Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on ramping up R1T production and competing with the Cybertruck

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe kicked off last month’s Code Conference with a conversation about supply chain challenges, the company’s Amazon deal, and whether the R1T will compete with the Cybertruck. #Code2023 #Rivian #EVs
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@TheVerge 8 ай бұрын

Would you rather drive a Rivian R1T or a Tesla Cybertruck?

@YuryGitman 8 ай бұрын

Rivian, any day.

@prsm_ 8 ай бұрын

Honestly if I could, both a Rivian and Cybertruck

@noeaguilar5772 8 ай бұрын

Cybertruck

@teej05 8 ай бұрын

RIVIAN!

@AlvinWillistonDavis 8 ай бұрын

Rivian, christ on a pushbike, have you seen the cybertruck?

@caetherc 8 ай бұрын

It’s interesting to listen to him, especially when he talks about the industry as a whole. He seems dedicated to this ev industry as a whole rather than just Rivian

@kylejackson3863 8 ай бұрын

Working for him I can guarantee that’s the truth

@hurlentropy6866 5 ай бұрын

He's a visionary who is realistic

@AtlasArt1 8 ай бұрын

This interview would’ve been so much bester without Nilay Patel. He interrupts frequently, asks tangential questions that are often speculative and charged with opinionated descriptors like, “that’s a really nice answer, but…” and using the word “evil” to describe BMW features. While those statements and opinionated comments would be okay in a social conversation, that’s not the function of an interviewer - and it created pause in RJ as he has to focus on phrasing his responses cautiously; so as to not agree or condone the opinions of Nilay. He’s supposed to ask questions that represent the inquiries of potential Rivian customers and people intrigued by EVs. Nilay CLEARLY has no sense of being an interviewer and his over-fixation on his own interest highlight that he’s a blogger and has little-to-no experience in a professional environment. He had no business being part of this interview and ruined the experience, not just for RJ, but for the viewers. Nilay needs to stick to his editorial blogs.

@elephantjournal 5 ай бұрын

Respectfully disagree. Job of journalists is to ask real questions, not flatter and feature the interviewee. If you want an entertainment interviewer, that's different.

@GB-ow1jh 8 ай бұрын

The R1T is by far the better looking and more functional truck between them or Tesla. Great on the Rivian team for designing a beautiful vehicle

@GregHassler 8 ай бұрын

Better looking, yes, more functional, no. A 4' bed is not "functional" for a pickup.

@timtessman3107 8 ай бұрын

Clearly more storage capacity in the CyberTruck Vault. Supposedly, better range in the CyberTruck as well

@kturn5953 8 ай бұрын

@@GregHasslerAre you comparing a functional truck to a non-existent truck right now? Haha!

@obsesivegamer 7 ай бұрын

@@GregHassler you will have to forgive tech bros who have never been to a home depot.

@darrenchin8492 8 ай бұрын

RJ is very consistent of what he said. There will be sure overlap and impact on R1T when Cybertruck start delivering

@jysmtl 5 ай бұрын

Mostly quite different customers for the two vehicles. Ditto for the Ford Lightning.

@mcrkon 8 ай бұрын

Finally! RJ is so cool. And regarding the question from the Verge guy - Model 3 is already the new Toyota Camry!

@luisnuno8985 8 ай бұрын

Not Camry, more like Corola. My Camry was a much nicer car, particularly on the highway. My model 3, not so much.

@Bacender 8 ай бұрын

God damn he would not let Nilay interrupt his answer, stone cold

@mononofuu 8 ай бұрын

Steve-O from another dimension)))

@M.J-313 8 ай бұрын

I thought that was steve-O 😅😅

@ado_fritos 8 ай бұрын

Mixed with Jeff Goldblum

@SlavaEremenko 8 ай бұрын

Bruh

@himanshu010 8 ай бұрын

😂😂

@justViewerFun 8 ай бұрын

Clark Kent

@fpartidafpartida 7 ай бұрын

He gets that a lot. Comments like “It’s great to see Steve-O all grown up. Who know he could be mature enough to become a CEO” are common.

@BryanA3115 2 ай бұрын

RJ is so fascinating to listen to. Extremely knowledgeable and down to earth.

