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therealcmj reacted to R1Thor's post in the thread Please help with AC charger port disable! with
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I think that your assertion that this is likely software is likely based in hope and not reality. Sorry to say, but it's sounding like... -
therealcmj reacted to MountainBikeDude's post in the thread Please help with AC charger port disable! with Like.
He's asking if the wall chargers wiring has any loose screws internally which may be causing the fault on the Rivian side. He's also...
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Could you describe your Level 2 charging equipment and setup? I think there's a chance this isn't a problem with the vehicle.
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Sometimes I wonder if Elon is truly committed to manufacturing cars at all.
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therealcmj replied to the thread Common Myths About CarPlay.Apple Maps is just one an application on your iPhone. You can use any nav app you like for navigation - Google Maps, Waze, ABRP, or a...
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Trust me, Visa is perfectly happy making 2% off every transaction you make.
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Right, there's a lot coming from the vehicle itself. I'm not sure what the carmakers want to know exactly, but it seems to be things...
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Yes, they are showing what a complete failure it is so far. Doesn't work for me, and others on this and other forums. Fail. While...
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Bro I just want to be able to listen to my podcasts and audiobooks in my car lol. Recommend a good audiobook player for Rivian that...
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It's a Ferrari. It will still sell despite controversy. This one, to the well-heeled tech savvy boys/girls who want it as a status...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Common Myths About CarPlay.They don't have to think of EVPlay as a competitor. Their lawyers could simply decide there's a liability thing and tell their...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture.He knows. He's lying. Because the company wants that to be the message. The Decoder interviewer did a piss poor job calling it out. But...
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therealcmj reacted to SwampNut's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
LOL! You think that the head of engineering should have such basic knowledge gaps? WTF? The Rivian excuse-making is so strong here...
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therealcmj reacted to SwampNut's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
It has always been an option to do this, and lazy manufacturers did. I don't believe it was ever a requirement. Several years ago when...
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therealcmj reacted to NY_Rob's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
Yeah, it was a ridiculous statement, even in my 2024 Jeep.. one finger tap on any of the left side or even top row icons instantly...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Common Myths About CarPlay.The Apple or Android ecosystem benefit is even bigger than just the 20 years. Apple made the iPhone + iOS + CarPlay, but then there's an...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Common Myths About CarPlay.I considered EVSportline's, EVPlay's, and a couple of other products. EVSportLine is another display sitting on top of the existing...
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What you're missing is that the Rivian fanatics have already told you that you don't need what Rivian doesn't give you. All drivers are...
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The podcast and audiobook apps I've been using for years don't exist for Rivian. Or probably any automaker. So now I need to.... what...
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Hard disagree. They are ways to prevent every one of dozens of automakers from having to roll their own custom system that users have to...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Common Myths About CarPlay.It demonstrably doesn’t. It has the most common music services but that’s only a fractionof the services actually available in the US...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Common Myths About CarPlay.No. They're not. There are things you can do with Carplay that you will literally never be able to do with a car's built in...
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Choosing a destination at leasure on my AA , walking to my car, and seamlessly connecting and driving off route integrated isn't a...
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therealcmj reacted to ndmiller's post in the thread What’s Coming in Rivian’s 2026.15.30 Hotfix with Like.
OK so even Rivian realized it was a crappy "Rivian Assistant" initial offering. Not sure why they rushed to add all these features...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture.Remember: execs don’t always know the reality. And even when they know reality they won’t always tell the truth - about the situation or...
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therealcmj reacted to SwampNut's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
Absolutely none of the add-on solutions, and I have one, come close to what Rivian could possibly do with a truly integrated CarPlay...
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therealcmj reacted to Hereforthesnacks's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
The most underrated part of CarPlay: every car I get into instantly has all my music, my calendar, my apps, my maps, my favorites, etc…...
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therealcmj reacted to RomanMF's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
The defensiveness of some people in here is a bit strange. All this “stop talking about AA/ACP,” energy, when you all can stop entering...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture.Or talk about it. So that other people thinking about getting a Rivian know that this is a thing they need to think about. And that...
