Moving from Ford Lightning to Dual R1T….a few questions

[Rivian Roamer]

And even without trial or subscription, it’s really not important to be among first. It’s extremely rare for anyone, within Rivian’s supported markets, to be left behind. And in the rare case where the wrong software build is pushed out, it’s actually an advantage to be unaffected; because it would have been corrected before further waves of vehicles are flagged to be updated. This is precisely why updates are done in waves instead of all at once.

The biggest thing OP will come to realize is how the R1 improves over time vs how the Lightning remains pretty much the same from first to last drive.

Given 85% of Rivian buyers are first time EV owners it has created an interesting situation.

Tesla takes weeks, sometimes months to fully deploy an OTA to the fleet. There seemingly is no rhyme or reason with Lucid, Ford, etc.

Rivian consistently deploys changes every 4 or 8 weeks and the entire fleet generally has it within 2 weeks.

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[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

Except the plane isn't going anywhere great, it's just OK just like the updates.

You’re welcome to deplane at anytime. But you choose to complain, which serves nobody especially you.

 

[R1TCntrlMaIzzy]

Except the plane isn't going anywhere great, it's just OK just like the updates.

Nothing, no one is perfect, you included.

I would not say Riv is “just OK”, but to each their own.

 

[VandalSibs]

Tesla takes weeks, sometimes months to fully deploy an OTA to the fleet.

You think they'd have their process a little more buttoned up by now. It still takes that long for them to push fleet-wide?

 

[mkhuffman]

When I had my Mach-e, I was in the Early Access program. In general, EA participants were in the first cohort, similar to the way Rivian does it with Connect+.

But EA didn't speed up the release cycle, that's for sure. Rivian has a much better cadence, and the updates almost always add real value and improvements.

 

[Rivian Roamer]

You think they'd have their process a little more buttoned up by now. It still takes that long for them to push fleet-wide?

I'd argue it is buttoned up. It's more about risk mitigation.

I see lots of people on Rivian Forums/Reddit get upset that Rivian doesn't release software updates to everyone in one go. But that carries with it a lot of risk. And allowing "opt-in" doesn't resolve that, since most people will just opt in.

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

I'd argue it is buttoned up. It's more about risk mitigation.

I see lots of people on Rivian Forums/Reddit get upset that Rivian doesn't release software updates to everyone in one go. But that carries with it a lot of risk. And allowing "opt-in" doesn't resolve that, since most people will just opt in.

Instead of complaining about not getting the updates ASAP, they’d be complaining about everyone having bad updates all at once and how dumb Rivian is to do that.

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