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We don't have enough information to make even an educated guess on when production will begin and at what levels. Trucks like the R1T and R1S have 30,000 parts and components, most of which come from suppliers. Rivian assembles parts, components, sub-assemblies, assemblies and systems into...

The CEO has experience in rescuing a bar and the restaurant business. As A.J. points out, he's got cricket too. What more could you ask for?

I like the vinyl wrap on the test vehicle. I wonder if something like it or a non-glossy paint will be among the exterior color options. A non-glossy charcoal would be a great option.

Here's more information on the battery supply side of EVs, the well to wheels part of the equation. Not surprisingly, costs vary tremendously with where essential metals are mined, battery chemistry and how important specific essential metals, like cobalt and lithium, are to battery chemistry...

Photographs of Delhi, Los Angeles, Bangkok and Beijing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic reveal a lot. Traffic is way down, the world keeps turning and it's dramatically easier to breathe and see farther. Is this a moment of widespread recognition and acceptance of the advantages of...

Yeah, I was told at the Mill Valley/SF event by a Rivian employee that Cox Automotive would be handling trade-ins. He said, they'll roll into your driveway with a car carrying trailer, possibly off load a new Rivian, load up trade-ins, and off they go. That would be a terrific convenience if...

AJ and others. I'm surprised by a hypothetical that posits costs being equal between BEVs and ICEs, many might choose ICEs. I want to explore this a bit, and I'm breaking costs into various categories: purchase, operations, fueling and opportunity (convenience) costs. If purchase costs are...

Post 31 isn't about comparing the costs of diesel energy to the costs of battery energy. It's about the costs of getting the energy embodied in batteries from well-to-tank and tank-to-wheels. In other words, how much does it cost to get battery energy to vehicles. Those costs vary widely...

Energy in transport applications is produced in two stages. First, it comes from a source and goes into a "tank"; this first stage is often called well-to-tank. Next, it goes from a storage tank to a vehicle's wheels or tank-to-wheels. So far, this thread has focused on the tank-to-wheels...

John Goodenough, 2019 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, promotes glass based electric battery chemistry and performance. Wow, yet another, really big deal battery breakthrough! https://thedriven.io/2020/04/06/li-ion-co-inventor-patents-glass-battery-that-could-upturn-auto-industry/

I agree that in a R&D phase of development, which is where Atlis is, performance claims can be postulated. Once the rubber hits the road, however, and battery packs and vehicles go into production, performance claims often don't measure up. The other issue I wonder about is having motors in...

Here's a video on Atlis' claimed rapid charge, new battery chemistry and packaging. Competition around batteries, their chemistry, packaging, modularization and management will drive the BEV industry for the foreseeable future. That's the theme of this thread. But it's hard to predict...

IN CASE THINGS GO BAD In my case and perhaps in the cases of many others, using our Rivians as a backup source of electricity would only occur when things go wrong. Maybe this would happen a couple of times a year when there's an electrical power outage. While it may be inadvisable to use a...

As you say, Toyota, the Japanese government, Hyundai and the S. Korean government continue to push hydrogen fuel cell technology, but the emphases are on commercial applications, like taxis and trucking, where you can have fleet refueling stations. You start and end your days where hydrogen...

Here's an interesting piece comparing Hydrogen/fuel cell powered vehicles versus BEVs. It's not surprising battery powered vehicles are more efficient, but the degree of their advantage is surprising. The study looks at energy costs from well-to-tank and tank-to-wheel, claiming that...

I agree. There's no need to debate Elon vs RJ. Both brilliant but very different. The good news, I think, is the massive worldwide effort in researching and developing the next generations of batteries. Note the plural. There's so much R&D being undertaken in so many different fronts that...

AJ, good thoughts. You're suggesting a battery backup to my solar system, one that charges and discharges regularly. Then I tap into the storage battery with my Rivian, thereby keeping the Rivian fully charged. All of that makes sense. When power goes down, am I pulling electricity from...

Musk is notorious for making misleading, exaggerated and self-serving statements. Tesla batteries are among the best, but that doesn't mean only Tesla knows what's going on, especially with respect to battery chemistries. Tesla may be developing/making lower cobalt content batteries but it's...

Here's a recent article about so-called 811 batteries that use a lot less cobalt, thereby reducing the cost and increasing the longevity of batteries. LG Chem, one of two companies Rivian is reputedly in discussions with (the other being Samsung SDI), leads in this sort of battery chemistry...

AJ, here's another story about Wallbox, a bi-directional home charger, that won this year's Edison Award. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/03/25/wallbox-bi-directional-charger-wins-coveted-edison-award/ There might be quite a bit of interest in using a Rivian this way. Originally, I thought it...