sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoA Rivian Fender Bender Cost $42,000. Its CEO Says That Should Never Happenwww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square174linkfedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down12
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkA Rivian Fender Bender Cost $42,000. Its CEO Says That Should Never Happenwww.thedrive.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square174linkfedilink
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoJust because they are a CEO doesn’t mean they are smart. Money does not equal intelligence
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoHe has a bachelor in Mechanical Engineering and a PHD in Automotive Mechanical Engineering. He’s no dummy.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoEngineers figure out how to make a thing as cheap as possible. Unless they are told to consider repairability, they won’t. That why a 2025 or later Ford F150 has a plastic oil pan.
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’m sure he appreciates you standing up for him. You would think with a PhD he would have had his company look at how other cars have been built for over 100 years and learn from that.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 hours agoHow many electric cars have been built over the last 100 years? The Rivian design has to reduce weight for the massive battery packs only Americans need or they get anxiety from having to do math.
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m just saying someone that educated doesn’t typically speak like that. I think (like, an opinion) the story misquoted him.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agoSomeone can be educated and still be a blithering moron. intelligence does not equal wisdom.
Just because they are a CEO doesn’t mean they are smart. Money does not equal intelligence
He has a bachelor in Mechanical Engineering and a PHD in Automotive Mechanical Engineering. He’s no dummy.
Engineers figure out how to make a thing as cheap as possible. Unless they are told to consider repairability, they won’t.
That why a 2025 or later Ford F150 has a plastic oil pan.
Just crazy.
I’m sure he appreciates you standing up for him.
You would think with a PhD he would have had his company look at how other cars have been built for over 100 years and learn from that.
How many electric cars have been built over the last 100 years?
The Rivian design has to reduce weight for the massive battery packs only Americans need or they get anxiety from having to do math.
I’m just saying someone that educated doesn’t typically speak like that. I think (like, an opinion) the story misquoted him.
Someone can be educated and still be a blithering moron.
intelligence does not equal wisdom.