[Tennessee Nana]

Im playing my tiny wee violin as fast as I can...

[Republican Wildcat]

Until the costs of running EVs can be driven down, there may still be a lot of pain to come.

They are not and were not ready for prime time. R&D and the market should have set that. It is entirely possible it may one day it may have met that threshold. But do to using the powers of government to push a product out onto the market that was not ready for prime time, we may never know. They themselves delayed and possibly ruined any possible future commercial viability of these vehicles.

[suasponte137]

First off...I think these Rivian vehicles are ugly as hell.

Second...they are VERY expensive...and from what I understand...come with loads of problems...and crappy customer service.

Not a good recipe for a EV company going forward.

[Newtoidaho]

Whoa. You mean a glorified golf cart that costs $100k, can’t tow anything and has a 100 mile range isn’t selling very well? I’m freakin shocked!

[rdcbn1]

Building a practical, economical and reliable electric car is a very difficult thing to do in a world where an abused key start mechanism or faulty battery can cost a company hundreds of millions of dollars in product liability and recall costs

Elon Musk's Tesla has done amazing things but they had a lot of start up design and manufacturing issues

Trucks bring a whole new set of problems

I'm skeptical that a start up electric truck company is going to be able make it in a world where Ford can't

[Gene Eric]

The EV novelty is no match for the muscularity & reliability a sober America demands.

Great news

[Steven Tyler]

Heh, you can buy a Rivian tent in case you run out of electricity
https://rivian.com/gear-shop/p/r1s-three-person-tent?sku=ACERRTT002

[AAABEST]

Interest rates aren’t “historically high.” Not even close.

Maybe the CEO’s lack of situational awareness is part of the problem - in addition to EVs sucking.

[bray]

Sounds like Congress is going to have to increase subsidies and tax credits for these wonderful cars.

[Rappini]

I think Ford dropped a big bundle investing in Rivian.

[Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness]

The only Rivian I've seen on the road was being transported on a rollback tow truck.

Come to think of it, I guess it really wasn't on the road, was it?