A big cash infusion for the EV startup.
Are they gonna fix how dumb those cars look?
VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture
Submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185946/vw-rivian-joint-venture-investment-software-r2
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Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I really like the way they look. I think it’s just one of those designs you either love or really hate. That angle is goofy though.
Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Boooo! Only my opinion is the right one!
rmuk@feddit.uk 4 months ago
See, the thing is, I hate the styling of it, but I absolutely love that car makers - freed from the rigid designs demanded by huge combustion engines, transmissions and fuel tanks - are actually trying stuff out.
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Auzy@beehaw.org 4 months ago
I remember when they got rid of the old WRX design. I thought the new ones looked stupid.
But they were right. Now when you look at the old ones they look cringe
Even cars like the Nissan cube and the CJ cruiser honestly my opinions have totally changed
knightly@pawb.social 4 months ago
How’s Rivian’s union drive going?
fubarx@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Have never met EV drivers more pissed-off at their car’s software than VW owners. Hopefully, this will inject something more functional back into VWs.
Cube6392@beehaw.org 4 months ago
After all these years any time a company with a poor product buys a company with a good product, I’ve stopped assuming the poor product will become more like the good product
ChrisMcMillan@lemm.ee 4 months ago
What does that mean for scout? VW is building that factory in South Carolina right now…
curiousaur@reddthat.com 4 months ago
It probably means the scout is going to build on Rivian’s platform.
lesbian_seagull@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I love the design of that vehicle. Reminds me of the square body days of the 80s and 90s!
…except for those god awful headlights jfc 😣
Wahots@pawb.social 4 months ago
Just you wait, these will be iconic and sought after in about 20 years, lol. People will be doing pet projects on them just like the Subaru bugeyes of the 00s. Which people also thought were weird looking, haha.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 months ago
I’m glad they start doing something different with the front. I hate the electric cars that still have the ventilation slits for where the cars radiator used to be, but have them filled in with black plastic, as they serve no purpose anymore.
New hardware begs me design and shoehorning in the old design aesthetic is both lazy as well as proof of a lack of vision.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 months ago
2020 seems to be the decade of awful tail lights but Rivian is definitely trying to set a new trend here. Those would be a total deal breaker for me if I was looking for an electric truck which is shame because otherwise it’s a nice vehicle.