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Friend who works there said they had planned (yes, long term) for hybrids because full battery tech was too heavy and used too much resources but had to change their plans when states like CA pushed up their ban gas cars schedule. Their original plan was for solid state batteries in 2030 before...

Interesting article on how much more profit they get from being vertically integrated and making a lot of their own parts..along with longer term payments to suppliers...

FWIW, I think folks in really cold areas need the new battery tech that China just started getting into production. R2 was designed with older battery tech... Doubt it'll retain battery capacity better than the R1...

This is true... Got side swiped and not at fault but it shows up as an "incident" and my insurance went up. Was told by another agent that I should have gone direct instead when I shopped around for lower rates... And I'm in MA.

Surprised there's no mention of not being able turn off the front light bar causing a wall of white in the snow. Or no heated front lights so snow packs against it with melting. Or no fog lights to light the road ahead instead of the wall of light from headlights. Or the lack of a no Regen...

Air springs and hydraulics that are reliable enough to support a 7k lb auto. Half shafts that are reliable/durable enough to last 10yrs. Four wheel steering (they hired someone for it). Solid state batteries or higher density batteries (assuming gen3 won't come out until late 2028-2029 so they...

Interesting that they need that to be competitive. Would be logical to merge that and Rivian's at some point or port that coffee to other countries? https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/volkswagen-blinked-china-is-now-writing-its-automotive-software-future/ar-AA1VTwT4

If you mean Tesla FSD, the HW3 cars will do parallel parking on the street and the 90 degree spots in parking lots. The HW4 cars will also do angled spots. This is from watching random YouTube videos because I'm curious how far it's come. Been a huge jump from a year ago... Doesn't look scary...

Now a bad related Out Of Spec Reviews video on Regen on snow/ice...surprised the IX is tuned so well...

Yes, this isn't a Rivian only issue. Similar issues with Kia etc. The 12V is used to boot the HV controller. Tesla actually uses a small LFP battery because it's needed for Gear Guard recording... Hopefully other manufacturers will do the same...

Would be curious what they want but we'll probably never find out. VW wanting to use this for gas cars seems odd...the Scout is an EREV so that should be ok.

MB I think is also doing this because they're the launch partner with Nvidia. Lucid is also using the Nvidia stack and the Nvidia stack has the ability to generate virtual worlds with edge cases. I was impressed at how far they've come along from the videos I've seen.. Not Tesla/Waymo level but...

China is banning external electronic handles as well: https://www.autoblog.com/news/china-is-banning-tesla-style-retractable-door-handles-over-safety-concerns

+1 was hoping they'd use different routes but watched most of the videos and it was the same route. Noticed an intervention when it tried to merge into another car too and was surprised given all the sensors. Got pretty far for only being in development for a little over a year...

Two things I wished people who were at the event asked: Who is the Lidar supplier? How big is an op? TOPS can be FP4, FP8, FP16, or FP32.... Higher is more accuracy. Nvidia graphics cards are FP16 or 32. Phones use FP8.

Saw the story this morning and wondered which company Rivian is using for their Lidar? Agree Luminar is junk because volvo rejected them 😂

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-hybrids/2026-is-when-the-real-ev-war-begins-here-s-why/ar-AA1Sap7h Interesting commentary about the "next gen" architectures from BMW/MB/KiaHyundai. Nothing too surprising but a good summary.

Looks promising in the MB implementation: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-mercedes-gemini-in-car-3606112/

The issue is being noticed in other countries too.. https://phandroid.com/2025/09/12/chinas-war-on-retractable-door-handles-could-change-cars-forever/

R1S roof shade and +1 for 3rd row cover