• DeadlineX@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t even know rivian had even made an actual vehicle until I saw one last month. I thought they were still vaporware. Wasn’t there another trunk company that was supposed to have made a truck like 6 years ago? Did they ever do that?

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      1 year ago

      Rivian is out and about. Thru even finished their 10k amazon van order along eith the trucks and SUVs.

      The truck brand thats still vaporware may be tesla (ha) but you probably mean the Fisker Alaskawhich looks amazing if it ever exists. They actually went bankrupt a while ago but came back and seem to be solvent.

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        1 year ago

        The Lordstown Endurance was an electric pickup truck. It was to be built at a former GM factory. They managed to produce 31 of the trucks,19 of which had to be recalled. The compny failed, but the factory is owned by Foxcon and is planned to be used to manufacture Fiskers in the future.

        Fisker has been producing electric cars. They’ve made around 5,000 at this point. The Alaska is a planned future vehicle. Unlikely to happen. The auto industry is notoriously difficult to for new manufacturers. Telsa is one of the few car new car companies to see widespread success, and they are the exception.

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        1 year ago

        Well it’s certainly better looking than the Rivian, which is one of the ugliest production vehicles I’ve ever seen.

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        1 year ago

        lol yeah it’s definitely Tesla! The Alaska looks amazing. I actually hadn’t seen that one but it definitely looks awesome. I looked it up and I think it was the nikola badger. The name doesn’t seem familiar but the look of it seems like what I was thinking.

        Honestly I feel there have been a lot of ev startups that never deliver. I do think the rivian truck looks pretty nice as well.