A Rivian owner was in a fender bender. The repair bill was $42,000.
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."
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."
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
131Even removing a ceiling and windshield, $42,000 seems stupidly excessive.
80Yeah this. I was reading expecting some critical board got damaged or something with the electrical system that also had to be replaced, but nah, they just had to take more apart to get to it.
My uncle was a mechanic, he’d have to take engines apart he wasn’t charging no $42k for even 3 days labour.
Just dealership shenanigans it sounds like.
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Depending on how early the build is. Sometimes poor design decisions like that are allowed for earlier builds while other kinks are worked out.
8Pretty sure this is the same with most vehicles, there's one piece of metal that goes the length of the roof.
Honestly, this just sounds like people out of touch with how expensive the repair process is.
4i would have done it for 200 bucks
4Doesn't the insurance have an onus in understanding of cost of repairs to vehicles they cover? How can they only offer$1600?
Also, I thought Tesla and others were also looking at these unibody designs for manufacturing purposes.
1Standard unibody design. You just don't hear about it with normal cars because they have enough production to cover shit.
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Fender bender?
He crushed the roof under a streetlight and had to have the unibody structure repaired.
40Maybe they will challenge Tesla for the title of most expensive insurance.
24All I want out of an EV is a fully electric 1990s era Single Cab Ford Ranger
18Check out the alpha wolf! It’s exactly what you’re looking for.
6Wow that's really cool looking. I thought they were all renders but apparently they had a couple trucks at the 2023 Seoul auto show
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There are companies that will convert petrol cars into electric. Last I heard about it, it was a $6-8k cost.
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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
16I'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.
9Yep I don’t think it’s too much to ask to not be tracked every waking moment
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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.
5Technological serfdom. We won't ever own anything. It's all subscription/rent/taxes.
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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)
13It sounds like a lot more than the fender got bent then, what a stupid title.
11It'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.
7Must be some great engineering!
4This 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.
1This 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.
22I’ve been debating purchasing a vehicle in the coming years, but found a electric bike for much less that I think I want instead.
5I love my ebike! Feel free to stop by !micromobility@lemmy.world
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This has nothing to do with EV, it has to do with extremely overcharing customers. A BMW fender could run you 5000 just for the part. My fiancee worked in the automotive sector so she has the gross prices: under 100 Euros.
5I have nothing against EVs as a concept, but there are no good EVs that are reasonably priced and even the expensive ones can be shitty and ridiciulously expensive to maintain or repair. If there was a true electric equivalent to something like a Honda Civic or a Toyota Corolla I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Closest thing I can think of would be a Prius but they're still pretty expensive.
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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.
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