Someone, talk me out of dumping my R1T

[Yellow Buddy]

But I'm used to it. My Tesla X ate a battery EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

Um...why?!?!

I have/had 4 Model Xs, 2 Model Ys, 1 Model S. All of which crossed 100,000 miles. Only one has ever needed a battery replacement and that was on the oldest one - a 2016 with just about 200,000 miles on it. It had it's first 12v battery replacement two years ago and it's still fine.

Personally, I haven't had any EV where I felt a battery replacement was more frequent than any other ICE vehicle. And while I haven't needed to, looking at the procedures it seems the one on the Rivian is absurdly complex compared to the accessibility in a F-150 Lightning where a 5 year old could change it.

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[tmbm50]

Um...why?!?!

I have/had 4 Model Xs, 2 Model Ys, 1 Model S. All of which crossed 100,000 miles. Only one has ever needed a battery replacement and that was on the oldest one - a 2016 with just about 200,000 miles on it. It had it's first 12v battery replacement two years ago and it's still fine.

Personally, I haven't had any EV where I felt a battery replacement was more frequent than any other ICE vehicle. And while I haven't needed to, looking at the procedures it seems the one on the Rivian is absurdly complex compared to the accessibility in a F-150 Lightning where a 5 year old could change it.

You say that like it was not a widely known issue for Tesla. I suspect it's similar to Rvian that folks like myself that used Sentra/GearGuard 24x7 put a much heavier load causing more charging cycles. If your car sleeps most of the night you are not cycling nearly as much of others.

 

[the.phd]

I received the RT1

how I feel about my RT1 and in particular Rivian

Maybe the issue is you?

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