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Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

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Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

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How does this company — or any company, for that matter — continue operating in the long term with that much significant (i.e. 1B) gross loss?

You raise money, you spend that money to make a factory, then you sell whatever the factory makes for a profit, then you pay back your investors.

Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

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One of their biggest plays are EV delivery trucks (and I see them on my streets). I'm sure someone will chime in about the environmental concerns of Amazon - but Rivan's strategy seems like a decent environmental message to me.

Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

#13
4th quarter consolidated balance sheet (in millions) so you don't have to click through and look through it:

> Revenue: 663 > Cost of Revenues: 1,663 > Gross Profit: (1,000)

Operating Expenses (Totals 795):

> R&D: 402 > Selling, general, administrative: 393

Loss from Operations: (1,795)

Interest income: 99

Interest expense: 33

Other net income: 6

Loss before taxes: (1,723)

Remember, all of these are in millions. So Rivian managed to lose 1.7 billion dollars in 3 months. That comes out to nearly 19 million dollars lost every single day.

Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

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It'd be far worse to have scheduled bus routes and train tracks cutting across the vast wilderness than the occasional electric vehicle cruising through.

Huh, as opposed to the roads and highways cutting across the vast wilderness that we have now?

Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

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How does this company — or any company, for that matter — continue operating in the long term with that much significant (i.e. 1B) gross loss?

If there's belief in the company/product they will get more investments. If not they'll eventually run out of money.

Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

#16

How does this company — or any company, for that matter — continue operating in the long term with that much significant (i.e. 1B) gross loss?

Tesla's market cap is approximately 644,59 billion USD now. Apparently, trying to reproduce that success is worth a couple of billions to some people.

Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

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It'd be far worse to have scheduled bus routes and train tracks cutting across the vast wilderness than the occasional electric vehicle cruising through.

Depends on how much energy the train uses. I would guess that the maintenance and supporting infrastructure for the 'occasional' car would dwarf the cost of a railway.

Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

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you clearly don't live in suburban or rural areas. I've tried to take public transportation in Phoenix. They put stops every 1/4 mi. it takes longer to ride a bus than ride a bike. public transit is just not remotely reasonable.

Re: Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]

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It isn't an either or scenario, and you're providing an unrealistic expectation.

Rivian is making "lifestyle vehicles", pick-ups and SUVs that are off-road capable, but are not not work trucks. There is no public transit out in much of these areas.

They also make Amazon delivery vehicles, so you can't expect Amazon deliveries to be made via public transport.

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