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A Rivian owner was in a fender bender. The repair bill was $42,000. (www.yahoo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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."

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[–] vimdiesel 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] BombOmOm 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'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.

[–] vimdiesel 2 points 1 year ago

Yep I don’t think it’s too much to ask to not be tracked every waking moment

[–] MeanEYE 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] cybersandwich 3 points 1 year ago

Technological serfdom. We won't ever own anything. It's all subscription/rent/taxes.