RE: Startup reveals 765hp electric pick-up

[Talksteer]

DonkeyApple said:

andy43 said:

ftfy
Amazon are suggesting 'amazon days' when we order stuff now where you get everything delivered on just one day of the week instead of NOWIWANTITNOW - that's the future I reckon.
Still want a Rivian 4x4!

Absolutely. The ongoing explosion of vans and van journeys in the urban environment is quite impressive and a large part of that is the fault of Amazon and the like offering next day delivery on single items. There is a backlash building to this huge and unnecessary consumer demand/expectation.

The likes of Amazon have tried collection boxes but it’s a flawed system both due to the size of boxes and the fact that as consumers we are lazy and just want stuff delivered.

To head off this backlash firms like Amazon must move to local electric delivery fleets but also you can easily foresee local governments wanting to place taxation on next day deliveries so as to incentivise consumers to select a day of the week to have all of that week’s online purchases delivered. It would be smarter for Amazon to implement such a change before legislators do.

Rivian is coming over as being very corporately and professionally intelligent while other EV manufacturers are running the risk of being seen as vendors of just more non essential toys and gadgets for the affluent excess consumer, ergo actually a part of the whole environmental problem and not a part of the solution.

This has a lot more to do with Amazon being an investor in Rivian. Partnership with Amazon usually means the eventual choice of being crushed or being bought.

I suspect the latter

It should be noted that UPS, FedEx and DHL have all ordered Tesla's Semi-Truck. The electric delivery market has been waiting for a player to order enough of a vehicle to allow proper volume production.

Once this happens the economics all favour EV's, the large players also have the financial muscle to build a fast charging network in and around cities and depots to support their delivery routes.

[DonkeyApple]

Yup. At every main road into a major city there are the industrial spaces perfectly capable of acting as hubs for an EV network.

[100SRV]

Mark Vinnels Obituary.

Former Executive Director of Enginnering & Programs for Rivian Automotive, Mark Vinnels sadly passed away on October, 27, 2021. Vinnels impacted greatly to his community and country. Vinnels cause and location of death was not made known to the public, he will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

[RobDickinson]

100SRV said:

Mark Vinnels Obituary.

Former Executive Director of Enginnering & Programs for Rivian Automotive, Mark Vinnels sadly passed away on October, 27, 2021. Vinnels impacted greatly to his community and country. Vinnels cause and location of death was not made known to the public, he will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

Oh st that sucks :/

[Glade]

I am afraid I have nothing to add on the death of the Rivian exec

However, I recently watched a review of the truck, (albeit by a tech reviewer) looks great.

https://youtu.be/A1uYhkMRLWg