Thanks, I like the simplicity of this solution. What do you do if camping - while there is no sun aka night.
We camped over the weekend and lose 20mi per day, a mix of VD and endless in and out of the vehicle as a giant bear box.
I am totally up to use a giant USB battery; I have a 42000mAh I...
I am on a road trip in central CA with a few RAN and TSC on the same shared lots.
Santa Nella
TSC 48 chargers $0.55-59/kw
RAN 6 chargers $0.69/kw
Why would I choose RAN?
I know the phrase vote with your dollars, and outside of geopolitics why would I choose RAN?
Big miss Rivian, at minimum...
My other car is an Ioniq 5, I find myself trying to wave at Rivians while driving the Hyundai, people probably thing I'm nuts.
I suppose I need a LP OtrCarR1
My neighborhood in Campbell has 6 R1S, 2 R1T. I can also count about 10 Teslas and about 20 other EVs. I expect most Tesla's will get phased out for R2s in coming years, or possibly Scouts. I saw 1 EV9 on my street.
My office has 100s of teslas, and 20-30 R1s
We both use Pixel 9 Pros, will still walk up and see gear guard gary on, but no unlock (this is while using PAAK) Have to toggle the unlock on screen/widget.
Early on we would wave, since there were so few R1S on the road. Now my region (Bay Area) has soo many (good thing).
We do say Rivian upon sighting (inside the car) much like slug bug back in my youth. We usually see 5+ per day.
Commentary no one asked for
Paying for the feeling of exclusivity or early access has become common in our revenue driven and immediacy focused society;
Fastpass at theme parks
Expresslanes on highways
VIP access passes at events
Clear at airports
It's probably a bit of a miss by Rivian to...
I get it, and you aren't wrong, but if you charge money for something, an expectation comes attached.
In theory
1. Beta testing (on any schedule Rivian determines)
2. Connect+ users (vehicle should be batched to download first, if connected)
Non connect users, non beta users should not occur...
2 years of ownership and I have never seen this prompt. Does this mean something in the stack is prepped to share messages?
Cognizant this could be nothing.