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Someone said that a while back and it lives rent free in my head every time I see a picture of either of them.

That seems very not good. Like very very.

The incremental cost of the 2nd through 100,000th chip is low-ish compared to just buying from NVIDIA. But the IP they're licensing from ARM and the "setup" cost for the first chip off TSMC's line is very very expensive. It may work out cheaper overall than buying from NVIDIA, but only because...

The launch edition includes the full autonomy package forever, a fob, and the tow package. The A+ is a (theoretically) $2,500 option but Rivian will value that at about 1/3 or 1/2 because it doesn't do much and they don't have a known take rate yet. On the other side LIDAR hardware costs have...

Push button, wait for the person to say "Hello roadside assistance. How can I assist you?"

Perfectly normal behavior for a well run and mature company. Especially for those that are among the most valuable in their market!

Vehicle registrations is the closest proxy to how many they sold. It does omit those that are bought for use on things like farms and factories or that are exported (e.g. to places like Saudi Arabia). It also doesn't count those that are sold to governments since those aren't registered through...

When I let anyone try my R1S I have them drive a little to get comfortable and then have them punch it from a stop and from an entrance ramp. Only after they say how crazy it is do I tell them that it’s the biggest, heaviest, slowest model available (R1S Max, dual motor). Nobody has said they...

A Bostonian who calls himself a “Bostonite”?! Now I’ve seen everything. I’m in the South End by the cathedral and there aren’t that many options right there. But there are enough. Off the top of my head: There’s an AmpUp charger in the lot of a condo building around the corner from me. They...

Nobody is saying it’ll happen overnight. The timescale of car ownership is also years - the average age of cars and SUVs in the US is supposedly 14 and 11 years old respectively. The typical apartment/home lease is 1 year but average tenure of a renter is between 4 or 5. This is all highly...

I am an condo/apartment dweller and bought the R1S without on site charging at my primary residence. And it took me almost a year to get an EVSE installed at my beach house. I went in to the purchase and experience knowing that as an early adopter it would be slightly less convenient but I was...

You seem lovely. Most charging networks charge idle fees. Because they want the chargers to be available for others to use. And routing algorithms actually take into account how many chargers are installed and what percentage of them are actually available for use. You leaving your truck...

The thing about a bigger battery is that you DO use it when charging even if you don't use it use it. The bigger the battery the more kWh you have in the first 80% of it - where DC fast charging is actually fast (i.e. before the rate decreases too much). Yes, it weighs more, but weight has less...

Correct that Rivian doesn't wrap them themselves. They have offered pre-wrapped vehicles but I am pretty sure the trucks were shipped from Normal as usual and then the delivery center had a local shop wrap them.

Sorry, it's a (pretty famous) part of Miami.

Update: it seems like they are only allowed to work in the building overnight. I was able to poke my head the door last night and a floor guy working there said that they're just remodeling.

The showroom in Mary Brickell Village had a blue R1T and purple R1S in it yesterday (Sun, Feb 8) and looked to be open for regular business. This morning at 7 AM I walked by with the dog and both trucks were gone and they were rolling up carpet. It's not completely cleaned out but is nearly...

I suspect your truck is not just waking up, but unlocking because it thinks you walked up to it. If you disable the proximity unlock does it still happen?

Yes. Though I’d use the word signaling alone.

Your experience with Bluetooth will very much depend on what parts of Bluetooth your phone and the car support and what the music service supports. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bluetooth_profiles#Advanced_Audio_Distribution_Profile_(A2DP) If you had lossless or AAC files on the phone...