Loser Araysar
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Like I said, Apple has no experience in cars.
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The_Black_Log Foler
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K just don’t be salty when I buy RVN for 1% of what the stock will be worth when Apple buys it.
Loser Araysar
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The_Black_Log Foler
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I bought a bunch and flipped it for profit a few months back if you remember.
Waiting for a solid reentry around $7
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We just got the contract to build the upper IP for Rivian R2. Which includes the top plastic part, the air bag chute all wrapped in a "green skin" and the deco parts are foamed then wrapped. We learned that the air bag is not attached to the cross car beam, just hanging there off the IP top vibration welded on, just like their R1 design which failed miserably. Our engineering departments keep telling them the air bag needs to be attached to the cross car beam so it absorbs some of the huge forces when the shit explodes, lol.
Imagine a 2 kg air bag just hanging off the IP top in some arizona sun baking the shit for a few hours, I wonder if that thing would sag? (Yes it would, lol)
Imagine a 2 kg air bag just hanging off the IP top in some arizona sun baking the shit for a few hours, I wonder if that thing would sag? (Yes it would, lol)
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Loser Araysar
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You know, I don't remember the last time you bought and flipped a stock.
I'm thinking about putting your SP membership up for reconsideration at the next morning trading session
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ToeMissile
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I saw one too, there are a few around my area. *high five*
Is that for the passenger side?
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ToeMissile
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Yeah, I don't remember anything like that for Rivian.
Outright purchases aside, they could do some sort of partnership like Amazon for the delivery vans minus any Rivian badging. Maybe a Joint venture?
Sanrith Descartes
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Not to trigger the anti-TSLA crew, but a partnership/investment with TSLA makes the most sense. Two household name brands together. "Today", TSLA is the only viable EV manufacturer with a track record of running a profitable company. The Lucid/Rivian/Fiskers etc are all a year or less of cash burn away from bankruptcy.
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ToeMissile
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For sure Tesla blows everyone else away, and some sort of partnership with Apple could make sense. I don't think an acquisition will happen, especially while Elon is in control. I wonder if/how much Dojo/AI/Optimus factors into Apple persuing a partnership.
Fisker did pretty much completely shit the bed, Lucid is in bed with Saudi, that leaves Rivian. Which compared to the whole market isn't doing great, but as a very young company has launched 2ish pretty universally well recevied products and seem to be on an overall positive trajectory (airbag/IP integration aside
). They are of course far from out of the woods, it took Tesla a while to really get on their feet as well. 
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