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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy
I should've said, "waits skeptically."
It's definitely an interesting concept.
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Elon Musk is doing it solely because of climate change.
I'm not acquainted with Rivian's motivation,but their business model is much like Tesla.Start up market ($65,000),use the profits to underwrite cost savings over the short term,and end up with an affordable unit for sale to the masses.
Retired GIs are paying his kind of money for pickups,just to get to the the golf course and donut store,so this kind of price point is already acceptable to those with the discretionary income.