More content of RJ, this time with iJustine at SXSW. A lot of the same talking points if you've watched other interviews with RJ, but still an interesting watch especially because she lets him talk. A few interesting highlights to me personally:
RJ talks autonomy, but asks if Justine has a Gen...
Just recently ordered some running boards, the EVSportline RMaxx ones. Initially I was going just going to take all the plastic panels off, but other forum members convinced me that would be easy enough to keep them on and seal them with Gorilla tape.
One of the install details that confuses me...
Seems like RJ has been on a media campaign recently. This time, its from his alma mater Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. If you've seen the other videos in the past two weeks or so, there's a lot of the same talking points about the company's founding, mission, and challenges. So, I will just...
Saw this video podcast interviewing former Rivian Executive Creative Director Larry Parker. It's quite long, so I'll have to go back with the time stamps later. Larry goes over his car enthusiasm, early days at Rivian, departing from Rivian, and some discussions about life and purpose in...
Hurricane Beryl hit the greater Houston area last Monday, and I was out of power for almost a week. Fortunately I remembered I have a huge backup battery in my garage in the form of my R1S. During that power outage, through the use of extension cables and power strips:
I kept my refrigerator...
A short Q&A with Jeff Hammoud that gives a little insight into his perspective about design. Nothing major or new, but the way he talks about the new scroll wheel makes me want it retrofitted onto my R1S!
No affiliation, I just like this channel's content and thorough reviews. To my surprise, he has a Rivian R1S now!
TL;DW (but you should watch!) - Get the Blackvue DR970X-2CH LTE if you have a need for a cloud connected dashcam and have lots of money. Alternatively use a regular dashcam with a...
I thought this was a refreshing interview, different from the typical business-centric media. Some pretty deep questions were asked, and it seemed to make RJ really dig deep. There was also some fun trivia too.
Also, Blake and Will (the two 8th graders interviewing RJ) did a fantastic job! I...
Rivian does a good job sending monthly updates and improving the vehicle, but I hope someone is looking at the website/app also. A couple things I would like to see:
Get away from SMS two factor. It's better than nothing, but I would rather have authentication apps.
Have backup codes. It's a...
Enjoying my R1S, but after some adventures its been picking up a lot of dirt and debris. I remember when picking up from the service center the Rivian employee recommended only to do hand wash and not go through an automated one. Anyone have recommendations or tips?
Saw the post asking about who makes the Rivian Adventure Network chargers, and a question about Rivian Wall chargers. To my surprise, no one has posted this information on the forum yet.
So here goes the proof from my own Rivian Wall charger, it is made by LITE-ON:
Just wanted to poke around the forum to see if anyone else had their R1S delivery or pickup rescheduled due to a back-up light issue? Sounds like there was a big batch of R1S deliveries that didn't meet Department of Transportation standards for rear back-up light brightness. Looks like Rivian...
About an 80 minute podcast with Director of Vehicle Dynamics, Max Koff.
I wish I took notes while listening, but off the top of my head here are some interesting little highlights:
Rivian could not benchmark the R1 vehicles against a single vehicle. They took the pieces from a Land Rover...
Few of my personal highlights
RJ Scaringe being super excited to see the "Lab Car"
Liquid cooling on the "Autonomy Experience" compute module
VP of Hardware Engineering Vidya Rajagopalan hints at some new updates coming
Any eagle-eyes out there spot anything else interesting in the video?
I thought it was interesting to see the collaboration between Amazon and Rivian on the Electric Delivery Van. What I'm really hoping for is what ever "maps" and navigation the EDV uses gets shared with the consumer vehicles. Pretty neat monitoring systems are implemented also.
Just having a little fun after seeing the color combinations in "transition" from @Mister Person. I went ahead and started combining the interiors of R1S.
Black Coast/Ocean Mountain
Forest Coast/Ocean Edge
Black Edge/Forest Mountain
I have no idea why I clicked this YouTube video at all, but I'm glad I did. It is apparently an interview with Cox Automotive and RJ Scaringe that I had not seen this posted on the forums yet. Already timestamped to skip the Korean introduction.
No big surprises in this interview, but I did...
Nothing to do with the vehicles, but nice to see the boost in the local community.
Anyone in the area try these cookies? They must have caught someone's attention if they wanted 7000 of them.