@Lord_Reset 8 ай бұрын

"is this triangle going to destroy your company"

@NeuraPod 8 ай бұрын

Excellent convo. Thanks.

@Bravonewyork 8 ай бұрын

I hate when they ask about the competitor or start comparing.

@josephgillum5396 8 ай бұрын

The low key EA dig in this conversation is hilarious 😂😂

@RolfSchlup 8 ай бұрын

Yeah now they just need to close that 3+ year backlog in Canada....

@adidascanada416 5 ай бұрын

I got mine! :)

@DonaldGonsalves 8 ай бұрын

With this seating arrangement on the stage, I am sure the necks off everyone on the stage hurts from constant flexing.

@TisforTech 8 ай бұрын

I thought this was Steve-O

@notrningwheels 8 ай бұрын

Dude is Steve-O if Steve-O didn't do all the drugs and get all the concussions

@xyz12334567898 8 ай бұрын

Excellent person to interview with surprisingly good questions. Would not have watched if it was Marry Barry.

@voxtek 5 ай бұрын

If they could get some nice apps such as netflix, web browser etc. Expand on their service stations as I dont have one, that I would consider close. And get the power tonnuea fixed, along with re designing the wireless phone charger. I would be in line to grab one.

@gprufino 8 ай бұрын

Go RJ! I've got a thousand shares riding on you and your team!😄

@RayoDTijuana 8 ай бұрын

Currently dropping like crazy, I’m tempted to buy, you think will break up?

@gprufino 8 ай бұрын

@@RayoDTijuana No way man. Worst case is Amazon will buy them since they already own almost 20% of Rivian. The electric box truck business alone worldwide is worth billions.

@TabsT-vy5jy 8 ай бұрын

Damn u rich

@chuckm260 7 ай бұрын

@@gprufino @RayoDTijuana - And now that Amazon and Rivian agreed to remove the exclusivity clause of the Rivian produced EDV pkatform only for Amazon, this will boost revenue in the near future. With Amazon currently a 17% owner of Rivian, clearly this will benefit both parties.

@DSvideo7777 8 ай бұрын

Good Job!

@Random.Adventures. 7 ай бұрын

A great CEO. EV's are the future

@albertovillarreal4432 3 ай бұрын

I thought the commercial side Amazon, DHL, FedEx, all last mile companies those are huge in the USA 🇺🇸 🤔🤔

@Travelblack 8 ай бұрын

Like Rivian stock holder but he needs to bring price down

@hurlentropy6866 8 ай бұрын

It was down 25% in one day. Great opportunity to buy. Fear will prevent future gainz

@richardcuvilly9831 8 ай бұрын

He already answered this in the video that R2 platform will be lower cost/high volume product scheduled for '26.

@n_b_Batman 7 ай бұрын

This dude trying to catch RJ hating on competitors. Not RJ. He is much more grounded compared to someone else

@NoGoodHandlesComingToMind 8 ай бұрын

I came here to post my joke about how you'd have a better ROI via tax deduction from donating to public transit than you would by investing in Rivian but the CEO is so likeable that I feel bad about wanting to do that. 11:21, "potentially software-style margins" what is the source for that in the EV-only, US built-only context? Thanks. In general a good interview though. 22:40, brilliant omission of the facts regarding similar forces for the battery supply chain, as noting any of those would've forced him to acknowledge that cycling infra and trams are a far better, more sustainable option (especially for the context of public spending) than EVs.

@ricktaylor7648 5 ай бұрын

RJ...dnt be afraid to reach out to other companies who may have the software you need to make rivian even better....at least think of other ways to generate income for the company as well....think forward...

@itisim 8 ай бұрын

Cool guy

@vvaitkev 7 ай бұрын

he is better version of Elon Musk

@ricktaylor7648 5 ай бұрын

A partnership could be agrest thing or at least get ideas and copy elons success but with your own touch or area

@KeshenMac 8 ай бұрын

33:59

@macberry4048 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if this guy is normal or if he's a quiet version of Elon. I hope he's normal because we have to many visionary CEOs that are crazy

@swimshadey 8 ай бұрын

He has very high reviews from employees based on the comparably website.

@Iangamebr 8 ай бұрын

We absolutely don't have enough visionary ceos, we need at least 100x the amount we have right now.

