Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe exclusively told The Drive that no collision repair should cost tens of thousands of dollars — and explained why it's happened.
      • CanIFishHere@lemmy.caEnglish
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        3 days ago

        He has a bachelor in Mechanical Engineering and a PHD in Automotive Mechanical Engineering. He’s no dummy.

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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          19 hours ago

          Engineers figure out how to make a thing as cheap as possible. Unless they are told to consider repairability, they won’t.

          That why a 2025 or later Ford F150 has a plastic oil pan.

        • RagingRobot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I’m sure he appreciates you standing up for him.

          You would think with a PhD he would have had his company look at how other cars have been built for over 100 years and learn from that.

          • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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            19 hours ago

            How many electric cars have been built over the last 100 years?

            The Rivian design has to reduce weight for the massive battery packs only Americans need or they get anxiety from having to do math.

          • CanIFishHere@lemmy.caEnglish
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            2 days ago

            I’m just saying someone that educated doesn’t typically speak like that. I think (like, an opinion) the story misquoted him.