Rivian Automotive Inc (RIVN)

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Rivian is getting there and Since they are copying and being Inspired by Musk they are on the Correct Route.

This is a truism with the addenda that Scaringe will improve on it. Those MIT roots are very strong and so are the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute roots. Priem from Nvidia is a Rensselaer grad and there are rumors Scaringe and him are tight, but I haven't seen any confirmation yet.

Yes, I'll be the first to admit the market cap is lofty for a company that hasn't sold a single vehicle, but I'm sure there was a lot of people being called insane when they bought Tesla early on and at (relatively) lofty heights.

The most disturbing thing in that timelune article, IMHO, was that the U.S. Dept of Energy loaned a private company $459,000,000.00! That's INSANE and makes me wonder what backroom deal went on with that presidential administration. I know Tesla paid it back, but that's shady as hell and smacks of people getting paid off one way or another - dirty politics.