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This is the gist of it: "Laura Schwab, in a lawsuit against the company, said one reason she was fired is because she questioned Rivian's pricing. The R1T electric truck's starting sticker price of $67,500 was too low, Schwab said in her suit. Rivian was on the cusp of launching its IPO and had...

Here is the Automotive News story: 3/3/22, 10:30 AM There may be more to Rivian's price hike than materials costs https://www.autonews.com/retail/there-may-be-more-rivians-price-hike-materials-costs

Automotive News posted this story yesterday that may have exposed what's was really going with Rivian's pricing: https://www.autonews.com/retail/there-may-be-more-rivians-price-hike-materials-costs

Indeed I did. My bad...

No. It's the tires.

I think most jurors don't really give much consideration what the end user does with it. We are mostly focused on performance, equipment, quality, value, efficiency, refinement, features, etc. I mean, look at it this way: We all know people who drop 6 figures on a Range Rover or a Bentley...

Glad you asked. The Hummer's aggressive off-road tires make a droning sound on the pavement that is truly annoying. Otherwise, it's like other electric vehicles.

No. Not at all. I can tell you the jurors are very professional, extremely knowledgeable, fair, open-minded and take all aspects of each vehicle into consideration.

I believe we vote around the end of December with the results coming Jan. 11.

We have only 1 award for trucks. I have also been in the Sante Fe. It's an SUV with a small truck bed, not really a contender in my mind. I could sleep well voting for any of the three. Rivian: What an accomplishment to build such a high quality, feature-laden vehicle, so much creativity and...

Yeah...the Edition 1 version of the Hummer that will be available for a year before the other models checks in at $112k. I think the R1T we tested was $73,00 and change.

The R1T is built for off-road adventures. Some jurors were thinking it'll never be used that way by some buyers. It'll just be a commuter vehicle. That's probably true.

I'd say the R1T tilts more towards luxury...real wood, for instance. The dash is maybe less busy in the R1T than on the Hummer. Both require the driver to be a computer programmer to dial in features, but once you get used to it, it will go quickly. I'd give a slight edge to the Hummer in terms...

By the way: I also tested the Ford Bronco. Yawn. It has nice powertrain, a really tight turning radius, and looking out over the hood is pretty cool. But the interior is a mess ergonomically. And my test vehicle's driver window kept getting caught on the weatherstrip. Ford's build quality issues...

Here's what the Hummer screen looks like when Crab Walk is selected.

Sadly, I have a spotty record for picking the winners. Maybe 50 percent right over the years. I can't recall us ever getting a brand new vehicle from a brand new company before. We were going to test the Lucid Air, but they pulled out at the last minute.

I didn't get the same sensation of instant, overwhelming massive solid rocket booster thrust in the R1T as I did in the Hummer. That's a strictly seat of the pants observation, not measured in any way.

I'm a Juror and I am at the testing. Both Rivian and Hummer are letting jurors drive their trucks, but there are engineers and/or PR people in the vehicles. We can take all other competitors out alone. The Hummer is fully functional, all features.

Rivian sent two trucks, one green test mule, and one blue early production vehicle, to the hotel in Ann Arbor where the testing for NACTOY is happening this week. Generally, these are the impressions: (1) The jurors are very surprised at the quality of the materials and the manufacturing. (2)...

I'd be interested in hearing from customers of LE R1Ts. What are your thoughts on the delay?