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This has me sort of riled up. My Rivian is at the Service Center right now. I got news today that they found that it needs a "drive unit". My 2023 R1T with less than 50,000 miles has had 8 service events. This will be the ninth. You'd think the Rivian "drive units" (motors) should last the life...

https://www.tomsguide.com/vehicle-tech/evs/i-drove-the-rivian-r1t-and-chevrolet-silverado-ev-for-a-week-heres-the-winner

This is an excerpt from an editorial by some generic commentator: Rivian’s rapid loss of thousands of would‑be customers did not come from a botched product launch or a viral quality scandal. It came from a policy cliff. When a key federal tax incentive vanished, a fragile demand story around...

Maybe it was a misunderstanding. It seems like I read that production will start slow. I wouldn't count on actually being able to buy one until 2027ish. People with reservations get them first.

I have a 2023 R1T with quad motors. Today it appears that one (or both?) of the rear motors has gone out. There is a grinding noise that is getting worse. However, in conserve mode, it sounds normal. I imagine it's because the rear motors aren't used in conserve mode. It's still under warranty...

Please no Christmas songs. Will gen 1 get the 3.5 million mile mapped roads update in a future release? That would be nice.

When I heard about the "Rivian chip", I wondered about it. If I were a Rivian engineer, I would use the Rivian chip to catalog all the objects around. That's something that has to be done fast and often. It doesn't benefit from frequent hardware updates. Objects are either there or they aren't...

I thought OP was going to complain that it was too hot. Mine is plenty hot. I also turn it off after it's warmed up.

I liked the fake colors in the photo. Then I saw the real colors. The real colors are boring and I really don't like the pink. In fact, the whole concept is weird.

The ink is barely dry on the "least reliable" list. Whiplash.

No, there are too many problems and it doesn't look like it will end. I'm not going to like having to pay after the warranty expires. I'm thinking of selling while I still can. I feel disappointed. The latest thing is the cruise control. Who knows what that would cost to fix.

"God luck" . . . Freudian slip?

What is OpenPilot? Does it actually control your Rivian? How is that done?

I was thinking maybe it isn't needed because of the deflector in the roof. It would blow air across the glass, or keep stuff from landing.

I'm going to try to tow an articulated boom man lift JLG T350 like the one in the picture home. It's five miles on a flat road. I think it weighs around 3800 pounds. The store I'm renting it from says I need a 1/2-ton truck to tow it. I know EV trucks are different from regular ones. Is my...

It will take several years to get the GA plant up and running. When Normal is maxed out you'll want Georgia to be ready. When you stop and think about the whole thing, it's mind boggling for a startup to embark on a thing like that. It's too bad they aren't ready to build the R3 now.

That's an interesting shape. Lots of straight lines without much curvature. A major departure from current trends. I'd like to see it without the camo and the distortion from the telephoto lens.

This is too much like going to the zoo and saying, "Wow! I spotted a tiger in the wild!"

Thanks. You're great. I swear it says something about getting it serviced, which implies a physical part. There are things Rivian can check remotely. This could be one of them. I live in a remote area and there might be places where there is no signal. Sometimes stuff like this is a part of a...

I've been periodically (about twice a week) getting a message that says (I don't know the exact wording) "SOS calling isn't working. Get it serviced." I probably will never push the SOS button, so it isn't a high priority. I'm wondering how involved the repair would be. How much stuff would they...