Speedrye
Well-Known Member
I hope Rivian takes many of Munro's suggestions with a grain of salt as it isn't all about manufacturing, especially for a company that has the repair side locked down thus far. As someone that has worked on my own vehicles for decades, I'm not a fan of this new idea of just replacing a whole $220 assembly instead of a $2 part inside the assembly. The Koreans seems to have perfected it with more and more getting on board with this disposable mentality. I'm fine simplifying production as possible, just don't do it at the sacrifice of repairability and creating more waste and cost on the back-end.
I'm aware most service departments don't know squat about diagnosing a thing anymore if the computer doesn't tell them what part to replace, so I realize my ideals likely don't fit in well with a high-profit business model.
I'm aware most service departments don't know squat about diagnosing a thing anymore if the computer doesn't tell them what part to replace, so I realize my ideals likely don't fit in well with a high-profit business model.
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