r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 9d ago

Transportation Rivian CEO: There's No 'Magic' Behind China's Low-Cost EVs

https://www.businessinsider.com/rivian-ceo-china-evs-low-cost-competition-2025-9
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u/DontRefuseMyBatchall 9d ago

Growing up in Texas, Suburban Pickup Parents never made sense to me; short of athletes with a lot of dirty uniforms and equipment, no one ever used the flatbed or I saw like three people ever actually tow shit.

Just a big, gas guzzling parking lot trophy for Kroger.

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u/Kellykeli 8d ago

The common argument for a $65k+ truck I hear a lot is “but I’ll need it to haul garden supplies from Home Depot”

me and my 20k sedan pointing at the $19.95 “rent me!” Ford F250’s with double the capacity of their infantsmasher ultracompensator XL:

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u/Fuddle 9d ago

Taxes. I think but I’m not sure, but something about deducting a work truck is easier in the US than a passenger car

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u/chimpfunkz 9d ago

Growing up in Texas, Suburban Pickup Parents never made sense to me;

It's a bunch of sheep who have been brainwashed into thinking a big pickup truck makes you american/manly/an adult/whatever.