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Gen 2 R1 was necessitated by cost control more than anything else. While components were upgraded (Moore's Law and evolving tech), it was done for cost cutting purposes. Naturally, quality of subsequent builds increased. Now, things are bit different. Rivian is no longer R1 platform consumer...

When on the road trip, I usually drive down to ~10% SOC between charging stops. In our ICE vehicles, I stretch till the tank is around 1/8th remaining. In town, I usually plug the vehicle in if it was driven that day regardless of the SOC so I never really see anything below 45%. Always...

If someone owns a heavy trailer, capability to tow the weight is a must, regardless of convenience. If looking for a lightweight sports car, two seater with high power to weight ratio and balance are must have capabilities but not convenient to carry more than a single passenger or cargo. It...

Sounds like Kelshi bet....

Must be a function of new models. If you look at Tesla, the new Model Y probably is the reason why older Teslas are traded in for new. The data for Ford, I assume is dominated by F150 replacement cycle and Lucid is due to Gravity being introduced. The Rivian numbers will go up once R2 is...

Yes they developed PowerPC RISC chip with IBM, which almost tanked the company and was not successful at most of the chips they made. The original iPod processor was designed and PortalPlayer, which apple funded the development. After Jobs came back and decided to use Intel x86 processors for...

Did not miss the point about the vertical integration of Rivian technology use. My point is that they are not in good position to do so currently. This is where I think RJ the engineer comes out over RJ the business man. As for Rivian being profitable in 2028, that's not fast enough when R2...

Not a fan of the white wheels in general. It will look dingy after period of time and will show dirt easily. Given the green color, have you thought about bronx color wheels?

Only when I accelerate harder in Conserve mode. So, I don't step on it in the conserve mode - kinda defeats the purpose of "conserve" mode....

There is a huge difference between Apple and Rivian in terms of business profitability. Apple only started to do their own silicon after years of being profitable. They bought P.A. Semi (silicon design firm) to acquire the domain knowledge. And it was only years after that they actually took...

If you search on the defender ltx m/s2, there are lots of feedbacks. I run the 115 load index version because I didn't want to increase the unsprung mass significantly. The 119 version is much heavier than the 115 variant. Michelin in general have more flexible sidewall than Pirelli or...

At the moment, there is nothing Rivian is doing to reclassify as a Tech company. It has spun off both micro mobility and robotic divisions and are not part of Rivian. As a shareholder, I would love to see Rivian valued as a tech company multiple rather than auto. Unfortunately, it is not...at...

These are sort of notional. Maybe I missed it but has someone configured iX3 closest to R2 LE? I notice there was one comparison with panoramic roof and seat massager at $72K. R2 does not have a seat massager and don't know what other options were selected for the iX3. Dual motor with the...

Don't forget that Uber has invested in Rivian as a part of the robotaxi agreement (another dilution of $RIVN) for up to $1.25B. $300M this year in exchange for equity. I believe Rivian is thinking that their own LiDAR chip will ensure the availability for up to 50,000 vehicles per the...

RJ has stated that there will be variants for at least a year, if not more. Was said in various interviews. Why the news now?? It was never a speculation - question of when, not if. As market conditions and preferences change, Rivian needs to be agile enough to use the platform for other models.

This makes no sense. There already are low cost LIDAR chips and making chips is not Rivian's core competency. It has potential of being rabbit hole and materially impact earnings. This is where RJ need to be s smart make-or-buy executive.....

Most founders have their passion, blood, sweat, and tears attached to the company and the products. I'm pretty sure RJ is no different. As such, founders are not always the best leaders, judge of the business or execution. That said, they also have the best insight and understandings of the...

False, based on reported. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rivian-ceo-joins-bezos-gates-033046363.html Rj now has 2% of total shares with 4% voting power after the divorce settlement. VW, with 1:1 voting power, instead of RJ's 10:1 voting power as of the time of the article last summer. Since...

I'm still hoping that one day, Rivian will figure out how to use the in-cabin. microphone to detect white noise and be able to noise cancel while playing music. The normal music level is set to 7 or 8 depending on the source laudness (gen 1 non-Meridian premium audio) unless we're having a...

None of us are saying performance doesn't matter. Performance is not only measured in 0-60 time - there's much more to performance than a low speed acceleration. Don't know what a A-B ride in this context means. Plenty of vehicle can do what for $40K? Since the average new car price in US is...