<story><title>Amazon, GM in talks to invest in electric pickup truck maker Rivian: sources</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rivian-electric-amazon-com-gm-exclusi/amazon-gm-in-talks-to-invest-in-electric-pickup-truck-maker-rivian-sources-idUSKCN1Q12PV</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jschwartzi</author><text>The only thing I really take issue with on this truck is that the spare tire is accessed through the top of the bed. There are two reasons you don&amp;#x27;t want to do this in a truck:&lt;p&gt;1.) The bed needs to be very strong because people routinely put weight on dunnage in the bed, and the door doesn&amp;#x27;t appear to be corrugated to withstand load.&lt;p&gt;2.) If you want to change your flat tire you need to unload everything in the bed, which will be a huge pain in the ass on the side of the road.&lt;p&gt;Otherwise thank god someone is actually trying to capture this market. I really want one of these and can&amp;#x27;t wait until they&amp;#x27;re closer to market.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>leetcrew</author><text>&amp;gt; If you want to change your flat tire you need to unload everything in the bed, which will be a huge pain in the ass on the side of the road.&lt;p&gt;aren&amp;#x27;t you already supposed to unload your vehicle before you jack it up on one side? maybe it&amp;#x27;s different for &amp;quot;work vehicles&amp;quot;, but my car comes with a puny little jack that&amp;#x27;s only strong enough to support the weight of the car when there are no people or heavy items inside. I suspect the hardpoint on the car itself isn&amp;#x27;t designed with much more headroom than the jack.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon, GM in talks to invest in electric pickup truck maker Rivian: sources</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rivian-electric-amazon-com-gm-exclusi/amazon-gm-in-talks-to-invest-in-electric-pickup-truck-maker-rivian-sources-idUSKCN1Q12PV</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jschwartzi</author><text>The only thing I really take issue with on this truck is that the spare tire is accessed through the top of the bed. There are two reasons you don&amp;#x27;t want to do this in a truck:&lt;p&gt;1.) The bed needs to be very strong because people routinely put weight on dunnage in the bed, and the door doesn&amp;#x27;t appear to be corrugated to withstand load.&lt;p&gt;2.) If you want to change your flat tire you need to unload everything in the bed, which will be a huge pain in the ass on the side of the road.&lt;p&gt;Otherwise thank god someone is actually trying to capture this market. I really want one of these and can&amp;#x27;t wait until they&amp;#x27;re closer to market.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yyyymmddhhmmss</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;you need to unload everything in the bed, which will be a huge pain in the ass on the side of the road.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who says that’s even going to be possible? It sounds like a complete design flop to me.</text></comment>