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Did you give it a chance to change from snowflakes to heat? Mine takes a minute or so and will eventually switch.
No, good point.. I will try that over the weekend and report back.

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I'm not a fan of the blended braking idea. When Regen it limited, I want to know when I'm touching the breaks. I commonly drive down a mountain pass that's about a 50mph road and is a 6% grade for 4 miles. Regen always limits in this section (among others) and if the computer is dragging the brakes to maintain your set speed, you're doing two things: 1) burning the pads off your brakes; and 2) limiting your overall braking power because the brakes are already hot.

No thanks. I'll be turning this one off never to be found again.
 

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Yay! Fixed map orientation change. That's been bothering me since the last update.
 

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I'm not a fan of the blended braking idea. When Regen it limited, I want to know when I'm touching the breaks. I commonly drive down a mountain pass that's about a 50mph road and is a 6% grade for 4 miles. Regen always limits in this section (among others) and if the computer is dragging the brakes to maintain your set speed, you're doing two things: 1) burning the pads off your brakes; and 2) limiting your overall braking power because the brakes are already hot.

No thanks. I'll be turning this one off never to be found again.
Rivian might actually be able to tune it so it results in less mechanical braking overall in that situation. I'd save your disapproval until after people have reported back on it.
 

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Demand charge

They measure the highest rate of delivery for the month for (15 min?) Increments during peak hours and charge you $10 per kWh

So, since I charge at 9 kWh, that's a $90 demand fee if the charger kicks on

The upside is that it's disgustingly cheap at night
Is that on a residential service?

I ask because I had a house in Sedona a few years ago, and was never subjected to a demand charge.

In my experience, demand charges are generally used for commercial and industrial customers.
 

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I'm not a fan of the blended braking idea. When Regen it limited, I want to know when I'm touching the breaks. I commonly drive down a mountain pass that's about a 50mph road and is a 6% grade for 4 miles. Regen always limits in this section (among others) and if the computer is dragging the brakes to maintain your set speed, you're doing two things: 1) burning the pads off your brakes; and 2) limiting your overall braking power because the brakes are already hot.

No thanks. I'll be turning this one off never to be found again.
Uhhhh what’s a better option in that scenario? Not use your brakes but somehow still slow down, flintstones style?
 

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Is that on a residential service?

I ask because I had a house in Sedona a few years ago, and was never subjected to a demand charge.

In my experience, demand charges are generally used for commercial and industrial customers.
Residential here in Tucson. TEP will nickel and dime from here to the moon

There are a few demand plans to choose from, but in order to have the EV plan, they require you to choose one of them

It's the most convoluted plan/billing system I've ever seen in my life
 

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Uhhhh what’s a better option in that scenario? Not use your brakes but somehow still slow down, flintstones style?
Human control of brakes.
?
 

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Human control of brakes.
?
Even with blended braking you still have human control of brakes. Just because someone isn’t proficient with 1 pedal driving doesn’t mean blended braking is a bad feature to implement.
 

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Even with blended braking you still have human control of brakes. Just because someone isn’t proficient with 1 pedal driving doesn’t mean blended braking is a bad feature to implement.
I’m curious to see how it works in conserve mode. Noticeable less stopping power currently when in conserve to the point that I put it back in all purpose if the highway starts getting populated.
 

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Uhhhh what’s a better option in that scenario? Not use your brakes but somehow still slow down, flintstones style?
In the specific scenario of blended braking keeping the brakes on continuously over a 4 mile 6% grade, there is a better option. Manually control the brakes, pressing harder to slow down 5-10 mph, then release completely for a bit (blended braking won't allow that) which allows some heat to disipate, and repeat. This will result in less overall heating and help prevent brake fade, and in severe cases, also prevent brake pad outgassing and rotor fouling.

Riding the brakes continuously is never a good thing.
 

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Even with blended braking you still have human control of brakes. Just because someone isn’t proficient with 1 pedal driving doesn’t mean blended braking is a bad feature to implement.
No.

Activating blended braking means the computer can, and will drag the brakes without human intervention. I know, I have two Teslas with the feature.

I dislike the feature on the Tesla's, but with a heavy truck I dislike it even more. Dragging brakes on a long downhill is hard on your equipment. The Teslas show you on the screen when it's dragging the brakes, but even then, if you're not paying attention you could end up with brake fade, or even damaged rotors. I'm far more comfortable with controlling the brakes myself.
 

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I can see how someone learning to drive with just one pedal would be happy with this on as the default. It's a little unnerving the first time you take your foot off the accelerator and the Rivian coasts (like an ICE) rather than slowing down. I remember thinking "Oh - THAT'S what the message about limited regeneration means." I really appreciate the ability to turn this "feature" on or off. I don't regularly hit long downhill grades, but for those that do turning this function off makes the most sense.
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