I agree. It’s tough to do big products, not when everyone and their pet llama can file a delay or say no. I’m all for public comment, but at some point...

Didn’t Rivian (or Ford) file a patent on that?

Ha. True that. I was thinking of the requirements in Europe intended to help (?) pedestrians by requiring some space between the hood and the top of the motor when a driver runs them over.

Yeah, it’s nice that some automakers ( Jeep, Honda, Subaru) are now making a concerted effort to reduce physical blind spots: increase window size, slim down pillars, lower the beltline, etc. I’d pay cold hard cash to see out better.

Well, since the hoods get raised for pedestrian crash standards and the beltlines rise, moar wheel is needed to balance the design say the designers.

But they lobbied so hard to get it.

The high beltline and thick pillars encouraged or dictated by safety standards. At some point, cars will be like tanks with near-zero outward visibility.

Isn’t this GM giving each dealer 10 charging stations and the dealer chooses where to put them in the community? Say what you want about dealers, but they know the community. This is not about putting a bunch of charging stations at dealerships, which as nearly everyone has pointed out, quite pointless. The Level 2…

It’s on the European-spec WLTP cycle, so figure about 50 miles EPA. Darn good for a PHEV; it’s also the distance that the California Air Resources Board is considering as a “strong PHEV” for the next round of regulations.

5th: EV charging costs. That report is pretty imbalanced, but that’s nothing new in the industry.

If the employee gets paid out unused vacation, maybe do a true-up less the cost of the home charging station.

You nailed it. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the (very) good.

Completely agree. This seems like a very narrow, imbalanced perspective.

“Put it in ‘H.’”

I’m about the same size as you. Sat in one earlier this month front and back. Quite comfortable. Despite being about the same length and height as a Tacoma or Colorado, they are much wider. Also Rivian took full advantage of the ground-up EV design and the cabin had a ton of space.

True. I sat in an R1T a few weeks ago, and while it’s about the same length and height as my dad’s Colorado crew cab 4x4, the combo of the the extra width coupled with the ground-up EV design made the cab quite comfortable, even for someone who is 6'6". Can’t say the same about the Colorado.

Great review. Thank you. Hat tip to Rivian for offering a full-size spare (although that is expected for this category).

Many of these options seem to miss the 6'6" part, so here we go:

This.

Sign of the times that one of the OEMs that has a well-earned reputation for safety basically punts and says, “nah, who needs to see out of the car; we got screens inside the car.”