Recent content by tgrick

The US auto industry has serious struggles ahead of it that's for sure. I wish we would have invested more in ourselves as well as retained other industries in which we were the inventor and leaders in those times. At the time America was great, we made the choice to move the work to foreign...

Take a hard cold look at what Claude or Gemini can do. Ask it to write you an app. Seriously. It's a game changer. What to create a movie? No problem. The software of old is hard. You have meeting about requirement. You have meetings about nice want's and features. You need to reform...

I used to be hard. Not anymore. AI can write the code in a fraction of the time required. What would take months is a few hours. I suspect RIVIAN is concerned about software privacy and it's a very valid concern. That said, I'm sure they will figure it out. So a year ago, it would take a...

What concerns me is R2 Gen 2 with Lidar. Let me explain. It's my understanding that Lidar is very data intense. So much so that Tesla does not want it and I think BYD made a comment that cars do not need Lidar? Once we have Lidar will it slow down the new system and new processors? So my...

When Miami had the R2 demo days I specifically asked about emergency door releases. Inside the doors tucked away from view was a strap emergency release. Rivian assumes that you can release it from the inside! No idea how anyone from the outside will be able to open doors in the event of...

We all need to ask the next question...that is when will 3rd party shops exist that can work or will work on Rivian. I do not own an an EV but I do see some shops offering service for Tesla at a lower rate than what Tesla charges. So, will Rivian supply parts to the end user or to these 3rd...

In S. Florida and I'm going with 20". My reason is all the construction in the area. I always get nails or something in the tires and have had to replace them, so I hate being stuck with a tire I might need to wait for although I am aware this has improved. I know the 21" offer more range but...

Looks like a car straight out of the movie TRON! I don't love it but I really don't hate it and that's my issue. I'm neutral...it does nothing to excite me. I think Ferrari missed a wonderful opportunity to blend old lines with new technology. It could have worked, but it looks like...

I was at the Miami Block party twice this last Friday and without reading comments above here are my thoughts. The Miami Rivian shop had 3 R2's and I was careful to examine each. They were not production models but prototypes. The Black R2 drivers door was not perfect and when you closed it...

Zero to 60 is crazy fast with 2 motors! Do we really need 3? More torque for off road I guess but at what point is enough...well, enough?

Well, I will never own a Tesla but I'm looking forward to owning a Rivian and ignorance is bliss.

Done.