Got my R1t on 6/2/2023 and it was a perfect build vin with 24k plus. Good job Rivian very happy with my truck and how you built it!

Hope Rivian succeeds. Better competition, better for the consumers.

I wish Rivian the best. We need more innovation in the EV space and they are doing some pretty unique things. Tim took a huge leap of faith leaving a brand like Nissan to come to a brand new company not yet well established in the auto industry

I’ve seen 5 Rivians at the country club in Florida. I’ve seen 1 Lightning and it was dealer owned and about 10 Teslas. Either way it’s time to add some charging stations in the parking lot.

Rivian is an amazing company. They are gonna be huge!

Well, I received my dual motor R1T as available within a week of ordering online. Its the highest quality vehicle I've ever had. All the best Rivian!!!

As someone who works in manufacturing, a VERY easy way to ramp up production is to speak to the hard working operators and ask them how they can improve production. It's not the overpaid engineers who have those answers, it's the operators who are the ones using these machines. They are the ones who know how to find ways of improvement since they live with the mahcines. On a specific machine I operate, I've made my own adjustments and modifications to the machine to increase production and reduce scrap at the same time. No engineer at my plant figured anything out until me, an operator, figured it out.

My husband is working at that Rivian plant right now!

I really hope they do well. Its better for eh population for there to be viable competition and options. I personally am in love with the R1T. Its way better overall than the other EV Trucks even at the price point and if I had the money I would get rid of my gas guzzling Ram Hemi and buy one today!

9 hours to get from Normal, IL to Detroit, MI is insanely long.

7:11 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. Love the time stamp u am that old guy that talks to the tv 😂

At 6:55 "But this plant has the capacity to produce... 150,000 vehicles a year." I think you mean "this building is big enough to put in a plant that might build 150,000 vehicles a year, if only it had the equipment, the manpower, and the know-how to build 150,000 vehicles a year."

You guys should put links to the articles you mentioned in the description. I’d like to read them

It makes sense for them to prioritize last mile delivery vehicles over personal consumer. They have guaranteed funding versus just a "maybe people will buy our cars" .

Would love to see what a rivian sedan/hatchback looks like when they get to that point.

My pick up my R1T next week, super excited. I think it's a great product and after driving one, it's very solid! I have owned two Tesla's, one of which we are keeping and love them. Definitely looking forward to having a truck again. Ford and GM need to change and buying something completely new and clean sheet is the way to go. Excited for the EV future!

Still Want A Rivian🇻🇨

I ran a marathon with the worst settings on my Ultra 1 and listened to music over my AirPods Pro 2 with brightness turned up all the way, cellular turned on and no phone. I made calls to meet up with friends before the race and used find my to locate them during the race. Truly the worst case of heavy usage. I had some problems so it turned into almost a five hour marathon and the ultra finished it like a champ with 14% left.

I think the decision to also cater to electric cars has brought more faith to the electric car industry kudos to the makers

Good answer on stability

How is front loading the emissions more friendly for environment

People have to be sympathetic to the trials and paints it takes to building vehicles, especially when the company itself is a startup. If you consider the fact that the long legacy manufactures have issues themselves, what more could you expect from a startup. Well.. You should expect exactly what you see. You have all new types of vehicles that must work and last the duration of expected use time. years of use. Consider exactly what a vehicles is. its a rolling house , traditionally with plumbing electricity, ventalation, seating and comfort, communication, safety and much much more. and a jigsaw of parts that often must interact with one another. its alot. throw in new technology and new means of manufacturing that in and of itself must pass trials of its own build and quality. Unfortunately people to day are impatient. spoiled. and want everything now.

5:52 Seeing that ford lightning and it still has a transmission tunnel.

I still find it funny that Rivian and Ford partnered up, and not too long after the split, Ford had their own version of an electric pickup truck. Coincidence?

Go Rivian!

WE ARE ROOTING FOR YOU!

6:10 - Finishing touch

As a small investor I think that Rivian had the guts to start with the truck vs competing with TSLA and that market then come back to the small-mid suv. I think it looks better than Ford's and has an edge.

good video

Rivian definitely has great products that are better quality than Tesla sedans. Tesla needs competition anyway, so hopefully some EV company can pull through

Building cars well and fast is what makes Tesla and Rivian market capitalisations nuts. The large car manufacturers already know how to make a lot of vehicles well and yet Tesla at one point was worth more than all of them. I think you need a video on why can't capital markets value companies properly.

Not a fan of touchscreen operated vehicles, or the problematic doorhandles, but the Rivian truck looks cool. Especially in that green color. Pity it's very expensive, and they can only make a few per week.

Rivian driver here , it’s alright no big deal

Ordered the R1S in march 2021 and have been delayed twice to 2024. I’m still waiting………

If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs if we had some eggs. -- Rivian.

car is tough business!

What a pitch

Chip shortage is an excuse at this point. According to TSMC insider

How much is the truck

As an investor in rivian I’m just hoping for better days 😭

Which one is better? Rivn or ford?

