I’ve got a Rivian, and it’s by far the most amusing car I’ve ever owned.  It’s also the most satisfying.  I love the thing.

Wanted to point out that the vehicle in the video is also a 400V architecture. Some OEMs are rolling out 800V architectures. The Rivian is also a 400V vehicle, so the limitations you’re seeing in max charging rate are at least partially due to that plus lack of battery pre-conditioning (he says he didn’t…

Nah, he just caps your maximum energy draw at 69kW and no more than 420kWh lifetime.

1st: They definitely don’t have a demand problem. Current backlog is over a year for the R1S, unsure about the T. And the R1T is by far the best vehicle I’ve ever driven, let alone owned. I adore this truck.

First off, assuming reports are accurate of this being intentional - f*** this guy. I hope the other 3 occupants recover and are ok.

I’ve seen one in person. The owner was kind enough to let me crawl around inside and underneath, and at least from cursory inspection, quality is absolutely top-notch. The interior was spectacular.

1st gear: the differences are enormous. The housing bubble was driven by fuckery in the financial system, and the current car market is purely a supply/demand situation. They are, as the meme goes, not the same.

They’re awesome. If you are good with what it’s really good at, then you’ll love the weird little thing.

The problem with the i3 isn’t that it was too early. And it isn’t, as a lot of people suggest, because it was too ugly.

I hate gas-powered maintenance equipment, but this seems like a practical approach. I’m glad it’s not an outright ban, since that would cripple all of the small business landscaping and maintenance companies. It would be economically devastating for the smaller guys, having to replace their entire maintenance fleets…

First gear: Suggesting that EVs aren’t comprised of fewer components and are generally simpler to produce by pointing out Tesla’s historical (and continuing) quality management flaws is spurious at best.

Let’s not forget what happened in 2008 …

“Frame development...it’s complex, and when we do it, we want to make sure we do things right and proper,”

This is over the top and fun, I kinda like it. What’s with the guy wires from the light bar to the hood, if they’re not holding onto things like kayaks/etc?

I love that they are trying to prove that they can pay attention entirely so they can get in a car and pretend they don’t need to pay attention.

Good to know, thx.  

The market is absolutely bonkers right now. Several absurd data points, all from Carmax offers:

Not only is it mounted backwards (you always want the fin up front, in case your straps slip, the board has a moderate chance of being saved by the fin grabbing the strap), it appears to be an inflatable SUP, which, you know, means you take it off and shove it in the trunk.

I’m not thrilled to have Apple as my primary control interface (though it’ll probably be a lot better than what the OEMs make), it DOES make sense to have APIs between all systems. Open source it. Security will go way up, options will increase dramatically, and the aftermarket would have a field day.

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