@Browneyedboi 8 ай бұрын

His a family man, always with his kids and wife. His very reserved, nothing like elon

@erinbrewster543 8 ай бұрын

I don’t think he’s “ normal” he’s a genius- been legitimately working towards building a car company since he was a child. But he’s not crazy either. He seems personable and reasonable in most interviews. Notably, he credits his team and hard work and luck for Rivians wins

@caryrabbit 8 ай бұрын

This guy doesn’t seem like he has a god complex… yet.

@charlesnwosu6887 7 ай бұрын

He kind of contradicted himself, saying there should be 20 winners in the EV market, yet insisting that Rivian and Tesla will be the only visible EV charging companies.

@KeshenMac 8 ай бұрын

21:58

@Xsahdwo 8 ай бұрын

rivian have to make sudan car not only to be in battle with tesla also to win lucid,xpeng,nio,li auto and sell car I Europe and Asia have to make sudan car have to!

@abhinavcj1 8 ай бұрын

He talks exactly like Elon but much more politely. Exact same verbage, exact same points. We need more people like him!

@KeshenMac 8 ай бұрын

16:22

@kb8570 8 ай бұрын

I've noticed something about Rivian. RJ Scaringe only has 1% ownership in Rivian. Elon Musk invested everything into Tesla. Elon Musk goes into detail about the engineering and software design. RJ Scaringe fails to mention anything innovative about the Rivian.

@Rx100Vx 7 ай бұрын

Rj built Rivian from scratch putting everything that he owned into it including his and his fathers house . He purposely diluted his 100% shareholding to investors and during IPO so rivian could have more capital . That’s dedication.

@kb8570 7 ай бұрын

@@Rx100Vx You forgot to mention that Rivian was caught stealing data from Tesla.

@kbstuff19 7 ай бұрын

RJ Scaringe has a PhD in automotive engineering from MIT (prior to starting Rivian). Elon Musk has bachelor degrees in physics and economics from UPenn. Perhaps Mr. Scaringe might be slightly more knowledgeable and invested in the engineering and software design underlying the Rivian vehicles than Mr. Musk is in regards to the same topics as they apply to Tesla vehicles.

@jysmtl 5 ай бұрын

In different forums, he talks engineering all day. He’d rather talk about that. But with these interviewers, no.

@MrMountainHawk 8 ай бұрын

No one asked about the indisputable China lead in EV’s? 🤔🤔🤔

@tahsin28 8 ай бұрын

Search $40000 rivian repair. This needs to be brought to light and action taken.

@adidascanada416 5 ай бұрын

Why? Name me one manufacturer that doesn't have a outlier crazy repair on one of their models?

@jysmtl 5 ай бұрын

@@adidascanada416Yes, that one instance of a (supposedly) $41k repair went viral but it was an outlier. Anyway, repair shops and insurance companies are still on a learning curve.

@samkeino6810 6 ай бұрын

See InsideEVs Story from 12/26/2023: Rivian R1T Owner Says His Truck Has Been Out For Repairs For Eight Months for a damaged side camera!

@adidascanada416 5 ай бұрын

So 1 repair is what we should focus on? LOL

@DavidQuesada 8 ай бұрын

If I speak…

@DavidQuesada 12 күн бұрын

And now I have a rivian

@HisLoveArmy 8 ай бұрын

Cybertruck

@Starlord238 8 ай бұрын

Tesla in the near the future is gonna be the camry of EV, Rivian is gonna be Tesla now and Lucid is gonna be Rivian now😉

@tamie341 8 ай бұрын

Keep the analogy consistent man! Tesla would be toyota, Rivian woukd be range rover, Lucid would be porsche

@TabsT-vy5jy 8 ай бұрын

Lucid will be dead

@itisim 7 ай бұрын

Lucid will be a private company if they dont get it in order

@timtessman3107 8 ай бұрын

RJ is either oblivious or does not want to acknowledge the market slice CyberTruck will steal from Rivian. Hopefully, it is that "he does not want to acknowledge" because being oblivious would be worse.

@MitchCumstock 7 ай бұрын

I believe he's right when he says it's a completely different product. Also, I think there will be continued delays in production of the CyberTruck. It won't be in mass production in 2024. I also think there will be a big enough demand for both vehicles that there will continue to be a waiting list for years to come ....