Poaching is very common throughout the automotive industry and many others. Tech is another big one.
Even Tesla does it.
Tesla Motors Inc said on Friday it hired Volkswagen executive Peter Hochholdinger as its vice president of vehicle production.
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Plus, if you're actually interesting in buying a new EV, this should be the least of your concern. What should are the features being offered and Rivian easily stands out.
Yeah, OTA might not be functional at launch but it along with Level 3 features will later on with a software update. So to say "they are way behind in critical design areas
especially OTA technology" is a stretch...