Recent content by CharonPDX

Anyone that actually believed R2 would be as efficient as Model Y wasn't paying attention to physics. I am not at all surprised by this result. It would have been nice to have a bigger battery to actually hit 300 miles, but it is what it is.

I hope so, ever since the current version, my entire vehicle reboots within a minute of starting a drive about 80% of the time. Full both-displays reboot, including not showing rear camera or speed. (Which I'm pretty sure is illegal.) I have a service appointment later this week that they're...

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There are multiple other "0:00 time, multiple prior Rivian" customers who haven't gotten to order one yet, too. He's not special.

We installed a pair of EVSEs that do "load sharing". One 60A circuit, two 40A EVSEs (have since upgraded to 48A) that send full power to one EV if it's the only one drawing power, then split down to half-total-power if both are trying to draw maximum load. Even that is mostly overkill for...

In nearly four years of ownership, the only time I've cleaned my charge port is when I left the DC-pins flap open when charging AC, and some snow blew in. I brushed the snow out as I was unplugging the AC charging. Eventually, maybe, the metal contacts may require better cleaning. But not yet.

That is literally the exact method that CCS says to use. Rivian even said that R1's bidirectional support is DC, requiring an off board inverter - exactly what the third party systems do. It's the R2-specific AC bidirectional that requires more work (the adapter.) I can't speak to why Rivian...

My cell phone advertises that it supports Qi wireless charging at 40W. But the manufacturer does not make a Qi charging puck that does 40W. Does that mean this is a nonexistent feature? Many EV makers don't actually make their own EVSEs. Does that mean those vehicles aren't capable of charging...

This. "Maintenance" and "Repairs" are two separate buckets. "Maintenance" should be minimal for a fleet. New tires, occasional system checks. "Repair" - really shouldn't have any with significant cost during warranty period, of course. After warranty, there aren't many major failure points to...

All of the missing things would have been "nice to have"s. The firmly-fixed roof is the most disappointing. My spouse prefers to have an opening roof. Even the manual "use an Allen wrench to remove it and stow it in the bed" would have been acceptable. (Assuming a proper storage system was...

Not a lie, just no first-party equipment to support it (yet.) Works fine with third party equipment. (As someone else linked.)

They're not "hiding" it - the one or two that exist so far are "early pre-production prototypes" they traded around to drum up interest. They don't even come close to representing a final production vehicle. R2 changed significantly from the same demo units shown at the same time, and its full...

Seller had to pay sales tax on it. Assuming they are indeed in Ohio like their C&B account says, that's at least 5.75%. They took a loss on this. Buyer didn't pay much of a premium, even with C&B buyer fees.

The discussion here was about Rivian, not Tesla, behavior.

Strangely, @OutofSpecKyle has listings for Gen 2 Rivians in their "Hogback Challenge", but no videos that I can find. https://outofspecstudios.com/hogback Neither shows any of their "add points" tallies for driver unresponsiveness. Does it really pull to the side of the road? Edit: Aha! Found...