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5 days agoThe R2 is nearly here - can Rivian stick the landing?
Rivian's R2 midsize SUV, priced under $50,000, is critical for the company's survival in a competitive EV market dominated by Tesla.
At the close of 2024, I wrote that Elon Musk's support of Donald Trump had made him the world's most powerful unelected man. In 2025, his reign turned out to be short-lived. He rose fast and haphazardly, like a whizzing firework, only to explode spectacularly in June when he claimed in a post on X that the president of the United States was named in the government's files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.