My thoughts exactly. I currently plan to lease the LE. I'll decide on 3 years if I want to "trade up"... Which includes giving up the free autonomy+.
I believe, and could be wrong, that LiDAR provides little to no benefit to the individual. LiDAR benefits the entire fleet, including non LiDAR...
The non-LiDAR R2 units will benefit from the LiDAR units learning. Stated by Rivian Autonomy employee in interview. I posted a link to it previously. There are subjective reasons to wait for it and there are subjective reasons to not wait for it. Very much a personal decision.
I'm in for the...
Seeing the Catalina Cove in the SXSW videos made up my mind on the color. It looks amazing in those videos... much better than the pictures.
Rivian R2 needs an Antelope Canyon Orange imo.
Well put.
Adding to this, the non-LiDAR units will benefit from the LiDAR units training the system. Stated by a Rivian dev in one of the videos that came out recently:
Link if interested: Rivian Autonomy Interview video