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I know the gen 2 R1T/R1S has more cameras that allow it to do more than the gen 1. I would be "satisfied" with a more hands-off self-driving approach. The current version is very annoying because it reminds you every few seconds to touch the steering wheel. I know eyes-off for the gen 1 is not...

Rivianero, this is off topic, but I'm interested in your "salvaged" Rivian. I recently bought a salvaged vehicle. A salvaged vehicle is generally meant to be totaled in an accident and then refurbished. What is a salvaged Rivian like?

Nobody has mentioned that this would be great for apartment dwellers that have trouble plugging in. There are millions of those. Someone mentioned the size of the Aptera. It could be that that is what makes it a car, not a motorcycle. With its width and low center of gravity, it might be almost...

It seems like the Aptera community is made up of two kinds of people: the fanboys who can't or won't see anything wrong with the vehicle and the naysayers who can't see anything good about it and say the whole enterprise was doomed from the start. Aptera has said it intends to start limited...

I have a 2023 gen 1 R1T. I have a spare tire in the spare tire compartment. I've noticed this whenever I open the spare tire compartment lid. I open the lid and water drips from under it. There is obviously a considerable amount of water coating the underside of the lid and it runs when I tilt...

Sorry, I didn't wade through all 5 pages, so maybe this has been covered. I agree that it is fair for EV's to pay their share of road maintenance. Especially since they are so heavy (but maybe getting lighter ?). I live in Utah and the yearly registration includes a road use fee for EV's loosely...

I've heard too many horror stories of dissatisfaction with their Rivian and frankly the whining is tiresome. Then there are the really serious problems that are almost impossible to get fixed after the car is yours. Add to that the fact that you can't really experience the vehicle before...

I did an experiment. I scheduled a 20-mile trip one way. The departure time defaulted to 20 minutes. When I started, the temperature of the battery was 28 and all four motors were 32. In 20 minutes, I went out and there was no change in any of the temperatures at all. The cabin was warm though...

It sounds like the answer is yes. The battery temperature is 28. I will turn on the heater and precondition the battery now. Thanks for your help.

Some yes's and some no's and lots of guesses. What makes sense is to push a button on the app an hour before you leave and it starts heating up the battery using current from the charger. Scheduling a trip in advance seems like a lot of bother. I like easy. I had a "lowly" Chevy Volt years ago...

This would be a yes (?). I expect to see a no pretty soon. I know you can warm up the cabin. That isn't the same as warming up the main battery.

It's winter in the mountains of Utah and it's cold. I would like to be able to precondition, i.e. warm up the main battery, while plugged in before leaving the house so that it gets maximum range. Why not? Maybe when it comes right down to it, it doesn't matter because I'm not going over 50...

It's the same trip as always and the same mountains. I think what I will do next time is use my trip odometer. It can give info for the whole trip rather than 15-minute snapshots. Anyway, over 2 mi/Kwh is considered good mileage and over 3 is really good.

I live in a small town in the mountains of Utah. I frequently make the trip north to the city to do some shopping. Much of the trip is on a narrow, winding road, which is what US Hwy 89 looks like in this part of Utah. Last time I went up, last week, I was amazed by the mileage I was getting. I...

The driver didn't try to unlock the vehicle. It was locked up tight. He dragged it backwards onto the flatbed with the rear wheels not rolling. The front wheels were rolling. Like I said, the driver was instructed not to try to jump the battery or enter the vehicle. He wasn't a Rivian tech, just...

The guy who was sent to tow my truck to Salt Lake was instructed by the service center not to try to jump the car. They didn't explain why. So it isn't quite as simple as that.

On the subject of my dead / bricked truck again: You can't blame 12-volt battery failure on high tech. It's a 12-volt battery. I'm surprised that people seem to think a dead car is just something that happens. Get used to it. I and other owners who have had it happen think it's the worst. One...

When my Rivian died because of a 12-volt battery failure, it was a real eye-opener. It was electrically inert. You couldn't open the doors or put it in neutral. They had to drag it onto a tow truck with the rear wheels locked and dragging. In my opinion, having experienced it myself, that...

I've had the seatbelt latches rattle.

Stormbreaker, you need to watch more Green Acres. Take some dirt, lots of it. Add water. Add a hog, which is a large pig. Hog wallow. Hogs like mud because it's cool in the summer and it keeps the flies off. The mud around here is slippery. It's true that you can't always avoid hitting deer. I...