's not quite the same. All of us like to be associated with and promote brands that we believe in. Before, I would have been ecstatic to drive around in an R1T and promote the brand and what it stands for. Now - I do wonder if I would...
I was lucky enough to chat with a Rivian employee today (NOT someone in Customer Service) that confirmed that they are just doing Black Mountain interior batches right now. He didn't say when batches of other interiors would happen.
Rivian had some employees in Dallas yesterday and today with a few trucks for an AT&T event. AT&T provides the connectivity, so apparently they came in, gave some of the execs drives, etc. It was a private event, but I caught a tip on Reddit that they were there and went down this morning. The...
I reached out today just to check, but it looks to be the same story - CS says there aren't any confirmed locations or timing for demo drives with everything put on hold for Covid.
+1 for Dallas! Will be interesting to see how far out into the suburbs they extend the availability. Seems like they would include all of DFW, but we'll see.