Recent content by ads75

A lot of people with neutral or negative experiences won't continue to visit a manufacturer specific forum, I would be shocked if the poll wasn't overwhelmingly positive.

I didn't vote since I already traded out my gen 1 R1T quad, just after 2 years, 27k miles, and 3 service center visits. While I don't necessarily regret buying it, I am not eager to sign up again. It was the only vehicle I traded in with less than 60k miles, and I've kept 4 vehicles for over...

Just because someone has warranty left doesn’t mean they trust the vehicle (or service). If it has warranty and breaks, it’s still broken, and can become a project, given Rivians service times. Best case is it breaks in your driveway (if it breaks). Worst case, it breaks on the road, with...

My gen1 12v died 1.5 years ago, in my driveway, while my main battery was charged to 70% the day before. Rivian has done alot of updates since then. One of my “issues” was it took mobile service almost 3 weeks to get to me because they described me as remote (nearest service center at the time...

Someone also has to pay for the chargers and transformers and location, in addition to the electricity. Those aren't cheap.

This is one of the reasons why someone who can't charge at home probably shouldn't buy an EV (from a financial point). You don't really save any money on a road trip in an EV verse gas, at least my experience, unless you consider your first "tank" is cheaper because you charged from home, and...

A lot of modern cars don't come with spares. It saves the manufacturer money, it's less weight (better mpg), more cargo space, one less thing to design crash standards or the interior or storage around. Not to mention current computer based AWD systems expecting matching tires, and tread wear, a...

Original post said Ford would be focusing on small and medium EVs, not abandoning BEVs all together. Ford doesn't think there is enough of a market for large BEVs. I'm not sure the rest of the world wants large vehicles like we do in the US.

Which SMR’s have actually been built and proven, on a commercial scale? I know there are a lot of concepts and companies that say they can do them, but I’m unaware of any that have. Similar to fusion.

Are you as active on forums about trying to stop data center growth? The projected 10 year growth on data centers is huge, and they will need tons of power plants to power them. Driving an EV is a drop in the bucket.

Everyone here need to keep in mind this is a Rivian Forum, a EV only manufacturer forum. It’s a bit of an echo chamber. I tried Rivian for 2 years and went back to ICE full time. Others have also. A lot of former forum members don’t visit this forum anymore because the information no longer...

I understand why they didn't include the 22-24 Tundra's and Seqoia's. Toyota identified a manufacturing issue with the engine that caused them to grenade (before ths lest came out). And Toyota has since decided to replace all 100k engines. All of them. Toyota identified an issue and is taking...

I highly doubt that will happen, at least in the short term, since Rivian got federal funds and plans to restart building their Georgia factory.

I'll wait to get too excited about any new vehicles from any manufacturer until they are out for a year or two. See how they are actually performing, and see how service is performing.

If you are from a state doesn't require a front plate, and you get pulled over and fined/ticketed for not having a front license plate in a state that requires them, odds are you were doing something else far more malicious, and the cop was letting you off easy. I'm (not) sorry, you can't...