But Su says the company is putting “a tremendous amount of effort to getting the entire supply chain ramped up.”
I asked Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe how long it might be until we get to a truly affordable EV, and he thinks it could happen in a not-to-distant future.
Right now, many EVs are very expensive, and a huge part of the cost is because of the batteries. The company launched its vehicles at the higher end of pricing, and Scaringe says that the company hopes to keep driving down costs over time.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said that the forthcoming switch to NACS will not only mean that Rivians can charge at Tesla’s Supercharger stations, but Teslas can also charge on Rivian’s own charging network. Hadn’t thought about that — nice perk!
CEO RJ Scaringe says that a vehicle without a steering wheel has a “relatively constrained” set of use-cases. It can also create a feeling of “steering anxiety,” which is an incredible term.
Even though Rivian has a big commercial deal to make electric delivery vans for Amazon, consumer cars represent about 80 percent of Rivian’s business, he said.
I don’t get the sense that Rivian is going to move to a one-wiper system.
But he’s happy that there’s competition. “I think it’s great that a product like that exists in the world.”
“Starting today, inactive moderators won’t be able to perform certain actions, including adding or removing moderators, or changing the community’s settings (type, description, NSFW status, discovery settings),” Reddit says. These seem like good changes!
Pagoda Snacks made a limited edition toga for gamers, which it calls the Pagoda Patoga. Yes, really. Just look at these pictures!!
You’ll be able to win one as part of a giveaway with some Twitch streamers next week.
