4th gear: Thanks for reporting something from china.I wish jalopnik would do more of this but i’ll take what we get.
Anyways- this one i find surprising. $7.7 billion isn’t a trivial amount!
Even developing nine models and setting up factories to make them- you’d think this would be enough given they’re in china?
Did…

The toyota engines have always amused me. In my head it makes sense.Just slap a sporty exhaust on it ,maybe tweak it a bit and it’s the perfect solution! But my heart cant quite buy that argument...

Maybe you already know this,maybe not- in the past lotus had a reputation for great handling without using rock hard…

1st gear: FFS someone stand up to tesla’s stupidity!This is getting embarrassing.
Either ban the system outright -until it passes stringent tests- or heavily restrict it’s features.
Because at this stage it feels like they’re taking the piss.
Yes yes i know,some tesla owners are making this worse for everyone.But given…

Really? Are we going to be that dumb?
Vaccine mandates are not equivilant to seat belt laws.These are very different things!
One of them benefits others in your country, the other affects (almost) only you.By all means laugh and curse at the dumb shit anti-seatbelters, but dont bring a stupid argument

This is a solid move.I mean let’s face it- the world doesnt need more high priced EVs.They had to do something different.At least this will differentiate them from tesla,etc

There’s so much to like about these. I looooove that old school dashboard!

The truck is almost perfect.The incredibly ugly grill and lights are it’s only flaws

It’s interesting that our local shopping center couldnt make that system work ,even when the carts required a $1 coin.
At first glance this makes it look like us australians are dedicated to laziness,but that doesnt match the evidence in other areas of life.Maybe it’s our way of rebelling?A symbolic FU to too many…

1. All those words fail to address the bleeding obvious: The system is still in the ‘appalling pile of shit’ stage. Don’t try to hide behind the everybody’s-doing-it defence! Tesla’s AP has had fails so bad it’s insane.How does it fail to see large immovable solid objects??Until they get that sorted out get the hell…

“ ..but the car sure did seem to point itself right at her”
That fetch feature really is eager!

Lots to like here! I didnt expect so much variety.

As an eighties teen i approve!

Exactly! What a missed chance to improve breath holding limits.
Although they might not want to wear that medal given how they’d earned it...

Weird fact: when two men were trapped in a collapsed mine in tasmania, australia for 14 days, one of them held it in for the duration

Yet i cant help not think: if they’d just not bothered going to space and gave the lot to charity

Partly related topic: Im curious how the hub motors work out.
Adding unsprung weight and having the motors jolting with every bump- these cant be good things

That interior. So.Many.Curves.
Yep,definitely 90s

First Gear: This is great news.Well done Rivian!
Hopefully you can be profitable and eventually sell something normal people can afford

You even mentioned the australian name? Top marks for research good sir!

My parents and grandparents were banana farmers here in australia.In that era bananas were grown on steep hills so almost every farmer owned one of these trucks.I also saw many used for hauling logs from the forests.Those were likely the field…

1st Gear- Are they really thinking they can continue selling at high prices once things get back to normal? That’s what it sounds like they’re saying.

I punned?