Rivian is searching for a pathway to profitability in what looks to be an intense period of competition, with legacy automakers getting serious about EVs and Tesla planning the next phase of its product portfolio. "The financials for Rivian are just painful right now," Brauer said. "They're spending lots of money and not coming anywhere near paying for it with sales."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.