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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

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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[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 21 points 2 months ago

Are their new planned cars gigantic too? The existing models are too long for my garage.

[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

The R3 is much smaller. My wife and I are looking at it to replace our Model Y and exit the Tesla ecosystem.

[-] LadyMeow 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah, i think the r2 is supposed to be a small suv as well.

[-] Nednarb44@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

From what I read, it'll be slightly smaller than something like a Ford explorer. I wouldn't say that's small, but definitely going in the right direction.

[-] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

The R2 and R3 will be smaller. I don't think there are official dimensions for the R3 yet, so the ones I used are unofficial.

LxWxH:

R1T 217″, 79″, 78″

R1S 201″, 82″, 77″

R2 186", 75", 67"

R3 161, ?, 60

[-] Delta_V@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

lol, no

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

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I guess you bought the Ford Lightning then?

[-] comador@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Drove an R1T, nice, works like a truck should, would be great for camping or hauling, but reliability issues combined with no Android Auto or Carplay make it a no go for me.

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

My friend has two Rivian's and I find them pretty nice. Nice features, storage, etc.

I myself drive a Model S (generally regrettably, but...well, is what it is now).

But...the Model S is too big to me, I mean, it's fine, I've gotten 87% used to it, but I'd prefer it be smaller. So, obviously, Rivian has no options for me.

this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2024
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