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Was expecting this reply. Were I back home in West Virginia I'd have one of the smallest trucks around.. Agree. Not sure that I've seen any particularly attractive alternatives in the 5 seater dept compared to Rivian though.. Most have sub 250mi range, and the MY interior is so meh. Plus...

I realize that I'm talking to a forum full of enthusiasts, but is anyone pretty worried about the size? Haven't had a chance to test drive the R1S yet but I harken back to a short road trip I drove in a family member's QX80 and that thing was a UNIT. Filled up the whole lane, had a lot of mass...

This is totally true, but it's way easier to patch bugs on robust foundational infra than something that makes bad assumptions/design choices. A year into one-off patch hacks creates an insane web where they might need to spend a year refactoring everything to make more progress on complicated...

The software thing actually worries me a touch. Not that it's not fixable but if the quality of the engineering is low then it may always be slow/inefficient/power-hungry. Tesla doesn't pay FAANG level but my perception is that they attract pretty smart folks. Time will tell I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Guessing this is a july-sept r1t window? any idea what that maps to for an r1s?

Yeah i was thinking more one of these, which are custom to the truck bed. Better range too. That's my thought too. Currently a FG R1S holder. 2023 can't come soon enough :)

No, a hard top camper that would fit in the bed of the truck. Like these. I'd rather sleep in the back of an R1S over a soft tent in the winter any day. Yeah, yesterday they closed the road in and so it was a private pow day for those who drove up at 5 am + those smart enough to camp the night...

Got back yesterday from car camping at Crystal Mt in my Model 3 for a pow day (see image!). The roads close/become impassable occasionally + you get to skip a 2+ hour drive so it's increasingly a nice tool in my ski life. What are people's opinions on the R1S vs R1T for car camping in the...

Teslas come with a J-1772 -> Tesla adapter, you use this when using a run-of-the-mill charger in the wild. So it's drop in.

IIRC from the delivery window surveys just about everyone is. Charging my Model 3 on a normal 120V plug is 1 kW. So, 0 -> 100 would be 100H. You can fully charge a model 3 in about 6 hours on a level 2 wall charger. It'll be even more significant on a Rivian since they're 130 kWh batteries.

I mean, I could be July 1 and you could be dec 31 :p

Just adding another datapoint to Frank - It's an 85 mi trip & about 4500 vertical feet to Crystal for me too. My Model 3 uses about 70% on a round trip. About half the drive is at 60 mph on a single lane road though. No ski box/mounting. I'd expect you to be fine but with how boxy the R1S is...

Second half of 2023 R1S Adventure trim 7 seat, FG + FE, 21" Seattle, WA 11/9/2021 order I was hoping for first half of 2023, looks like I just missed the cutoff. Well, gives me time to make sure I can drive this UNIT through crowded Seattle streets.