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From Instagram. He has an entire walkthrough of the exterior/interior on his story if you click through it: mikhlik
Interesting to see the Mobile Service badge and finally an interior color other than Black Mountain...

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I followed the link in your post and didn't see any pics or videos of Rivians. Do you have a link to the specific posts or pics you are referring to?

I would like to see the walkthrough.
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Parked at the outdoor short term parking lot at O’Hare…we are about to get a dump of snow and they left the truck over half-open. Does anyone know if that can be closed remotely?
The vast majority of trucks don't even have been covers... it will be fine if snow gets in the bed.
 

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90 day temp permit expires on 3/17 so yeah from December I'd reckon.
Actually looks to me like he’s taking this back to normal for service to me
 

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I agree with you here, especially if you can turn it on. I’m not sure what the difference being powered on would be towing verses coasting down a hill.

Possibly something will over heat with extended charging that way. I thought I saw in that Tesla video it warned about overheating and stopped charging at some point but I would have watch it again.
I always thought that tow charging is when a driver is in the Rivian, it is powered on, and being towed by another vehicle. The Rivian driver can monitor the vehicle for any issues, steer, and if required, brake.

This is not the same as using another vehicle to tow a powered-off, driverless Rivian on all 4 wheels and hoping for the best.
 

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I always thought that tow charging is when a driver is in the Rivian, it is powered on, and being towed by another vehicle. The Rivian driver can monitor the vehicle for any issues, steer, and if required, brake.

This is not the same as using another vehicle to tow a powered-off, driverless Rivian on all 4 wheels and hoping for the best.
Yeah I feel like it was talked about a while ago that it could be tow charged, but needed to be placed in reverse "gear" with a driver in the vehicle obviously. Aside from that, flat towing behind an RV was pretty much a no go.
 

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I am sure it would work as they pulled one with a semi in Long Way Up to charge
Do you remember if they used the hooks up front to tow the R1?

I think R1 should have a tow charge mode with some instructions so the vehicle + you can decide to use all four wheels or just two for regen and both the vehicle and the driver can make sure nothing is damaged. ‘Get the subscription and call us when you need help” is not good enough. The owners should know how their vehicle work and what the limits are.

Edit: never mind, found it:

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Yeah I feel like it was talked about a while ago that it could be tow charged, but needed to be placed in reverse "gear" with a driver in the vehicle obviously. Aside from that, flat towing behind an RV was pretty much a no go.
I thought the same except for the Reverse “gear” part. I figure in Drive with max regen towing it behind something would be the same as going down a steep hill: the regen will capture as much energy as the system allows as long as there is something making it move forward. Slowing from speed to a stop, gravity, or towing aren’t all that different as far as regen is concerned in that it captures energy in Drive.

I can see several reasons why flat towing without a driver in the Rivian could result in damage to the Rivian, towing vehicle, or both.

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I followed the link in your post and didn't see any pics or videos of Rivians. Do you have a link to the specific posts or pics you are referring to?

I would like to see the walkthrough.
Click his profile pic. Not much to see & he's speaking Russian (?).
 

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I love to know what those ropes are attached to. If you can tow an R1 this way, I wouldn’t get the off road package.

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They are through the lower control arms in accordance with the towing instructions in the manual. likely much easier to get an endless loop or similar through than deal with the tow hooks.
 
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Click his profile pic. Not much to see & he's speaking Russian (?).
Russian, yeah. There’s a translation in my earlier post thanks to a friend of mine ?
 

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Click his profile pic. Not much to see & he's speaking Russian (?).
I wanted to see the videos to get a good look at that green, but I must not have access to what you are seeing. Clicking a profile pic does nothing in my Instagram app.

Apparently clicking the profile pic from your app opens more videos and pics?

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