Adaptive Drive Beam : Rivian R1 Is America’s First Car With This Special Headlight Technology, And It Is Amazing [Autopian]

[kanundrum]

https://www.theautopian.com/the-riv...ecial-headlight-technology-and-it-is-amazing/

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[TwelveVoltMan]

I’m super impressed with this feature on my R1S.

 

[iansriv]

This is very cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Riviot]

I left reading that article more confused than informed. Is this only on Gen2, or is it in Gen1 too? And is it activated yet?

 

[kanundrum]

I left reading that article more confused than informed. Is this only on Gen2, or is it in Gen1 too? And is it activated yet?

Gen 2 only

 

[R1Tom]

I’m super impressed with this feature on my R1S.

I have been curious...do you find other drivers bright you with these?

 

[mpshizzle]

I have been curious...do you find other drivers bright you with these?

Never - it's done an incredible job cutting out the light around other drivers, so they never even know the high beams are on

 

[mpshizzle]

I saved some dashcam footage in action - a bit hard to see from the bumper view, but here it's lighting up the sides of the road, and keeping it darker around the car in front of me:


Fun bonus, because of the pixels in the headlights the high beams can animate on and off:

 

[R1Tom]

That is really cool. Can you still force it to full brights if you want to? Say to quick let driver comming other direcrion has their brights on?

 

[mpshizzle]

That is really cool. Can you still force it to full brights if you want to? Say to quick let driver comming other direcrion has their brights on?

Yup! Flash away!

 

[R1Tom]

Yup! Flash away!

Very nice!

 

[Dark-Fx]

My 2021 polestar 2 had lights capable of this, but polestar never enabled it. They've said they won't because they don't want to go through the testing involved. Some folks went on their own and enabled them, seems like they perform a lot the same. I hadn't been driving the car enough to bother before we got rid of it.

I think this is one of the features that might sway me into upgrading my R1T. 4 months out of the year I'm commuting in the dark both ways.

 

[WhidbeyIsland]

Very cool.. Now that is one feature that would make me consider swapping my Gen1 for a Gen2.. well, maybe.

 

[R1Tom]

My 2021 polestar 2 had lights capable of this, but polestar never enabled it. They've said they won't because they don't want to go through the testing involved. Some folks went on their own and enabled them, seems like they perform a lot the same. I hadn't been driving the car enough to bother before we got rid of it.

I think this is one of the features that might sway me into upgrading my R1T. 4 months out of the year I'm commuting in the dark both ways.

Not enough for me yet....maybe a G2 QM. But still not seeing the value side of equation. Plus my commute is from my bed to my home office....so I don't spend as many dark hours on road anymore like all the years when younger with crappy halogen headlights and no remote start (I pretty much drove all sedans with manuals during the younger years)....but if I commuted in dark....certainly would be on the plus side of the evaluation.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

I used this for the first time yesterday and it is very cool. I live in a rural area with very few streetlights and lots of animals. I observed the beam carving out the vehicle in front of me while still lighting up the sides of the road last night on my drive home. On its face this seems like a gimmick but being able to see an animal that might dart out from the side of the road is a big deal.

Glad the Rivian has this feature and that America finally legalized it.

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