How to build a $16B car company with RJ Scaringe, founder of Rivian

John

Cars used to have cool names. You know, Mustang, Thunderbirds. Yep. Now we have r one Yep. R two Yeah. So the code

RJ

name for gen two is Peregrine.

John

Okay.

RJ

Which is the it's Beautiful. Super fast following.

John

Rivian would anyone here by Rivian Peregrine? Yeah. I've seen a

RJ

lot of takers. With the exception of two companies, Rivian and Tesla, every car on the road has anywhere from 50 to maybe 150 little computers that run the car.

John

This is why you, in a normal car, cannot adjust the, say, the side mirrors from the center console.

RJ

It's sort of three different companies. In 2013, 2014, I would go meet with suppliers, you know, and CEOs of very large suppliers, and say, we're working on an electric SUV and electric truck as a flagship product. To say laughed out of the room is probably accurate. So you know how to pour these things and everything.

John

These are actually really easy. This is good. This is a new and now you gotta go all the way in.

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