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Yes. You just close it lightly and then it pulls the hood down firmly and secures itself. I guess it's like those soft-close doors.

It's more extreme than that as this won't be an even monthly number due to the ramp up. Higher production rates are in the latter part of the year. Tail end of the year could be bumpy as those high production rates will require a lot of coordination and deliveries.

Was it black or a dark color? I think most people won't notice as they will be new to the brand and won't have an R1 to compare. Maybe some aftermarket option to retrofit a strap will be enough?

Just depends on your needs. Only reason we plan on keeping an ICE is so that whatever brand new EV we buy doesn't take a huge beating on the interior right away. Some of the messy and abusive errands might get dumped on our beater ICE car. Although it might not be worth the extra...

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the value of RAP1 and LiDAR. There's no immediate light switch that turns on when they are for sale at the end of the year that makes them better. Years down the road, the platforms will start to diverge in some very very advanced software features...

Some youtube influencers put in reservations as soon as it went live. So they don't even need priority from Rivian. Many of them already own an R1 too and have a local service center. They have content to create and put themselves in line super early on purpose as a business decision. So...

Rivian will have that software option to park the wiper outside the recess. I stuck Wassym's quote in the other wiper thread: https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/r2-rear-wiper-in-action-potential-issues-or-fud.58581/post-1005973

In the recent Reddit AMA, Wassym talked about how R2 infotainment is actually 1 generation ahead of R1. New infotainment available at launch. R2 will eventually be able to run local AI models for Rivian Assistant.

R2 infotainment is actually 1 generation ahead of R1. I posted the quotes in a new thread just now to get the word out: https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/r2-infotainment-update-local-ai-models-and-higher-performance-than-r1.59467/

Still the nature of the beast with lead acid. Going to have to replace them, but at least they are cheap. The Tesla LFP low voltage will far outlast a lead acid so you get a lot of long term reliability that way. Different approaches. But it's nice to see that Rivian is at least making lead...

A few quotes from James about Gen 2 and Gen 3 autonomy platforms and LiDAR from a recent Reddit AMA:

Per the recent Reddit AMA, Wassym talked about the audio system for R2

Quote from Wassym in the Reddit AMA about the wiper in R2. Software setting to park the wiper outside the trough. Also added a pic of the testing which macb00kemdanno put in the next post.

Per the recent Reddit AMA, Wassym talked about the low voltage system for R2

I haven't looked for one. I think the live stream largely went over this press release to cover the work the State of Illinois is doing for Rivian...