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Rivian Care now extended to 6 states as of 6/2 -- CO/GA/IL/NY/OR/TX
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Yeah, I don't see any way to actually sign up. The page says to log in to your account, go to the Rivian Care page, and "express your...
Yesterday at 1:39 AM
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Rivian Care now extended to 6 states as of 6/2 -- CO/GA/IL/NY/OR/TX
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You know... I would consider this if it were offered in Rhode Island. Just a little more peace of mind.
Tuesday at 10:42 AM
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RiT - lease return questions
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I got a "golden lease" according to everyone I spoke with to include Rivian, who tried to entice me in upgrading to a 2026 Quad. My...
Monday at 10:20 AM
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RiT - lease return questions
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Good morning. I initially leased my 2025 R1T. During the configuration process, I was able to both trade in my 2019 Nissan Frontier...
Monday at 3:26 AM
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Two drivers: Rivian picks wrong phone
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Happens when my husband gets in first with his iPhone Generally, when my knees are in the dashboard and Apple Music needs to be...
Sunday at 12:40 PM
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What’s Coming in Rivian’s 2026.15.30 Hotfix
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It’s not crappy and continual improvements are part of their MO.
Sunday at 12:37 PM
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What’s Coming in Rivian’s 2026.15.30 Hotfix
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I may try the PIN again to see if it will put me back on the navigation page after it has been entered. When is this supposed to be...
Sunday at 4:54 AM
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Would you still buy your Rivian today?
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FWIW - Had the discussion with my husband last night; he asked to cancel our R2 reservation. He cited the overall stability of his...
Saturday at 5:44 AM
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Would you still buy your Rivian today?
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Similar, but different here. I was moving houses and trying to fit boxes in the bed. It was SOOO close to fitting I thought I could just...
Saturday at 5:36 AM
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Would you still buy your Rivian today?
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And not to put too fine a point on the matter, but on wrapping up a project this morning, I was short a piece of electric-grade PVC...
Friday at 10:26 AM
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We have two EV’s a Rivian and a Tesla. We bought another Tesla . The Tesla software is much better and more refined and the vehicle is a...
Friday at 10:17 AM
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@Rade I'm in the same boat. Every time I try to use the truck as a tool, it's a passable but largely frustrating experience. It works...
Friday at 10:15 AM
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Would you still buy your Rivian today?
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I keep revisiting this question. In all honesty, I was never in the "Rah! Rah! Rah! Rivian all the way!" fan club, but I kept an open...
Friday at 3:25 AM
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Rivian Assistant Makes Siri Look Overqualified
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You may be able to say, Directions to Walmart in Raynham and it would route you. If you enable the Memory option saying “Take me to...
May 27, 2026
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Rivian Assistant Makes Siri Look Overqualified
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I'm still getting use to talking to the truck. I have used it for navigation, but found that I really need to know where I am going to...
May 27, 2026
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I genuinely appreciate Rivian trying to bring AI into the vehicle experience. That’s ambitious. That’s forward-looking. That’s the kind...
May 27, 2026
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As you might have guessed.... higher gas prices has increased interest in EVs [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS]
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It's a lot of copium. A lot of the issue with adoption IMO is straight up lack of education to the general population. Years of FUD have...
May 27, 2026
Rade
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Proximity Alarms When Turning Right
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Living in New England, we have many main roads that are barely wide enough for two lanes of moving traffic PLUS the parked cars. On...
May 27, 2026
Rade
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As you might have guessed.... higher gas prices has increased interest in EVs [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS]
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I still get approached by people asking about the Rivian. The conversation is always the same. Their biggest fear is range anxiety...
May 27, 2026
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Rivian Smart Charging Arrives in Next OTA Software Update
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It's there, I just wish our PoCo had TOU charging rates to make use of the feature.
May 25, 2026
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Mystery Bumper Wires!
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They aren't live wires until a jump start pack with appropriate current (greater than 30a IIRC) opens up the relay.
May 25, 2026
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Lease with immediate buyout?
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When I bought my R1T in October of 2024, I did a lease and banked the buyout portion into my investment savings. I did not quite have...
May 25, 2026
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Hot charger.
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Your setup looks fine. As another person said, supporting the Tesla charger would be good to keep pigtail from coming loose (although...
May 20, 2026
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Two issues that i see. First, the tesla charger is dangling from the plug. If that's the normal position, the connection with the plug...
May 20, 2026
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Hot charger.
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IIRC Tesla uses higher temperature rated cabling than is typical, and takes advantage of it based on wire size. It will run hotter in...
May 20, 2026
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Hot charger.
