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I have a bias against wasting $100,000. Yes. I have high expectations for a vehicle at this price point. Even an $80,000 vehicle, I still have a bias against wasting $80,000. I am trusting on automobile brands to be good stewards of my money. If they play their cards wrong, my vehicle might be...

Btw - IMO, AA/CP is not the solution for EV owners. They lack EV awareness, and are only suitable for ICE, vehicles. I do not want Rivian to try and shove all these problems under a rug, saying AA/CP is the solution. Because these solutions are from third party vendors, and come with their own...

Couldn't agree more. There are more than a few worrying aspects of the review. Charging experience and infotainment is such a big factor in owning an EV. Brands (like Ford and Rivian) cannot put old laggy, feature-poor, buggy infotainment and expect consumers to want to own one of their...

I was already a bit pessimistic about Rivian - seemed very vaporware. And this post is a bit disappointing, because even my pessimist expectations might not have been pessimistic enough. It's going to be years before we see Rivian improve. Tesla is like 10 years old now. And in the past 6...

I am really impressed with the design. It is like the antithesis to the Hummer EV, and more original than the F150 Electric. I think it will be a popular vehicle people (in general), and a popular vehicle for that buyers of the R1T / F150 Lightning will compare against. If someone has a...

I would be interested to see Juicebox/Chargepoint at-home L2 chargers vs. NEMA 14-50 charging speeds with Rivian. Does anyone have those details?

Good find. I still can’t find where Rivian publishes this. I know Tesla publishes theirs in a few spots (e.g. Tesla Store https://shop.tesla.com/product/gen-2-nema-adapters ) Can you share the URL so that everyone can reference it? Also, would a NEMA 14-50 outlet with adapter (charging at a...

No. Consensus in Tesla-world is that brand specific EV chargers are novelty eyecandy bling. A NEMA 14-50 plug will charge a Tesla at 30mi/hr. A at-home level 2 charger (beit brand specific charger like a Tesla wall charger, or a Chargepoint charger) will charge at 44mi/hr. Note - these are...

Finally some constructive criticism from you. Yes! I agree. If brands leave gaps that seem intentional like this, consumers will fill in the gaps for the brand. And some of those consumers will have the wrong understanding. It's January 2022, and we still don't even know how fast these things...

I went with a Model Y Performance. I estimate I will receive my R1S in Q2-Q3 2024. So I have a while to use the Model Y Performance

Legacy auto companies have a chip shortage impacting production. EV brands primary constraint is a battery shortage, followed by chip shortage. It is not surprising that the brands without battery manufacturing capabilities are fighting over the battery capacity that does exist. Which means...

Saw this on InsideEV today. Lot of deliveries delayed to 2023. My prediction of my R1S delivery coming in Q2-Q3 2024 still looks mighty accurate. https://insideevs.com/news/557502/rivian-max-pack-delayed-2023/

As the title says; what are the issues we are able to see when completing R1S/R1T deliveries? Not just in general, but specific to Rivian. This will be based on lessons learned from the field. Appreciate the insights

I agree about scaling up. All of us have a hard time accepting a few facts of reality, our wishful thinking gets in the way. Supply is a problem in general Supply is a larger problem in emerging growth industries Making a net-new vehicle model takes time Making a net-new vehicle model at 10%...

Besides this one reddit user delivery, are there any other "real deliveries"? I ask, because my trust in Rivian is so low, that I wouldn't put it past them to deliver a vehicle to a normal customer who promises to go make a bunch of social media posts. By making a bunch of noise; all of us get...

Heads up, Hummer EV deliveries started yesterday. Detroit Free Press, Electrek, etc have articles on it.

You need Amazon Prime and a Rivian subscription /s

Yesterday, GM started customer deliveries of the Hummer EV. First vehicle sale fetched 2.5 million at auction. 79k model deliveries don't start until 2024. 89k model deliveries in 2023. 2022 deliveries look to be limited to 100k plus models.

What sort of real world figures are there for 0-80 charging performance? Curious what people have been able to obtain

With taxes, or “out the door”, price of my build exceeds 100k. And where I live - taxes on vehicle purchases are over 10% Upgraded rims, upgraded paint, all the accessories. If I recall, a R1T with Max Pack added up to like 120k, out the door. Rivian are not cheap vehicles. They definitely...