Rivian's $4,500 Electric Bike Gamble
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Rivian is entering the e-bike market with a $4,500 electric bike, sparking discussion about the company's strategy and the bike's specs and pricing.
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There are some good ideas here, like the removable battery that doubles as a usb-c power bank, but making it all depend on a phone app is such a massive turn off for me. Considering this thing's price tag and on-board compute, the decision to not include a key fob for offline/phoneless use had to be 100% intentional.
At least when Fiskar went under and took their cloud environment offline, the vehicles could still be unlocked and operated independently. This thing will be nothing more than an expensive brick on locked wheels.