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In a quizzical announcement today, Rivian claimed it is "on track" to meet it's halved/reduced production total of 25K units in 2022 (it was originally slated to be 50K units). What's quizzical about it is; Rivian also stated they produced 2,553 units (and delivered 1,227) in Q1. That's an annual rate of 10K units, not 25K units. Should we expect another annual volume halving soon? - - - - - Rivian also confirmed work continues in Georgia to give them a annual production capacity of 600,000 units, tho no one can imagine why/now there's any reason to.

^ Would be pretty stupid to throw away all that equity for no reason.

K; I've only heard about this for maybe a half year now. They've been diddling with the 'continuation' DeLoreans for years & years tho. And this is the first visual I've seen (vs. -say- the cyber truck reveal in Nov of 2019).

Coming soon : full reveal of upcoming DeLorean electric ~

Precursor to today's 'floating screens' ?

https://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/topic/95399-rubber-numbers/#comment-912190

S-class U.S. sales peaked way back in 2006 @ 30,886 units. Most years it hovers in the low teens. Wonder what the EQS will do; volume-wise. It seems that mercedes is following Tesla & GM in going to quarterly sales numbers; at least I couldn't find any sales numbers for the EQS other than the 1st month in Dec.

That's a monsterous 'IF'! I'm sure that's the hope, but the reality remains to be seen. Is it at all legit to compare the sales figures of the corolla and the prius? 2019 prius ($24K) : 59,010 2019 corolla ($20K) : 304,850 ^ Why aren't those numbers reversed?

Isn’t just about everything selling as soon as it gets in currently? It’s a good question on Tesla volume going forward.

It matters because a 'divide' is coming short-term; those that will sign & buy a BEV, and those that will not. If the BEV segment ever gets up & gains any momentum market-share-wise, those that will buy BE are already looking to Tesla for one, not mercedes. You can get a faster, better looking, more technically advanced, better range... and a globally-recognized symbol in a Tesla. You're not getting that with the glassy-eyed slugs the handful of people are buying from mercedes. It's not the overall numbers, but the momentum. It took mercedes 100 years to get to 2.0m passenger vehicle sales/year. It took Tesla 10 (or 18) years to get to half that number. 936K last year. Based on Q1 number 2022 - Tesla is on pace for 1.2 million this year. Had it been mercedes that intro'd a viable, luxury-priced BEV 10 years ago and had led the field, they'd be in very good position. Longer-term, that may well balance out. Right now they're playing catch up. However, the cyber truck is a joke of a pickup; it's not going to be a volume leader, or even come close.

Other than the Corvette from '53, bucket seats @ GM appear thusly: Chevrolet : '60 Corvair (optional), '62 Impala (optional) Pontiac: '58 Bonneville convertible (optional / actually had buckets front AND rear) Olds : '61 Starfire (standard) Buick : '59 Electra convertible (optional) Cadillac : '59 Eldorado Biarritz convertible (optional / approx 100 cars so equipped)

Irrelevant.

I don't expect to see that sort of 'low-cowl' proportion to come back anytime soon. The now-mandatory high nose (pedestrian regulation) and uber-high deck (CAFE regulation) would make a 'worn soap' sedan look very bloated. Think mercedes EQS.

mercedes has ceded an entire decade to Tesla in the EV segment- a decade they may never earn back. And Tesla outsells mercedes in EVs about 21 to 1 right now.

Here it was; didja buy one?