bittermelon

Good looking truck. But don't post your license plate in public.

GreenReaper

96% of te EV’s are still on the road, the other 5% made it home!

russraman Loc: New York City

I lost over $1,700 in Rivian stock in 2023!

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

Excellent!

Vaun's photography Loc: Bonney Lake, WA

There was a Rivian SUV in front of me today. It looked pretty basic.

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xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

I did as well and like the unit, but not to buy. Far too expensive for what you get. With the $16,000+ battery option you still only get 220-280 miles between charges. OK, one may say, that’s not bad and is relatively close to an ICE pick-up. Well sort of. If you need to tow, want a/c or heat, or if it is bitterly cold as we have been “enjoying” lately, the milage drops 35% or more.

OK, you say, that is fine since I don’t drive very far. But what is it like finding a charging station that functions and does not have a lineup? How does the resale (old battery vehicle) feel when replacement batteries are so very expensive? I wonder just how much damage is done to our precious environment in the both the production and storage or processing of old lithium batteries of that size, or even the damage the EVs do to the highways they travel on due to their weight.

All in all, a lot of questions that for the most part are ignored or side-stepped by government, manufacturers and media. However, the real-world answers are finally coming to light with major companies such as Hertz (car rentals) selling off their EV fleets because customers do not want to rent the EVs and the maintenance costs associated to EVs are far more expensive than fossil-fueled vehicles… Next?

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

Perhaps there may be concern for EV owners regarding the reduced performance & range (35%) of Lithium batteries (and other varieties) when the weather gets really cold. With gas powered vehicles there is no power or range loss due to cold or for that matter hot weather (having to using A/C).

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

They also make a whole fleet of Amazon delivery vans.

levinton

I just passed a Rivian display store on 14 St in Manhattan. They are around my neighborhood in Stony Brook NY. Fabulous looking, very fast. There are articles about their construction, which produces astounding bills for collision repairs, owing to the integrated body construction. https://www.theautopian.com/heres-why-that-rivian-r1t-repair-cost-42000-after-just-a-minor-fender-bender/
Just east on 14 St. is another very cool new e-vehicle, the Fisker Ocean. Very nice looking.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

There was a Rivian for sale on "bring a trailer" today. For those that are interested, check this out.

lbrande

I see issues in the future when the electrical components start to fail causing intermittent failures. I just had an issue where the electronic components on the door handles failed. It took 6 weeks to diagnose and get the parts.

kpsk_sony

I like the headlights ... noveau somethings or other!

GregS Loc: Central Illinois, USA

Rivian is the number one vehicle manufacturing company in the US. Not production wise, but what they are worth.
Rivian has a contract with Amazon for 100,000 electric vans that are being shipped to all major cities.
There are about a thousand of them sitting at the Rivian plant located in Normal, IL. Bloomington just happens to be next to Normal. That van has been released to anyone that wants one now.
They are the only EV manufacturer with 3 lines of production. Vans, SUV's, and Pickup trucks. All others have one line that has to be changed to produce another vehicle.
I travel a lot and have seen them of course in the midwest, on the west coast, down south, and east coast.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

I see a lot of them as well in the western NC mountains, where many of America's wealthy have their vacation homes.

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

Maybe, but when your electric batteries start to fail and you have to replace them, see what that is going to cost you. Plus, if you have an accident and a battery is damaged, the entire vehicle must be scrapped, even if it is just a few weeks old. Not so with a reciprocating engine model, with the same sort of damage from an accident.