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A comment on Rivian's platform approach to electric vehicles helped it raise $3B this year. Parent comment

Re:Rivian's platform approach to electric vehicles helped it... by threeseed on Saturday December 28, 2019 @05:56PM (#21902391)
Model Y is basically a clone of the Model 3 and it's still not out.

You simply can't rapidly make a new car. Years at minimum.

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Re:Rivian's platform approach to electric vehicles helped it... by loceng on Sunday December 29, 2019 @04:07AM (#21904955)
Hence saying "relatively rapidly" - meanwhile other manufacturers are nowhere near creating a vehicle to compete with any Tesla vehicle; if wondering why they're 5+ years ahead of competitors in a dense overview, watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEELWPV8Yc
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