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'Fairly Lazy Explanation’: Rivian's CEO Doesn’t Think Americans Are Anti-EV (insideevs.com)
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[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

They literally just released a (more) reasonably priced SUV. The R2.

They always planned on starting with the high end market, then slowly release more economically priced versions as their technology matures.

Will it work? Who knows.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

The R2 still starts at 50K

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 0 points 10 hours ago

50K is comparable to a similarly sized ICE truck.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 9 points 17 hours ago

*$45K. Either way, there are a lot of people in the US who are paying >$60K for vehicles with internal combustion engines, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make

[–] Darkaga@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but $50k is the current average price for a new car in the US.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

The R2 starts at $45k, which isn't a bad price for a luxury SUV.

They're also planning a more affordable R3.

[–] pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Its not that luxury, the $45k trim. But its a good price for a medium size modern SUV EV

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

"luxury" is a few hundred dollars in farkles suckers pay thousands for.

[–] Darkaga@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I think you replied to the wrong person.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Average price is a meaningless number. Median price is far lower.

You need to look at what people spend, not average Corollas and Rolls Royces.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 10 hours ago

Median price includes used. We're not talking about a used R2.

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 hours ago

R2 45-50k trims don’t actually arrive until next year