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Someone would probably pick them up in a fire sale should it come to that. They have a lot of value in their IP and properties.Snowballs chance in an oven...but what happens with service and warranty if Rivian ever went under? Let alone resale value... Thoughts?
Where could you even get your imported car serviced in the states before? That feels like the more relevant question to me, someone who hasn't done that before.As the driver of a car from the recently defunct Holden brand (Australian), I'll be the contrarian here. While somebody might buy the physical and intellectual property, there's nothing saying they have to do anything to benefit existing owners. No software updates, no parts availability, no service centers, etc. I also wouldn't expect the aftermarket to step in either if production numbers aren't high enough to warrant the initial cost investment. With more and more production moving in-house at Rivian, you won't even have third-party parts manufacturers being able to offer those parts directly. Obviously, I don't think this will happen, as I'm planning on buying an R1S, but I'm all too aware of what can go wrong. Should an accident befall my 6-year old car, I'd be needing to scrounge junk yards for parts for a limited production vehicle, and that is NOT IDEAL to say the least.
It was purchased and serviced through Chevrolet dealerships as Holden was a GM subsidiary. Mechanically, there aren't many issues as most of the drivetrain is shared with Corvettes and higher-end Camaro trims, but interior bits, or body parts get tricky in a hurry. GM didn't find us worth the effort to keep parts supplied even though all of the tooling for it is somewhere, in someone's warehouse probably.Where could you even get your imported car serviced in the states before? That feels like the more relevant question to me, someone who hasn't done that before.
Holy crap, what an interesting story!This has happened before... and with a high end EV - Fisker with the Karma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisker_Karma
The Apple thing is not too farfetched. Sears sold automobiles in their stores in the 1940's and 50's. The brand was Allstate. They were actually compact Kaiser Henry J's rebranded for Sears. They tried using Sears to promote sales. Kaiser went under in 1953 when it was taken over by Willys-Overland.I don't see Amazon and Bazos letting them fail...maybe taking over the majority stake. There are other possibilities, of course, WSJ ran an article some months ago about a proposal that Apple made where the Normal plant would continue to make Rivian branded vehicles and the plant in Georgia would, under Rivian management, make Apple branded vehicles...hey, if nothing else, that would probably solve the CarPlay issue I keep hearing about...