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Have you tried swapping A and B plug between the Rivian and Tesla chargers? If A gets warm still with the Tesla charger, then you know...
May 20, 2026
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Hot charger.
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Hello! Answers to the above questions. This is a photo the NEMA splitter I am using with the Rivian L2 on the A side and the Tesla...
May 19, 2026
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Hot charger.
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Charging / Battery, 12v, NACS, RAN, Waypoints, V2H, V2G, V2V, Wall Charger, Electrical
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I routinely inspect our chargers. We use the Rivian and Tesla supplied L2 chargers plugged into a NEMA14-50 splitter. The Rivian unit...
May 19, 2026
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I SENT A TEXT with Rivian Assistant!!!!
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Under my devices, I had to go tap the (...) then enable Sync Messages and Upload Contacts. From there, once I said "Hey, Rivian... send...
May 15, 2026
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I SENT A TEXT with Rivian Assistant!!!!
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I was impressed ed it knew what "Open the frunk" meant. I'll be interested to see if "Open driver's side chunnel door" works.
May 15, 2026
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I SENT A TEXT with Rivian Assistant!!!!
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Thank you! I finally sent a hands-free text from my Rivian!!! Just on poking around with the Rivian Assistant following yesterday's...
May 15, 2026
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2027 R1T
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Ask again in fall.
May 15, 2026
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What’s Coming in 2026.15 Update, Including Rivian Assistant
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My R1T got updated late yesterday afternoon and I got Rivian Assistant working. I really like what I am seeing! A lot to get used to...
May 15, 2026
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What’s Coming in 2026.15 Update, Including Rivian Assistant
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They did fix the issue Jose experienced -
May 14, 2026
Rade
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What’s Coming in 2026.15 Update, Including Rivian Assistant
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Still a'waitin'.... :time:
May 14, 2026
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SLATE EV Truck / SUV Info & News
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^ Amazing progress for sure!! Best of luck to Slate :)
May 14, 2026
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Story: Introducing Rivian Assistant & Rivian Unified Intelligence. Unlock hands-free utility with Connect+
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Very cool! Let's see it in action!
May 12, 2026
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Story: Introducing Rivian Assistant & Rivian Unified Intelligence. Unlock hands-free utility with Connect+
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Just waiting for that update…
May 12, 2026
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Story: Introducing Rivian Assistant & Rivian Unified Intelligence. Unlock hands-free utility with Connect+
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New Software: Introducing Rivian Assistant and Rivian Unified Intelligence Unlock hands-free utility with Connect+...
May 12, 2026
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33%
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It feels like that to me in winter but not so much in summer.
May 12, 2026
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What’s Coming in 2026.15 Update, Including Rivian Assistant
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Is everyone missing that the assistant is going to control receiving/responding to text messages or am I reading too far into that?
May 11, 2026
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What’s Coming in 2026.15 Update, Including Rivian Assistant
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That sounds nice, but more than that, I'd like a driver's screen odometer.
May 11, 2026
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33%
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I have had my R1T for a year and a half and have found that the distance and percentage are more or less accurate within a few miles of...
May 11, 2026
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Confirmed: Voice recognition local processing for R1 (Gen 1 and Gen 2). The R2 will have a local LLM.
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FWIW; we have gotten used to using the Grok AI assistant in the Model Y. Nice to keep eyes on the road and ask it to route to a...
May 11, 2026
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Issue: Coolant Degas Bottle & Canton MA SC.
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I had mine replaced two months ago. I’m surprised that the replacement failed so quickly… aw well shit happens. Glad they took care of...
May 10, 2026
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Issue: Coolant Degas Bottle & Canton MA SC.
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Kinda how I am looking at it - shit happens. It's repaired. Took it from the Canton SC out to Cape Cod yesterday for a long road trip...
May 10, 2026
Rade
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Issue: Coolant Degas Bottle & Canton MA SC.
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Notified last night that the truck is fixed! Off to Canton to pick it up first thing this morning.
May 9, 2026
Rade
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Issue: Coolant Degas Bottle & Canton MA SC.
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Yes; that was the repair they did this time last month, but the same problem has returned. Started getting the warning lights, again...
May 7, 2026
Rade
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Issue: Coolant Degas Bottle & Canton MA SC.
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Sadly, the same problem resurfaced this week, and I am taking my Rivian R1T back to the Canton service center again on Friday morning...
May 6, 2026
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Story: Rivian Adventure Network (RAN) Scaling for R2 and Beyond
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Good to see it happens in some places. Not here... RAN in RI.
May 6, 2026
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