“The reality of buying a combustion powered vehicle, in light of the policy that’s coming, is sort of like building a horse barn in 1910. Like, imagine buying a Chevy Suburban in 2030. Like, what are you going to do with that, right? In 10 years? … Gas stations will be slowly disappearing. It’s just weird.”
via Heatmap’s exlsusive interview with Rivian CEO RJ ScaringeFor many prospective buyers, of course a gas vehicle still makes sense. For others, going EV today is a far superior choice. But while RJ Scaringe deserves plenty of credit for his visionary work at Rivian, assuming obsolesence of gas vehicles comes off as myopic at best. There are plenty of affirmative cases to be made for EVs without having to take things this far.
