Recent content by Rhidan

I think you are confused about what I’m saying. There is no Tesla “standard.” A standard is technical standard set by international standards organization. Among other things, a company participating in a standard agrees to provide licenses to their intellectual property underlying the...

Tesla plugs are not a standard. CCS is the North American standard, and it would be foolish to manufacture a vehicle that is non-CCS.

I emailed my guide about two weeks before my plates expired (beginning of August). Received a message about a week later that my guide was reaching out to RegUSA for an ETA. In the meantime, she said I could just request a temp tag extension by bringing all my paperwork to the Colorado DMV...

Huh. I don’t recall anywhere in my Vehicle Purchase Agreement where Rivian said they could disable existing features in the vehicle i paid for and require me to pay a subscription fee to reactivate those features. *Shrug*

I took my R1T for an extended camping trip on family land near the Flat Top Wilderness in Colorado. We had fun putting the truck to use, light off-roading on some private roads/forest roads, rally and drift mode on some dirt backroads, and using the truck as a big battery pack to recharge gear...

Thought I would do a little Colorado trip report, including my first minor charging dilemma. I spent about two weeks in Steamboat at a family condo over the July 4th weekend. I left Denver without a full charge, but had no issues with the EA station in Frisco. I was worried about the number...

Plugging the Rivian portable charge cable into a 14-50 NEMA outlet: 7.6kW (240 volts x 32 amps) - The portable cable is limited to 32 amps, so Rivian says this will add about 16 miles added an hour while charging Plugging a 50 amp EVSE (i.e. wall charger) into a 14-50 NEMA outlet, and then...

Xcel quoted me at $0.059 off peak (9pm - 6 am) with a $13 monthly fee that pays for the EVSE. Still trying to get it set up. This graphic on their website suggest you can get 0.028 off peak, possibly in Minnesota?

Wow. Might need to use that 7-day return policy on the truck.

I've noticed All-Purpose will also auto adjust back to "Standard" height after I've intentionally selected "Low." Maybe that's intended behavior, but it seems strange to override an available height setting selected by the driver. I've been parking in a low-clearance parking garage at work...

Funny - I received a new Finance Agreement the business day before my delivery was rescheduled. The only difference was the first payment date had been pushed back. I emailed my guide and pointed out I already signed one three weeks earlier. She confirmed the first one was terminated and I...

I started driving trucks and tractors when I was 10 years old (at the ranch). I've always purchased and owned manual transmission vehicles. I never was interested in an auto transmission. Felt like a lazy way to drive and gave you less control of the vehicle. I've also loved the stick shift...

After looking at the paint in the sun, I actually think the re-spray looks better than the paint that came from the factory. The whole passenger side is covered in orange peel, but no such peel where they did the respray. I was a little nervous getting a body shop to match paint for a brand...

Took delivery yesterday. Was trying to set up my garage door opener, but realized I’m still on the old update. Surprised the OTA rollout is THAT slow.