A Rivian owner was in a fender bender. The repair bill was $42,000.::The repairs cost over half the starting price for the Rivian EV. The owner said he’d expected it wouldn’t be cheap, but it was a “shocking number.”
Fender bender?
He crushed the roof under a streetlight and had to have the unibody structure repaired.
Maybe they will challenge Tesla for the title of most expensive insurance.
I think the environment is just going to have to suffer a bit more on my part. Until someone puts out a simple EV that doesn’t constantly surveil me Imma stick with used ICE vehicles
I’m not sure why people are down-voting you. Asking for a car that doesn’t have remote data logging and other BS that a bunch of electric cars have now is not an unreasonable ask. Just make a plain car that works.
Yep I don’t think it’s too much to ask to not be tracked every waking moment
This surveillance thing is not EV exclusive. Remember the whole BMW heated seats fiasco? This is the future to come am afraid. The moment manufacturers realize they can squeeze some more money out of you, we are done for.
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According to the article, the reason the repair was expensive was structural and had nothing to do with it being an EV.
That being said, I ran over a rock with a 1 year old EV and totaled it because it put a 4” crack in the battery pack and cracked the high voltage power harness. (Insurance covered it…that’s what car insurance is for folks)
It’s hard to believe this is a viable business model. Vehicle makers seem to be playing to the top of the market, that’s only so big and doesn’t seem like a long term thing.
70k and up, hard to believe this can last. Vehicle complexity is insane.
Must be some great engineering!
You can pry my 2008 Honda civic from my cold dead hands.
Cars were always terrible. And yet somehow someway they have gotten so much worse recently. I will continue to repair my car until I die.
One of the primary reasons for the high price was that the accident affected a panel that reaches from the back of the vehicle all the way to the front roof pillars of the truck and fixing the panel required service workers to remove the ceiling and front windshield, the Times said.
What a terrible design
All I want out of an EV is a fully electric 1990s era Single Cab Ford Ranger
This is why my only electric vehicle is a bicycle lol, still waiting on prices to come down to something sane. In the meantime, I have my trusty old Honda and Subaru.
This is the exact wrong way of thinking. This has nothing to do with the fact vehicle is electric. This has everything to do with the fact Rivian is young company. People will often neglect the fact Toyota (and others) exist for decades and has been pouring time and money in figuring reliability and ease of repair. It’s not an easy thing to achieve. It’s decades and number of different models of improvement upon improvement that we take for granted today.
Of course Tesla’s quality is going to suck ass, they’ve been around for far shorter, and have an idiot for owner who thinks he’s the best thing. And not only Tesla, Rivian but all new manufacturers will struggle with issues like these. Some manufacturers are smarter than others and they will hire experienced people to help work and design. Musk is not one of those smart people as his tendency is to make sure smartest people leave in every company he buys.
Or, in short: dude likes Honda, Honda makes EVs, get one of those 😁
Are they on par in terms of quality, price, and reliability as their traditional vehicles now? I’d been under the impression that they were still really expensive both to buy and to repair. I guess I haven’t really researched it lately though.
As far as I understand (I’m in the market myself) the traditional makers have essentially caught up. You can expect the same build quality as other cars by the same makers.
(I’m specifically looking at Renault, Volvo and Mercedes, haven’t tried others)
I’ve heard Volvos are nice and very sturdy, was kinda looking at that EX30.
Yup. Pretty much.
I’ve been debating purchasing a vehicle in the coming years, but found a electric bike for much less that I think I want instead.
I love my ebike! Feel free to stop by !micromobility@lemmy.world
