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I mentally went through the list of car makers to buy Rivian. Ford is a big no (been there saw the impact of the sell off). GM, Ram, and Toyota already have EV trucks in their pipeline. That eliminates all the major players in the US truck market. Who is left who would do trucks? Nissan or...

Being able to demonstrate intent does indeed matter for tax code. For example, if you register an LLC and start earning money and deducting business expenses, the IRS will examine your intent. Was it a true business venture intended to generate profits (even if it doesn't), or is it actually a...

Folks using that loophole tread a fine line between tax avoidance (legal) and tax evasion (illegal). It strikes me as being very similar to the rules for taking the credit when it comes to resale. It is legal to buy a Rivian and get the tax credit, and then decide afterwards to resell it...

Yea, that's what Tesla used to do in their Tilburg Netherlands plant. They would almost completely assemble cars in Fremont, and then complete "final assembly" in Europe. That involved installing the battery and the drivetrain. No idea if the US will have a similar loophole.

You signed up to be on a wait list. In exchange, Rivian promised you an unlimited amount of waiting. It seems like they are delivering on that promise? Maybe even over-delivering on that promise to provide you with an unlimited amount of waiting. You signed up to wait. Even paid money in...

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This reminds me of Jeep owners who high center on medians because they don't understand physics. If you buy a 4X4 (any brand) don't be this guy!! :facepalm: The internet is full to overflowing capacity of 4X4 owners who over-estimate their own off-roading skills and under-estimate the...

We went through this a long time ago with our old truck that was 21 feet long. Our poor realtor got stuck doing our foot work because nobody puts garage measurements in the MLS. Apparently a newbie listing agent decided to meet him when he went to check out a house for us. That agent was all...

This may be blasphemy here, but I like the idea of blacking out the entire center, and the vertical ovals around the lights. All that would be left would be the actual vertical headlights that would be less noticable, and the far outside horizontal lighted area that would look like menacing...

Yes, the value in Rivian having cash is that it is a means to an ends of eventually becoming a successful profitable manufacturer of many R1 and R2 variants. It is a good thing they have that cash to hopefully achieve that end goal. The cash itself is not the value. The value is the potential...

It makes sense if you forget about the cash, and value them based on their chances of becoming either profitable manufacturing companies, or being bought out. Forget about the cash. It has already been budgeted to be spent, not distributed to shareholders. If Rivian had that much cash and were...

In my opinion, forget the cash. It is only of value to fund the ramp-ups. It will all be gone eventually. The value of the stock is eventually selling vehicles for profit. If the price of the stock is valued on the cash, the stock price would be doomed to drop.

Rivian just announced they were going to start selling bonds. Anyone know why they are starting to offer them now? It seems too early considering how much cash they have on hand, and how long they have before they will need more cash? $1.3B green convertible note offering “Rivian Automotive...

It depends on your starting point. A 30% one day price drop isn't as much a change in overall return for someone who bought in at $100 compared to someone who bought in at $20. Let's say an employee was granted 1000 stock options at IPO price of $78/share. A drop from $20 to $16 or vice-versa...

And there's the disconnect I was talking about right there. A minor blip in their massively underwater options or double digit share losses isn't going to have the impact on moral you think. Going from underwater to still underwater, or massive double digit losses to still massive double digit...

Sorry, but a bunch of factory workers are going to think you are out of touch about why their moral is low, if you tell them that top CEO's are going to buy a ton of shares from all the money they are making off their labor in order to increase their moral. That's like all the executives buying...

I just started to buy at the beginning of the year, buying dips in the 15's and 16's. But not going in too fast while watching to see if 15-16 holds a firm bottom. Fully prepared to chase it down to the 12's if needed if the bottom doesn't hold. Or on the flip side, I'm ready to walk away...

Any time there is a tear in the CV boot, the assumption is that dirt got inside and prematurely wore the joint. The choice is to either replace the whole joint, or flush it and repack it and hope the wear doesn't accelerate. To replace the boot, the entire joint needs to be removed anyways and...

I had this happen in a Silverado also. Luckily for me it was worse than this, and it started sliding backwards down the driveway just after I stepped out of the truck. I hadn't even closed the door yet, so I was able to jump back in and use the brakes to stop it. Each time I let off the...

It leaves the door open for an OTA update for a less conservative, higher top speed if real world reliability is high (low warranty repair rates).