I don't seem to get the discussion that's going on here. Are some of you really that surprised a full suv and medium truck not as efficient as a city suv or car? Like, when I drive my F-150 I'm not surprised my foot is creating a maelstrom in the fuel tank. Why are some of you not getting that...
People don't seem to get there a maximum possible effiency to electric drivetrain, you can't get above a certain limit even if you put 100 billion dollars onto the problem. So stop saying you hope for better drivetrain in the future, hope for bigger batteries and solid state.
Ok, 2 weeks at -35 all day, sure, I'll give you that because that's not the point. Judging by the average it means low temperature heat pumps can be used there most of winter, contrary to what you said and having one is much better than not. What is left to be seen is at what temperature Rivian...
I think they have all the information we want. A bit like a console launch, it's not about what information they have (they have all of it right now. Price, options, etc.), but about the most advantageous time to release this information.