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Is It Rivian's Time To Rise? (cleantechnica.com)
submitted 2 months ago by MyOpinion@lemm.ee to c/evs@lemmy.world
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Tesla exploded the electric car market, becoming the clear leader in the industry with the mass-market Tesla Model 3, and eventually even having the #1 best selling model of any kind in the world with the Tesla Model Y. Recently, though, BYD sales have climbed much faster, and Tesla sales have actually declined. Perhaps it’s just a bump in the road for Tesla, but this is definitely the year of BYD. There are several other Chinese EV startups rising fast as well — from NIO to Xpeng to Zeekr. Does that mean the US is just going to be left in the dust? Maybe, but we’ve got some cavalry on the way. In particular, watch out for the rise of Rivian.

In the latest CleanTechnica Talk podcast, CleanTechnica’s Scott Cooney and Rob Simon discuss the great potential of Rivian, the quality of Rivian vehicles, the company’s coming mass-market (read: cheaper) models, and the opening Tesla is leaving for another young EV startup to climb that always daunting mass-adoption scaling graph. Enjoy the discussion!

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[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol, no

both of the people who could afford to buy one of their trucks already have a truck

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess you bought the Ford Lightning then?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Ford Lightning

That actually looks pretty solid, but it's waaaaay too expensive. Plus, I can never buy a new car again, as long as it's legal for them to track everything I do in a car that I paid for. It's fucking preposterous that we don't have any consumer protection against corporate spying, and by extent, police and government spying.