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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said everyone’s fixation on the cost of China’s EVs is wrong because it’s “that the technology is much better” and “if I were an existing manufacturer, I’d get less hung up on the cost and more focused on ‘the cars are actually better.'”

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I saw this guy talking to his assistant at a shitty hotel/resort and he treated her like a normal human. It was oddly comforting that CEO's could do that.

[–] lung@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Damn sounds like it's time to trade up to a rivian

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

I'm really hoping the R3 will be under $40k (it won't).

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

R2 reservation gang represent!

[–] Septimaeus 1 points 1 day ago

Founding CEOs and those working for small companies usually are at least not-far-removed from the life experiences of their employees. In many cases they draw a relatively low salary and have a meager lifestyle compared to their most skilled employees. The pop culture tropes of the callous fatcat, ruthless machiavel, nepotistic bungler, etc are informed mostly by career CEOs hired by much larger corporations.