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Re:The Rise of the Disposable Car by bobthepanda on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @04:16PM (#40516482)
right, the $42K Rivian fender bender was a particularly egregious example. https://www.theautopian.com/heres-why-that-rivian-r1t-repair...
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Re:The Rise of the Disposable Car by karma_pharmer on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @05:50PM (#40517462)
oh my god.

what exactly were the rivian engineers thinking?

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Re:The Rise of the Disposable Car by AlotOfReading on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @07:23PM (#40518310)
They weren't thinking about repairability. They were trying to get smaller BOMs and reduced assembly costs.
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