Guide call & PBA signed for R1S... mid-may delivery

[timf]

Per my guide this morning, there will be an email to R1S reservations holders coming to reset expectations on delivery timelines, including those like myself in the Mar/April delivery window with signed PBA. The first time they have not stressed to me that we are "on track."

Hopefully they do not resort to a generic email like the one sent last night. Those of us with guides assigned should hear of any delays directly from our guide, not in an automated form email. Isn't that the point of having a guide?

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[Gator42]

Hopefully they do not resort to a generic email like the one sent last night. Those of us with guides assigned should hear of any delays directly from our guide, not in an automated form email. Isn't that the point of having a guide?

I texted my normally promt responding guide early this morning. Now getting the silent treatment…

 

[paariv]

They shouldn’t have reached out to any R1S orders to sign a PBA unless they were actually ready to deliver. Feels like a re-do of the R1T fall situation where October deliveries turned into April without much of an acknowledgment that there was a serious delay. Wonder if Rivian will pretend they’re delivering to customers for the next few months, while none of us get vehicles.

I’ll wait for official confirmation, but an R1S delay is all too plausible. The fact that we’ve seen zero unwrapped vehicles on delivery trucks or in the wild is a pretty major sign.

 

[StefanB]

Just texted with my guide. I have a PBA with OC interior and will have to wait until the fall at earliest if I want to keep that. They have BM and Forest Edge if I want to change to either of those. I'm ok changing to BM, though now I figure I'll change to the 22" wheels as I was on the fence with those and after watching videos on the 21" wheels I think I skip the plastic aero covers.

 

[R1Simon]

Just texted with my guide. I have a PBA with OC interior and will have to wait until the fall at earliest if I want to keep that. They have BM and Forest Edge if I want to change to either of those. I'm ok changing to BM, though now I figure I'll change to the 22" wheels as I was on the fence with those and after watching videos on the 21" wheels I think I skip the plastic aero covers.

Which videos did you watch on the 21s? What specifically turned you off against them?

 

[StefanB]

Which videos did you watch on the 21s? What specifically turned you off against them?

I watched this video yesterday
I didn't like how if I took off the aero shields the center hub area was left exposed with no wheel cap. For looks I didn't like how you don't see the brake calipers and worry about dirt getting in the wheel cap area if I take off the aero shields.

 

[StefanB]

Another update from my guide. She said that even though I have a PBA the guide said my webpage would be updated with a new delivery date by the end of May. I'm hoping that this is more about common messaging and/or guide ignorance as it would be a major bummer to wait 5 weeks and find out I have months to go even after changing interior from OC to BM. Anyone else heard different from your guides?

side note - I do really like my guide and she is working hard to figure things out. Seems like growing pains on what operations is sharing with customer success.

 

[kemxns]

Per my guide this morning, there will be an email to R1S reservations holders coming to reset expectations on delivery timelines, including those like myself in the Mar/April delivery window with signed PBA. The first time they have not stressed to me that we are "on track."

I am shocked. Absolutely shocked, I say!!

 

[MichaelD]

even though I have a PBA the guide said my webpage would be updated with a new delivery date by the end of May.

By which time it should have already been delivered. Pushing out the first R1S PBAs only to immediately turn around and do this... way to get our hopes up, Rivian.

 

[moosehead]

Another sheitshow, largely self-inflicted.

Shocker.

 

[tjaco007]

Per my guide this morning, there will be an email to R1S reservations holders coming to reset expectations on delivery timelines, including those like myself in the Mar/April delivery window with signed PBA. The first time they have not stressed to me that we are "on track."

So I asked my guide today if she had heard this same thing - she replied that was not the case, and that the only "delivery timeline" update would be related to the email yesterday, which said that everyone (including R1S holders) would get more specific delivery timelines. She said she's not aware of any intention of mass pushing R1S deliveries, and reminded me that R1S are in production and she sees them every day at the plant.

 

[Matty J]

So I asked my guide today if she had heard this same thing - she replied that was not the case, and that the only "delivery timeline" update would be related to the email yesterday, which said that everyone (including R1S holders) would get more specific delivery timelines. She said she's not aware of any intention of mass pushing R1S deliveries, and reminded me that R1S are in production and she sees them every day at the plant.

Did she see both our LG R1Ss’?

 

[moosehead]

Sorry if this has been done already, searched but could not find it.

Can someone please post a form PBA?

 

[tjaco007]

Did she see both our LG R1Ss’?

Ha, she couldn't tell me who they belonged to, but she said she has seen both El Cap along with Launch Green R1S. She said she's basically seen all the common colors on the line.

She still couldnt give me a specific delivery window. So not trying to claim these will deliver next week. But, I think this is different than ocean coast, where no one had seen it on the production line, and despite lots of hope, there was some evidence (or lack of evidence) leading up to the push. At least they're building the SUV's at some rate.

 

[MichaelD]

Has anyone seen a May / June window guide contact yet? Asking for a friend.

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