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[THil08]

Hello- I just wanted to come in here and thank you for the shout out. I truly love my job and this community has been essential in the decisions the CMF team makes. I don't often comment on here but please know that I am regularly in here reading the forum members comments, specially regarding Colors and Materials. So keep them coming!

Please know that I take into account the feedback from you all in my daily decisions trying to make it worthy of the Scout name and this community, so your support and acknowledgement for our work means a lot!

welcome! Love see how much the employees care about reviving Scout!


ALSO: Does this mean we have an aunt now!!!!???? We sure have alot of uncles

 

[rfk]

Hey guys, it’s Aileen!!!

For a brief moment, I thought she was holding a rubber chicken -

 

[J Alynn]

For a brief moment, I thought she was holding a rubber chicken -

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At least it would be yellow. Not PBY but yellow

 

[cyure]

For a brief moment, I thought she was holding a rubber chicken -

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No ha! thats my messenger bag and I love it. Company is called timbuk2 and they make their bags out of recycled materials.

Classic Messenger Bag

Free Shipping & Lifetime Warranty. The original Timbuk2 messenger bag was designed in San Francisco for on-and-off the bike wear. Built tough with premium quality fabrics with measured durability, our Classic Messenger bag is the ultimate crossbody for urban riders.

www.timbuk2.com

 

[cyure]

Ohhhh and they make multicolored ones. It would be cool to have one in SM colors.

 

[cyure]

Good for Rivian

 

[dreamweaver]

Good for Rivian

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Wow. That is something. Good for them.

 

[chucchinchilla]

Good for Rivian

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This is amazing news. I'm very familiar with gov't contract vehicles like Sourcewell along with others like NASPO ValuePoint, GSA, etc. They play a huge role in procurement for SLED customers because they eliminate the expensive and time intensive RFP process since a competitive price is already negotiated, and the deal falls under standard T&C's on the contract. Makes it very easy for them to buy.

Anyway, looking at Rivian's contract and pricing sheet to see what tidbits we can learn..

• Signed in November so they clearly wanted to wait till after the holidays for the PR. Also contract runs 4 years which of course will include R2 purchases.
• 2% discount off MSRP, additional discount considered when you order 10+
• Allows for Rivian to do the upfitting (light bars, push bars, utility beds..etc.) but also lists 3rd party companies as official partners (Bush Specialty, EV Sportline, Holman, LEGEND, Ranger, and Sortimo).
• Rivian has a sales force of 15 FTE's dedicated to fleet sales (I didn't know that, thought it was interesting). As of 8.1.25 only .5% of sales were fleet however they expected to end the year at 1.5%.
• Service : By the end of 2026, they will have 130+ brick and mortar service centers and will be within 60mi of 89% of the population of the United States.
  • mobile service fleet is 650+ vehicles
  • Total service org is 3,750 people
• Have sold 35K vans to Amazon thus far

Tons more stuff but I don't have the time to read through it all, check it out yourself tho...those underlined words above are links.

 

[J Alynn]

This is amazing news. I'm very familiar with gov't contract vehicles like Sourcewell along with others like NASPO ValuePoint, GSA, etc. They play a huge role in procurement for SLED customers because they eliminate the expensive and time intensive RFP process since a competitive price is already negotiated, and the deal falls under standard T&C's on the contract. Makes it very easy for them to buy.

Anyway, looking at Rivian's contract and pricing sheet to see what tidbits we can learn..

• Signed in November so they clearly wanted to wait till after the holidays for the PR. Also contract runs 4 years which of course will include R2 purchases.
• 2% discount off MSRP, additional discount considered when you order 10+
• Allows for Rivian to do the upfitting (light bars, push bars, utility beds..etc.) but also lists 3rd party companies as official partners (Bush Specialty, EV Sportline, Holman, LEGEND, Ranger, and Sortimo).
• Rivian has a sales force of 15 FTE's dedicated to fleet sales (I didn't know that, thought it was interesting). As of 8.1.25 only .5% of sales were fleet however they expected to end the year at 1.5%.
• Service : By the end of 2026, they will have 130+ brick and mortar service centers and will be within 60mi of 89% of the population of the United States.
  • mobile service fleet is 650+ vehicles
  • Total service org is 3,750 people
• Have sold 35K vans to Amazon thus far

Tons more stuff but I don't have the time to read through it all, check it out yourself tho...those underlined words above are links.

Very cool. Learned something else new today

 

[eunichron]

My “algorithm” is 32 years of public service science, technology, and engineering research, development, and education with experience on both sides of the funding profile. I don’t know you, you don’t know me, and it’s clear that “debating" you isn’t worth the time I’ve already spent responding to you.

Goodbye.

Congratulations. That still doesn't make what you said correct.