Got my invitation to order! Day 2 reservation holder. Placed it but now waiting on Coastal Cloud interior to be released. Launch Green/Coastal Cloud/21".
Driving from Houston to KC today and had a lot of problems getting our R1S to initialize the session with various super charger stations. Spoke to Rivian at one in Normal and they indicated that there were a lot of reports lately having this issue. Ultimately we had to initialize the session...
My guess on this is that it is a rebalancing of their staffing surge with the recent service center expansions. I feel for the employees who are impacted, but as an organizational decision this doesn't concern me.
I actually heard a Rivian commercial on NPR yesterday. Caught me by surprise and it wasn't related to the tiny desk concert. Pretty cool, however, they only mentioned R1S and R1T, no mention of R2 which was a bit surprising.
These "customer" deliveries are likely for demo drives at service centers and spaces in addition to being employee vehicles. Those two numbers likely play into the eventual June deliveries to external customers.
I've actually seen an improvement in Houston with the addition of the new Katy SC. The ability to drive right inside the SC makes a bit of a positive difference. The staff also seem to be more knowledgeable, not just about the vehicles in general, but about the actual issues impacting your...
I really like Launch Green, but with them wanting to charge for that color only, I am now leaning towards Catalina Blue. Additionally, my biggest complaint is with the lack of choice for interior color. I really don't want the black, but the Launch Edition pricing, with included autonomy, is...
2024 DM R1S
2nd Large Battery (replaced within first 6 months)
34,000 miles
L2 nightly to 70%
L2 once a quarter to 100%
L3 only on long trips to 80%
2.33 mi/kwh average
Battery Capacity 130.2kWh (only slight degredation)
All of the accessories Doug showed look amazing. Cannot wait for the external electrical adaptor. Will make camping that much better without having a cable dangling through a window.
I would ask them to reset the range calculation. I had them do that on mine after a battery replacement and it fixed it. Only service center can do that reset apparently