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"The valuation's through the roof at this point." 11 Nov 2021 17:26 UTC https://www.businessinsider.com/rivian-stock-price-too-high-bound-to-fall-ipo-pop-2021-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/rivian-stock-price-too-high-bound-to-fall-ipo-pop-2021-11 Mark Matousek Cars BI Prime BITranspo Rivian Mark Matousek Rivian's long awaited IPO is this week — here's how much the hyped electric vehicle startup pays employees, from engineers to analysts Insider analyzed data Rivian shared with the US government, which shows how much it pays some employees. 09 Nov 2021 11:47 UTC https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-rivian-pays-employees-from-engineers-to-analysts-2021-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-rivian-pays-employees-from-engineers-to-analysts-2021-11 Mark Matousek Cars BI Prime BITranspo Rivian Mark Matousek Investors should avoid Rivian stock after its IPO for 4 key reasons, an equity-research firm says "We are skeptical that Rivian's IPO will deliver for investors," the equity-research firm New Constructs wrote in a report. 05 Nov 2021 10:04 UTC https://www.businessinsider.com/dont-buy-rivian-stock-after-ipo-report-says-2021-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/dont-buy-rivian-stock-after-ipo-report-says-2021-11 Mark Matousek Features Cars BI Prime BITranspo Rivian The founder of a top battery startup reveals how he got Bill Gates' VC fund to invest by answering one key question Our Next Energy founder Mujeeb Ijaz said the startup's batteries will allow an EV to travel 700 miles between charges. 03 Nov 2021 16:32 UTC https://www.businessinsider.com/how-our-next-energy-convinced-bill-gates-vc-fund-invest-2021-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-our-next-energy-convinced-bill-gates-vc-fund-invest-2021-11 Mark Matousek Cars BI Prime BITranspo Our Next Energy Mujeeb Ijaz Uber and Lyft's gig-economy problems will only get worse as startups like Kaptyn and Revel threaten them with better driver retention plans, a new report predicts "The future of ride-hailing is likely to be dominated by providers that own and operate their own fleet," a Pitchbook analyst wrote. 28 Oct 2021 11:25 UTC https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-gig-economy-problems-kaptyn-revel-competitive-threat-2021-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-gig-economy-problems-kaptyn-revel-competitive-threat-2021-10 Mark Matousek BI Prime BITranspo UBER lyft revel Here's how much Lyft pays its employees, from software engineers to data scientists Insider analyzed data Lyft shared with the US government, which shows how much it pays some employees. 26 Oct 2021 11:14 UTC https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-lyft-pays-employees-software-engineers-analysts-salaries-2021-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-lyft-pays-employees-software-engineers-analysts-salaries-2021-10 Mark Matousek BI Prime BITranspo lyft Mark Matousek Alex Nicoll Meet 13 power players of the electric-vehicle industry, from leading companies like Tesla, Rivian, and QuantumScape Tesla's Zach Kirkhorn and Rivian's Jiten Behl are among the key executives set to lead the EV revolution. 25 Oct 2021 12:35 UTC https://www.businessinsider.com/the-power-players-of-the-electric-vehicle-industry-rivian-tesla-2021-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-power-players-of-the-electric-vehicle-industry-rivian-tesla-2021-10 Mark Matousek Cars BI Prime Features BITranspo Tesla Elon Musk has acquired startups to make Tesla a giant in batteries, self-driving, and energy. 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