Recent content by Trandall

In defense of Out-Of-Spec the battery thermal system in the R1's are thermally limited from reaching ideal charging curve fairly easily. Up until the newest update (which I don't even have yet) the charging rate was throttled unnecessarily low increasing road trips requiring multiple DCFC stops...

I'm not a mechanic but I wouldn't recommend running the tachometer at the 12 o'clock position for long periods!

My experience with the Rochester service center have also been exceptionally good. Certainly better than experiences I've had with OEM independent dealership networks.

I agree, Tesla allows comparatively high C-rate and maximum temperature of the battery packs compared to Rivian and many other EV's and they still are holding up. One of the biggest concerns I hear from non-EV drivers is battery longevity, but it doesn't seem to be warranted. It's funny that...

I believe I read that the the average age an automobile lasts in the US is only ~11.5 years in the U.S. obviously cars totaled in the first year or two skew the average down. Automobiles used as daily drivers are almost invariably on their last leg if they even make it 15 years in upstate NY.

Haha... Rivian's new groundbreaking 3.7V electric drive architecture.

I have both a Launch edition T which I got new and a Launch edition S which I got used with 600 miles on it. I voted YES to the T but would have voted yes to both. Both have had very minor issues which were taken care of by service under warranty. My Rivian service experience has far exceeded...

Sad to not see the Rivian logo stamped into the B-pillar. One of my favorite details on the R1's. I'm hoping they add this detail back into the stamping die but maybe it's already to late.

The crazy thing is that early Tesla's (pre 2106 I think) will not work on DCFC using the NACS connector and CCS J1772 communication protocol.

Tough crowd. I don't think CR was implying RAN was equivalent in scale to Supercharger network just comparable in terms of reliability. My belief is that the tiny number of readers who even care enough to know what RAN is will understand the size of the networks are different. Not that I'm...

I'm curious what all the material being used in frame and body are? In the R1's it's a multitude of materials. Do we think R2 has been simplified to just aluminum and if so what alloy?

I'm still not calling Gear Guard Gary a " Monster" Like Rivian does... He's no monster.

I wish the new color was a deeper tan and that the headliner was the lighter "Ocean Coast" color I'm also not crazy about the two-tone seats. I requested a trade-in value from my LE R1T and the extent that the California Dune edition is an upgrade from the LE vs. the cost difference just isn't...

But we can fix stupid in this case with eye tracking.

One would think. I brought this sentiment up to my Rivian service rep. a year ago and he said that all the R1's have "personality quirks" with their software. I'm sure this is doubly true a year later with multiple updates getting pushed to multiple variants and now two generations of multiple...