Recent content by cthelan

Happens every time going through car wash in Gen2 R1S. Charges fine despite message. Not sure what’s triggering it. Not happening in our Gen1.

Neglected or not Gen1 was the best thing Rivian ever made. Have an early Gen1 that was clearly hand built and rock solid. Gen2 LFP we picked up last year is a joke for the price point.

Absolutely hate the LFP! It has not met expectations in any way. Fine if all you want is around town, less than 150 miles in moderate climates, flat lands. It’s not the proper battery for the premium price tag of an R1. Get the bigger battery every time. Would have paid more up front had I known...

Needs better/faster charging. Doesn’t look like that’s what we’re getting. Appears to be a car that would have done really well in 2024 when it was announced. Old architecture. No major stand out features that would make it compelling.

I was also somewhat influenced by Kyle’s initial opinion of LFP being the better choice for charging speed and daily range. Reality just hasn’t panned out the way it should on paper. We also have a Gen1 NMC that has been rock solid and predictable. It’s surprising to see such a poor...

winter temps it’s been about 150 total at best. Pretty dismal.

Don''t buy an LFP if you live anywhere that the low is below 40 degrees!

How many times did you need to charge to 100%?

Have had several similar experiences where initial appointment was made as mobile and changed at the last minute to bring it to service center. I too am over 100 miles away and it basically takes away an entire day of messing around driving, charging, getting loaner, driving, charging etc. to...

Here’s another potential issue we just ran into today with our LFP. Not particularly cold, in the low 30’s today. Did not precondition and jumped in for a quick 10 mile drive. parked for about 40min and on The way home vehicle threw error code ‘Charging unavailable until serviced‘. Got home...

We also have a Gen1 and do not experience dramatic range loss in the cold. We were fully aware of the lower capacity and LFP cold behavior being worse. But over 2x worse is unacceptable. There’s also the matter of LFP calibration which Rivian has yet to solve. LFP simply isn’t the right choice...

Having the same issue. On paper the LFP sounds pretty reasonable. After a great experience with our Gen1, we decided to get the Standard to replace our other car and go all EV and all Rivian. The LFP experience this winter has been terrible. Going out and running basic errands around town drains...

Expect worse the colder it gets. 10 degrees warmer here today on a similar drive profile and we did 10% better on battery drain

Preheated in garage. 40 miles of running around town, no highways. 20 degrees outside. Lost 40%. This plus all the calibration issues and we are seriously regretting going with LFP. It barely works on paper and it really doesn’t work in real life.

Doubt it. They will do what they need to do to sell more vehicles with the latest hardware that can actually run FSD. Not interested in the whole Elon angle to any of this. It's a publicly traded company seeking profitable returns for shareholders at the end of the day.