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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The worst thing to happen to Rivian is having to part ways with Ford. Instead, the are tying up with Volkswagen because if anyone knows the American truck market, it’s VW. [/quote]

Don’t listen to this guy… Rivian isn’t trying to benefit from these relationships in any way other than needing cash as they grow. Ford, now VW, are interested in Rivians software stack for operating electric vehicles. It’s very complicated to develop this tech and the investment can make a lot more sense than doing your own R&D. Rivian’s EV stack is great (their autonomy stack is not though, it’s way behind Tesla, Mercedes, etc).

Rivians are marvelous vehicles. They are well engineered and built like tanks. A lot of the early kinks have been worked out. Yes they are heavy (all EVs are) and you have to replace tires more often (~25k like someone else said) but that is about the only maintenance cost for EVs, and you do get charging/fuel savings after accounting for the L2 charger home install (break even is typically between 18mo and 2 yrs but depends on how much you drive). [/quote]

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