Wait till CT offers solar on truck bed. 30 miles added a week.. minimum.

I wish they would sell rivian in australia

Hi! How are you? It's Wednesday. There's only a few days left this year. Korea/Seoul is the third country with cold and snow. I wish you good health and good things for the rest of the week. Thank you very much.

I can wait to see Canoo get there trucks and vans on the road!

The Ford guy can actually pronounce the word aluminum.

byd right now leads in every way

cybertruck is coming and is coming fast. goodluck to the competition . wall st journal and rivian both linked by MR bezos

They’ve a long road ahead. Take a look at factory 56 and compare.

The American expectation is to get it right the first time. Marketing needs to stop selling unrealistic expectations and align the company mission with reality as a new company

I can't believe theres so many people buying new Rivians and Lightnings.

Is anything salvageable?!?

What is extremely important not talked about is a charging network. Tesla is the only company who foresaw the need for a reliable mass network. Relying on electrify America is a huge mistake. They are extremely unreliable and slow.

I hope Rivian and Lucid Suceed

I think rivian is safe cause the new f150 EV (I refuse to call that trash a lightning) is a complete joke of a “truck”! I work at ford and it’s no secret they are not even close to a r1t

So cool that spider-man is now also building EV's, truely a world-saving superhero.

I really hope Rivian make it and I know Ford will

Let there be competition! I wish Rivian the best. However, the EV infrastructure needs to be seriously looked at if all manufacturers are now jumping on the bandwagon

It'd be nice if they made them cheaper and threw in some generators/range extenders - it's happening in europe so manufacturers CAN make the vehicles that are more affordable & practical

Dislike the headlights

5:53 I manufacture this inverter for Ford, wonder if I did that one lol

A 5.5 hour trip in an ICE is a 9 hour trip in a EV? Horrifying.

Rivian is so hard to make they are not able to produce in volume. Its something someone should have addressed earlier.

"China will be the dominant global player in the transportation sectors of the future." ~Bloomberg Technology

I wish a company would make an actually affordable small electric car, something that would only cost100-200 dollars a month, it doesnt need to have many features other then it goes from a-b, no electric windows,basic interior and a radio, I know generally if someone is buying an electric car they are already either middle class or above but frankly i think theres a lot of people who are technically poor(including me) that need functional cars and could afford a small car payment for a few years and that isn't a used one.

They lost 5 billion in the first three quarters. Whew! Is SBF on the board of directors?

I like the CEO of Rivian is like "I WANT TO BE THE NEXT TOYTA" and yet their vehicles cost more than any Toyota I know, and they still haven't proven reliability.

And the factory is powered by?

It's amazing how Tesla made everyone do this 😂😘

You can tell Rivian is cheaping out by seeing YALE / Hyster forklifts inside. That has made me not want to buy a Rivian.

And its 17 secs ago

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Is this tesla

Yet theyre still priced outside of the average consumers budget. They wont sell.

Great #tesla news

They are useless in high cold temperatures. What's the point?

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March 2024 Update- Ford Lightning has tanked. Rivian burns through money faster than Congress.

I'm waiting a few more years to pull the trigger on a Rivian because there is at least a 50/50 chance that we will see Generation II of battery technology, i.e., Solid State. IF that happens, and a lot of big, well-funded companies are working on them, the current Lithium-Ion battery technology will be obsolete.

I have the R1S. They need to fire quality control personal!

Whatever happened to NIO

WSJ, do a report on the THREE Tesla Gigas.

2015 F-150s on the line? 🤔

Only 85k to 110k for a truck. No biggie.. LOL

Who wants to buy a shittier version of a Tesla that cost more then a Tesla?

5:47 supply chains are not all their to flow Focus on behind the curtain but nah they want to just swap cash and profit instead of protecting and developing a stronger supply chain fragile baby

the world is transitioning to electric

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rivian gotta work on their cars's quality rather than trying to pump the numbers. Focus on the quality and the quantity will naturally go up

rivian and ford will then call back all ev for defects in this rushed production

Nah, I’m waiting on the new GMC or Chevy EV truck

The only way EVs will truly be better for the environment is if the batteries and rest of the body get recycled. Good thing that batteries are +90% recyclable from the hydrometallurgical process and plenty of companies are building massive battery recycling plants such as Li-Cycle. The really Really bad thing is that most people are Absolutely HORRIBLE about recycling all other household use products and don't even think it affects the environment at all. Please learn how to recycle PROPERLY and then recycle everything that you can. Thanks ♻️🌳🌍🌲🌎♻️

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If Rivian had the self driving software that Tesla's have I think they would be a lot more successful as their build quality is better than tesla but tesla has miles better software in terms of their autopilot and or self-driving.

They ned to standardize charging

Rivians sure look cool. Throw in some of the suspect Telsa quality and Elon being a total tool and Im fully onboard with the other EV makers.

the ford lightning is junk, i work at a ford dealership and this truck just doesnt sell

More things can wrong

Rivian is expensive ..... :(