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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I dig Rivians. The R1s, the R2 looks cool, and my wife digs the R3 as well. There's no set dimensions on the R3 yet, but apparently the wheelbase is 5" shorter than the R2. If the length follows the wheelbase, that would put it at about 180" long, which is CX-5 sized. The pictures they've released of it make it super hard to get a sense of scale.  Seems positively reasonably sized?
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KakerMix posted:
gently caress that light bar blasting my rear view mirror with high beams while tailgating me though.
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Midjack posted:gently caress that light bar blasting my rear view mirror with high beams while tailgating me though. Better than the high beams on larger SUVs and trucks. Hell, maybe even the low beams on many.
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Also it's just a running light. It's not that bright.
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darnon posted:Also it's just a running light. It's not that bright. I've had a R1T in my rearview. It's not that bad, just new since it's not something I'm used to seeing rather than just 2 lights. 
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An unintended side effect of running a fart can is less tailgaters.
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KakerMix posted:
Haven't seen that shot. I like it!
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Wanna lower the poo poo out of an R3 EDIT: Oh yeah, I saw a Cybertruck today. It's somehow even stupider in real life than in pictures. WTFBEES fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Mar 8, 2024 |
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If they can price an R3 where it works out to $30k out of pocket after all the tax and rebate shenanigans, I’d seriously consider it. Hell, my garage already has 240 run to it.
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That R3 is wonderful but suffers from severe touchscreen-itis like all the other techbro sleds.
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I wonder if it’s running the same sled tech that the r1s are and we can chop the body off and put something cool like a delta integrale body on top
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KakerMix posted:
New Top Gear set looks a bit sad WTFBEES posted:Wanna lower the poo poo out of an R3 
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Sab669 posted:https://www.motor1.com/news/711575/rivian-r3-reveal/amp/ They're cowards for painting the lower half of the car black imo. And the rear lights should be more like the other Rivians instead of this chonky loving mess of red though I suppose this is the 'budget' Rivian. I feel like announcing this is purely to get them some cash and perhaps put people off going elsewhere for a couple of years though. And it should be a 2 door  KakerMix posted:
 Not the worst but still too big. I bet this is another case of Ioniq 5 marketing only using models that are 6 foot tall 
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I wish all these EV people would stop putting stupid glass roofs on the cars. I hated it on my mini cooper since I couldn't cover it and block out the sunlight. I guess it works in the PNW and Northeast where all the people who can afford this poo poo live, but where the sun shines, it's like sitting in a fish bowl and I hate it. goon.txt
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Man, I don't even like sunroofs, even if they have a proper shade. A nicely spec'd car with a solid roof seems to be a tough thing to do now for any of the cars we've even been mildly interested in.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:They're cowards for painting the lower half of the car black imo. And the rear lights should be more like the other Rivians instead of this chonky loving mess of red though I suppose this is the 'budget' Rivian. With a proper amount of doors and more reasonably sized wheels:  Not so sure about body color lower tbh. 
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I dig Rivians. The R1s, the R2 looks cool, and my wife digs the R3 as well. There's no set dimensions on the R3 yet, but apparently the wheelbase is 5" shorter than the R2. If the length follows the wheelbase, that would put it at about 180" long, which is CX-5 sized. The pictures they've released of it make it super hard to get a sense of scale. The rear seats are really far back, if you look at the interior shot the headrest is somewhat screened by the solid C pillar. There's only a vestigial cargo space under that hatch. Pretty annoying, although you do get a frunk I guess.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:The rear seats are really far back, if you look at the interior shot the headrest is somewhat screened by the solid C pillar. There's only a vestigial cargo space under that hatch. Pretty annoying, although you do get a frunk I guess. Then just get the R2 if your complaint is the R3 is too short? 
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BloodBag posted:I wish all these EV people would stop putting stupid glass roofs on the cars. I hated it on my mini cooper since I couldn't cover it and block out the sunlight. I guess it works in the PNW and Northeast where all the people who can afford this poo poo live, but where the sun shines, it's like sitting in a fish bowl and I hate it. I live entirely too close to the sun and the roof on my 3 is wonderful, because Tesla didn’t cheap out and fail to properly tint it. Modern tint coatings and UV-opaque glasses are loving amazing.
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darnon posted:Then just get the R2 if your complaint is the R3 is too short? My complaint is not that the R3 is too short, it appears to be a great overall length! it's that the packaging is kind of annoying and diminishes the utility of having a hatchback.
