⚡️🔋Current Events 8/27/2023: A Letter To You
Big news about the author. Thank you for everything.
To my dear Clients and Friends of Ronin EV and readers of Current Events,
Happy Sunday. Today, I have some news about myself, and in light of this news, I would like to discuss what the future holds for Ronin EV and Current Events.
I'm very excited to announce that I have accepted an offer to join the incredible team at Rivian. I'm so humbled by the opportunity to join the mission to keep the world adventurous forever. Tomorrow will be the first day of my new journey. There is much to learn and many challenges ahead. I cannot wait.
Now onto Ronin EV and Current Events. Speaking openly, the life of someone building a startup is far from glamorous; it's mostly sleepless nights, moments of doubt creeping in like shadows, financial stresses, and hard sacrifices that go unnoticed. But these are precisely the things that build within us the resilience required to keep pushing forward and adapting, even when success feels impossible. The journey with Ronin for the past 3 years has been arduous and simultaneously incredibly rewarding. Still, now is the right time for a new adventure.
To the incredible clients who chose Ronin EV to guide them through the intricate world of electric vehicles and sustainable energy solutions, to everyone who's ever demoed an EV with me, and to all the readers of the Ronin Dispatches and later Current Events, I want you to know that your belief in the project was a beacon of hope during those tough moments. You were always the "why" that got me up in the morning.
To my friends who stood by me when Ronin EV was taking shape, your unwavering support has always been a lifeline. Many of you witnessed firsthand the sacrifices and setbacks that came hand-in-hand with even the slightest progress. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything.
And so, with those acknowledgments out of the way, let's talk more specifically about how things for Ronin and Current Events will be changing going forward.
To be transparent, the EV ecosystem of today is utterly unrecognizable from the one I left behind at the start of 2020 to commence this project. I've known for some time now that Ronin needs to adapt. To do so, I've been developing software internally to formalize and scale my analytical processes for clients as I work to expand coverage and grow the community for Current Events, The All-Electric Newsletter on Substack. This development project began approximately 6 months ago and continues today.
Given tomorrow's new time constraints and the current market environment, this process will continue to be long and arduous but critical to building a streamlined service that exceeds expectations and dramatically lowers costs when guiding SMBs, estates, and even larger enterprises to the all-electric future. I won't be taking any new clients until further notice. As much time as I can give outside of my duties at Rivian will be spent on development.
Now, more specifically about Current Events, the biggest challenge for the past two years has been maintaining consistency of output every week. Indeed, readers are owed an explanation. I write creatively to tell stories about the electrified world in a way meant to captivate people's hearts. That kind of writing takes a lot of time and effort and requires finding the conversations that make people think. Authenticity is of paramount importance to this process. Given all I've learned about this process and its constraints, I will commit to two monthly articles going forward. Also very important going forward: in the spirit of ethical media practices, any coverage of either Tesla or Rivian will have open disclaimers added at the beginning of the articles.
As my story continues at Rivian, I invite you all to stay connected as we navigate the electrified world together. Thanks for reading.
Obrigado por tudo,
Renato Amboss
Renato A. Amboss is the author of Current Events, The All-Electric Newsletter. He is also the Founder and First Pilot of Ronin EV. The thoughts and opinions expressed here are his own. None of the views expressed are intended as investment advice of any kind and should not be taken as such. Have a lovely day!