Well this thing seems to be designed to look like the Raptor and TRX. I just saw a bunch of the Ranger Raptors in South Africa and it is a great looking vehicle. But, the new Tacoma, maybe the old IDK, offers a manual transmission which is intriguing. Going to pick one of them while sadly...
They are shooting themselves in the foot here on so many fronts. Who wants an unproven over the long term $100,000 pick up truck? I guess 50% of their original orders, maybe less. Max pack up 60% which is clearly an excuse to capture margin lost elsewhere. If their costs are really up that...
Well, that's too bad. There's always this:
https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9397668/battery-made-from-2-923-lemons-breaks-record/
While lemons and cars usually shouldn't be used in the same sentence, this just might be the Rivian back up plan. BTW - there is a global glut of lemons. Just...
Breaking news - Rivian introduces new color for R1T and R1S vehicles - CHARCOAL. But the official line from Rivian - 'We have patented some new water repellent technologies that will allow the trucks to be driven on lake and ocean beds.' I swear my patience gene is making me funnier;).
I recently wrapped an Audi RS6 and came away pretty disappointed. Since I have more money than brains, I chose to wrap the entire vehicle at somewhere in the range of $6000. First problem was it started to peel in certain areas - around the sunroof, and rear hatch. Probably other places too...
No one was hurt and yes it looks like it was in the battery plant. Hope RJ didn't start it so they could justify some further delay sympathy. Oops and sorry...my cynical side took over my body for a moment. Promise to not let this happen again this week;/.