On our Tesla model 3 we never use the frunk, on our R1S we use it daily, totally different vehicles and usage demographics. I fully understand why Rivian went with the much cheaper gas struts but also agree they should have added powered open/close as an option for those that desire it.
The author lives in Santa Cruz and may be using highway 17 as a commute (most fatalities per mile in California I believe) so I factored that in, plus escapes don’t have huge brakes
I feel this is a totally unrealistic comparison, just done with a lack of knowledge. For this reason I will be constructive as our community should be.
First, as others have noted it’s apples to oranges. if we use your logic we should all be driving prius plugins and no trucks or suvs would be...
I have said before, and will say again, Rivian has no intention of building a bidirectional charging system, it’s all marketing hype to trick us into buying.
I have said for sometime it was a marketing scam, I fell for it as it was one of the reasons I bought a Rivian. Proves Rivians CEO is just like that liar Musk, fake promises to sell units.
Reciprocal tariffs are fine, as are tariffs on goods which are subsidized by a government or dumped on our markets. Protectionist tariffs fuel inflation and meritocracy in products. What’s happening now is one man deciding unilaterally to break existing trade agreements and half of America...
i believe 100% of the aluminum used for body panels gen-1 and casting R2 is imported and most if not all of the R1 suspension is imported as well as gen-1 quad motors (someone has to pay for the increased warranty cost there). Gen-1 batteries are imported, I believe all the screens are imported...