Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerritt · Oct 25, 2021
NEWS: Rivian R1T production rate stalls at just over 1 electric truck per day; Rivian manufactured 12 R1Ts between Sept 14-30, or 0.75 per day. As of October 22, they had made 56 R1Ts, or 1.47/day.
"Prototypes are easy, production is hard" - @elonmusk
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Prototypes are trivial compared to scaling production & supply chain. If those are solved, achieving positive gross margin is the next nightmare.
Starting a second new vehicle line before first is working will divide resources & amplify probability of failure.
07:15 PM · October 25, 2021 · 0 views
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