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therealcmj reacted to mellowthecat's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
Why would anyone ever want CarPlay with such an amazing AI assistant. /s 😂 I wonder how much time and money went into that. Then I...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Common Myths About CarPlay.Rivian does not allow anyone to write apps for the car. They base their system on Android Automotive but it is more restrictive than...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture.Why would it? Despite what people from Rivian keep saying (lying) CarPlay doesn't require a complete takeover of all or even one screen...
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therealcmj reacted to mellowthecat's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
CarPlay is an option. If you don't want to use it, then don't use it. But it would be a great nice to have for everyone that does like...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture.My previous car had CarPlay. My R1 doesn’t. And my next car will absolutely have CarPlay. Because having gone from having it to not...
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therealcmj reacted to SoCal Rob's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
Even if he knows nothing about competitors’ products, he knows that "take over every single pixel" claim is not true because of their...
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therealcmj reacted to Obioban's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
Lack of CarPlay is why I didn't buy a Rivian. Lack of CarPlay is why I won't buy any Rivian's the the future. What a weird, bold face...
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therealcmj reacted to RomanMF's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
I strongly disagree with Wass about voice and it being the next frontier. If the R2 didn't have the Halo Wheels, I wouldn't be...
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therealcmj reacted to CharonPDX's post in the thread Wassym Bensaid DECODER interview: AI Rivian Assistant, Apple CarPlay, VW Joint Venture with Like.
Voice is *TERRIBLE* when driving. Sure, in some situations it may be "fine." But if you're in a car full of noisy kids, there isn't a...
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therealcmj reacted to Nixapatfan's post in the thread Frozen R2 shows rear wiper in "Up" position for ice / snow conditions (built-in heater at work) with Like.
All the people saying they don't need a rear wiper probably aren't driving in really dusty areas or on salted streets in snowy places. A...
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therealcmj reacted to Jeremy3292's post in the thread Story: Rivian Adventure Network (RAN) Scaling for R2 and Beyond with Like.
With Tesla basically everywhere and now IONNA scaling rapidly, why does Rivian feel the need to invest a lot of $$$ into their own...
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So, just to put a bit of gas on this fire, the title of the post isn't accurate? There was no EV fire in Tucson. There was a truck...
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How much less could you care? Do you care a LOT and therefore could care a lot less? Or care just a little bit and could care just a...
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This is where I am on ALL of the voice commands. Lots of sizzle here, not seeing much steak.
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therealcmj replied to the thread Rivian Assistant - Wish list.Which means they have developers spending tons of time chasing a long tail list of services to integrate. And they'll have to do that in...
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therealcmj reacted to captainjp's post in the thread What’s Coming in 2026.15 Update, Including Rivian Assistant with Like.
No CarPlay???!!!!
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therealcmj replied to the thread Confirmed: Voice recognition local processing for R1 (Gen 1 and Gen 2). The R2 will have a local LLM..Just like every LLM-based "solution" to a problem that I see Product Managers and execs pushing at work today. Fantastic.
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therealcmj reacted to usulio's post in the thread Confirmed: Voice recognition local processing for R1 (Gen 1 and Gen 2). The R2 will have a local LLM. with Like.
The fun part: when Rivian tries to do all this through a complex LLM setup that ends up performing worse and less predictably than old...
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therealcmj reacted to Zoidz's post in the thread Rivian considering making own LiDAR sensors with Like.
The Chinese are reported to be Rivian's LIDAR "off the shelf" manufacturer if they don't do their own design - Robosense. If Rivian does...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Rivian considering making own LiDAR sensors.If there's no radio in the LIDAR sensor there's literally no physical way it can send the data. If they compromise the car's computer...
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therealcmj replied to the thread Rivian considering making own LiDAR sensors.The LIDAR sensor just returns the point cloud to the computer it's attached to. There's no way for it to send data outside of the car by...