True, but given these products are nearly three years out that's kind of the point of this entire forum, at least for now. I stand by my earlier statement though. Rivian has been to date so committed to BEVs that it's only logical to conclude they're just providing software development support, given what the public knows.
I agree with you, because we have plenty of evidence based on Rivian's track record. My comment is mainly directed at Timmy's speculations.
I feel and certainly hope that this is the case. I would never buy a Rivian over a Scout as long as they deliver something very close to what they’ve shown us so far and I’m a Rivian shareholder (unfortunately). The solid rear axle, rear mounted full size spare tire and other off-road oriented features along with their looks are exactly what I’ve been waiting for in an EV.
Well speculation is what this forum has become. On every Scout community on Reddit thats all that the comments say. Is that this forum is all speculation. Which is false, about five of us give information and put a few speculation. And this is a topic we can speculate about since ewe have no idea why Rivian has one. But as on what plenty of people have and which whom i agreed with it seem to be for R&D and for software development.
i actually think you’re correct. I think Rivian is just doing zonal architecture testing and I’m skeptical they will use gas. However, now that we all see 80% of scout reservation holders have harvester, and that EV demand is only slowly growing, Rivian might be considering it.
If they do that, it cuts out the hand wringing and 'sky is falling' posts and the excitement wears off. They have to keep the interest high until they are rolling off the line. Once they start getting delivered, that will renew desire and there will be another spike in orders.
If you look up Rivians Stance on Gas. Theya re firmly against it. Most likely this is to help Scout out with Zonal Architecture and Software for the Harvesterz
Rivian is also in business to make money. That stance could easily change in the future when they see the demand from consumers for a generator option. Being against petroleum powered vehicles does not necessarily indicate a firm stance against packing around a generator for use when access to the electrical grid is not available.
