Reuters
Rivian R1T electric truck ‘way underpriced,’ but room to improve – expert
The Rivian R1T, one of the first electric pickup trucks on the market, is “way underpriced,” according to a manufacturing expert known for his sometimes blunt assessments of electric vehicles from Tesla and others. The R1T also could use some engineering and production changes to reduce its manufacturing cost, according to Sandy Munro, head of Michigan-based Munro & Associates, which tears down vehicles and advises automakers on how to improve them. Known for his blunt YouTube assessments, Munro, a former Ford manufacturing engineer, says the R1T has “buckets of cost reduction opportunity” – not unusual for a brand-new vehicle from a first-time manufacturer.