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.”

  • @1019throwEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Doesn’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.