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The flip side is probably a lot more room for rear occupants. Plus as you said, frunk.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:The rear seats are really far back, if you look at the interior shot the headrest is somewhat screened by the solid C pillar. There's only a vestigial cargo space under that hatch. Pretty annoying, although you do get a frunk I guess. Yeah, I think the frunk is a game changer. I have no idea how spacious the Rivian frunks are, but you're definitely regaining some of the rear space that was chopped off. Now the real question is will they make R2Ts and R3Ts? Edit: Did a little mock up vs a 2014 CX-5 (wife's car). Scaled it based on the wheels - 17" for the Mazda and 20" for the R3. Little shorter height-wise, but pretty close overall. Ballpark 3" longer. 
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Yeah, I think the frunk is a game changer. I have no idea how spacious the Rivian frunks are, but you're definitely regaining some of the rear space that was chopped off. Just get a Canoo pickup.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Yeah, I think the frunk is a game changer. I have no idea how spacious the Rivian frunks are, but you're definitely regaining some of the rear space that was chopped off. The frunk on my R1T is huge and has a sub-frunk as well.
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Also, a R3T around the size of a Ranger would be incredible. Made it a two-door bench seat and it would be the perfect small electric pickup.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Just get a Canoo pickup. A R3T is more likely to exist than the Canoo pickup and I put the odds of the as-shown R3 seeing the light of day in the low single digits.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:A R3T is more likely to exist than the Canoo pickup and I put the odds of the as-shown R3 seeing the light of day in the low single digits. The Canoo pickup has already been built, and their military contract increases the odds they'll continue to produce them.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:The Canoo pickup has already been built, and their military contract increases the odds they'll continue to produce them. They did a 23:1 reverse stock split today to bring the stock price back above the $1 NASDAQ minimum. As a real company that will continue being a real company goes, they need a lot of things to go their way.
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Powershift posted:They did a 23:1 reverse stock split today to bring the stock price back above the $1 NASDAQ minimum. LMAO I spoke too soon, I see I have my fingers crossed, I'd like to see more smallish trucks and vans on the road.
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Also, i would imagine most people aren't following the Nikola stuff. While Trevor Milton is appealing his 4 year prison sentence for all the fraud around Nikola, he's trying to load the board up with friends of his including Dave "Heavy D" Sparks from diesel bros. Sparks also bought all the rights to the Nikola Badger pickup truck and their UTV/jet skis, and is planning on getting them into production or something?
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tetrapyloctomy posted:LMAO I spoke too soon, I see Yeah the Canoo is super neat and it would be great if it succeeded but... yeah. Building cars is hard. That Army contract is for a singular LTV that is functionally a homebuilt prototype. It's meaningless unless there's a major production order, which there won't be, and if there is, Canoo ain't gonna win the contract to actually build it. KYOON GRIFFEY JR fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Mar 8, 2024 |
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But the post office bought like six or eight, LOL vans!
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Just get a Canoo pickup. Would an electric COE pickup be all sorts of cool? Hell yeah it would. Is anyone going to be driving a production Canoo in the next decade? 
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Would an electric COE pickup be all sorts of cool? Hell yeah it would. Is anyone going to be driving a production Canoo in the next decade? Canoo isn't really a COE pickup. It's a standard layout pickup that hides the hood by covering it with windshield, and in the process they lost the frunk.
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Saukkis posted:Canoo isn't really a COE pickup. It's a standard layout pickup that hides the hood by covering it with windshield, and in the process they lost the frunk. Sounds like a missed opportunity for the world's first fratch.
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Powershift posted:They did a 23:1 reverse stock split today to bring the stock price back above the $1 NASDAQ minimum. They delivered ???? amount of 9000-unit order to something called Kingbee. https://investors.canoo.com/news-presentations/press-releases/detail/123/canoo-delivered-electric-vehicles-to-kingbee As much as I'm pulling for them, I doubt they're gonna make it. Or Lucid. Rivian could hang on due to Amazon delivery vans. Alpha Motors will never die. They'll never make a vehicle either, but press releases are cheap.
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Saukkis posted:Canoo isn't really a COE pickup. It's a standard layout pickup that hides the hood by covering it with windshield, and in the process they lost the frunk. It's cab slightly forward. (not to scale, although probably pretty close)  It looks like the steering wheel is 18-24 inches forward.
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Failson posted:They delivered ???? amount of 9000-unit order to something called Kingbee. Lucid has Saudi bux so they’ll probably be ok.
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quote:Alfa Romeo will launch its new Stelvio sport utility vehicle (SUV) in the second half of next year, followed by the new Giulia sport sedan in 2026, the Italian premium brand said on Friday. Meh. I'm sure the Maserati guys would have an opinion about Alfa being the global premium brand of Stellantis...but what do I know.
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