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Brian, congrats on the R1T, and I'm glad you are in a financial situation that allows you to consider such a large purchase that you wouldn't need the credit even for a vehicle as expensive as the Silverado EV. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans are not in your situation and given that...

Last time I checked, Rivian wasn't anywhere near selling 200K in cars. As a completely new OEM, who is only selling EV's shouldn't they have access to the same 200K in cars that all previous OEMs benefited from? The OEM doesn't get the credit. The consumer does. Unless your Tesla who was...

Yes, but for Rivian to survive, they need to be able to take advantage of that credit like other OEMs have, especially OEMs with ICE legacy (or Tesla with vertical integration) to fall back on before they can turn a net profit on EVs. Without that credit, Rivian could easily be crushed. They...

I reserved the R2 on day 1 but I really want the R3. If anything terminating the credit might ussure in the era of EREVs. OEMs are going to have to find ways to reduce cost and by using a much smaller battery (likely half the size) and pairing it with an ICE designed for the purpose of...

Rivian is putting all of its eggs into the R2 basket and is banking on the EV credit (which it qualifies for) for making the R2 an affordable and compelling purchase for consumers against a backdrop of increasing competition. Musk rode the credit since its inception advertising it on their...

Not this Sassquatch! :mad:

Hopefully a future EREV vehicle co-developed by Rivian/VW where VW is providing the expertise in ICE and Rivian is providing the electric motor/software.

"Caution: If you experience an erection lasting more than 4 hours after driving Vistiq please immediately call/facetime all your friends to brag, then seek immediate medical attention."

Is it me, or do my Sassquatch eyes detect a CCS port with an available NACS adapter? And this is s a 2026 model? Ruh Roh! Looks like @ohseedee owes me a :beer:! A Guiness is perfect around this time of year. ? Let me dust off that scorecard again...

Leave the Hoff out of this!

I was thinking the exact same thing.

Pay the man.

Amen to that! I'm a 6'6 Sassquatch and I fit better in that i3 than many other cars I have driven over the years. For local commuting, there is nothing that comes close. I also just love being in the i3 which is something I can't say about most cars.

Why are you assuming a 300 mile battery? The Scouts specifically listed 150 mile battery and 350 mile ICE extension. In that scenario the battery is half the size you stipulated. You definitely don't need a "nothing" engine, but why are we talking about existing engines? Existing engines are...

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people in my personal orbit who express that exact same sentiment and it is frustrating. The fear of the unknown and the anti-EV sentiment which is often times fueled by misinformation is what is also frustrating. The challenge with a climate crisis is that...

I think you are underestimating the cost of battery components and overestimating the cost of the ICE. To act as a generator, it can be extremely small (2-4 cylinders) especially since it operates in a very narrow RPM range and it can also be efficient. Beyond the cost, the biggest thing an...

I don't know what is in place now, that may have been a California/CARB requirement. What I will say is that the i3 can be coded using an OBD II dongle and an app (Bimmercode) and you can customize every behavior of the i3, including removing the limiter. That said, in later years, the i3...

I sincerely doubt that the majority of the segment specifically purchasing an EREV over a PHEV Hybrid would do so just to keep going to the gas pump on a regular basis. L2 charging, while not completely ubiquitous because some people rent/live in multifamily units is still not that big a lift...

I wonder if Rivian knew what VW was going to do with thier software when they partnered. Hard to believe Rivian would have been cool with effectively powering the software in the Scout vehicles if they knew VW's plans ahead of time. No way the Scout vehicles aren't competing with R1S/T.

Bingo. The only way to solve the range anxiety that most consumers feel with EVs is to have ubiquitous, reliable, and relatively fast charging infrastructure. Outside of Tesla, we simply don't have that and until we do, the only alternative is to build big, heavy, and inefficient batteries so...