A picture of the vehicle it will be based on, and therefore look like, would have been cool.

Well since I have been relegated to the greys for the past 4 months we know how G/O media deals with its critics.

“Counterpoint: when did things like this happen with Saturn?”

You’re joking right? You do not think this is seriously an at all similar situation, do you? Saturn, a quasi-independent wholly owned subsidiary that could lean on the production expertise and experience of one of the oldest car manufacturers out there, as well as their parts bin vs. a company which is launching its…

Reality check: Saturns were economy plastic cars with their most advanced aspect being a radio tuner. Of course they had an easier time. They also didn’t have to fight an uphill battle with the supply chain and a pandemic. 

Saturn could lean on GM’s car knowledge and supply chain.

You act like Saturn was inventing new technology. You also act like cars are not manufactured today that immediately get hundreds of thousands of them recalled. Saturn just used GM bin parts already well known technology, they were not doing anything new in any way except stamping bodies out. What Lucid, Tesla, and…

1: Do asshole thing and show it for all to see.

Resembles... 2014 Jeep Cherokee’s weirdo DRLs.  (as in, it didn’t work then, it doesn’t work now.  IMO.)

1st Gear: That’s old news and has been the case for at least a year. However... about this statement:

It makes a golf cart look expensive.

Not sure the point of the comparison. The Hongguang Mini EV‘s base price is almost a tenth (yes tenth) of that of the Model 3…I would worry if it wasn’t outselling the Tesla. It makes the Bolt look expensive.

@1st gear: that’s one of the dumbest takes on Morning Shift in...I guess a few days. The Hongguang Mini isn’t even close to the Tesla Model 3 in terms of capability nor price. So the big news is that a small EV that wouldn’t be road-legal in many countries including the US, sells for about 1/10th the price of a Model…

1st Gear: A lot of China’s population doesn’t actually make all that much money. Yes, even now after years of growth. Their upper class and upper middle class have ballooned, but the blue collar population is still massive. Combine that with small streets and often limited parking and a smaller car makes sense. The…

More bigger screen = more funner times

It’s something to do while charging. As long as it’s only available when the vehicle is in Park, I don’t see an issue with games or even video services.

I missed the part of the story where after he hit his turn signals, he leaned outside of the car to see if they were actually flashing. Obviously if his MCU (media control unit for screen/speakers) is frozen, he’s not going to see an indication of the turn signals on said frozen screen, in the same way that as he…

Yeah, this story is nonsense. The screen is independent from critical driving functions. The hazards, turn signals, etc. all continue working, even with the screen totally off. You just don’t get any indication in the car that they are on. Even autopilot will continue to run without the screen. I’ve rebooted the…

Some things in this story don’t make sense to me.

Aren’t Rivian’s “hand built?” I’m not seeing anything like this on a Rivian.