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Even if they improve the pad, it won't be good as MagSafe aftermarket options (if you own an iPhone, at least).

Tesla and Rivian seem to be turning parts into a profit center, by gouging insurance companies. Eventually the owners end up paying in the form of increased premiums.

Oh, shoot, that may be it. Is there truly no way to tell when regen is limited anymore? I was at least expecting a color change in the regen arc. Dang! Thanks for clueing me in. I’ll have to disable for the next test.

One thing I do like about the dual--it doesn't seem to limit regen in the cold like the quad did. Thus, I can recoup more energy driving back down a mountain when the R1 is cold.

I don't have much to add here except that I'm not a fan of the quad in the snow, mainly because regen is a piss poor substitute for anti-lock brakes, or real traction control. Rivian really screwed up there. I have lost lateral stability in the quad once (with winter tires), but I haven't seen...

So far it's looking like the dual max pack will add only about 30 real world miles of winter "road trip" range over the quad. Does calling that a "max pack" tarnish the brand? Yes. Is it still pretty useful for me to have those 30 extra miles? Also yes.

I wouldn't hold stock through the reveal event, lest they try to capitalize on the good press by announcing a stock sale (or convertible bond sale) to fund the new factory.

My read remains the same: they're still limited by supply of the good chemistries and it's hurting their ability to make more cars. Thus, no real max pack. Now they want to ramp production but they still can't get batteries, because they screwed up their long term supply deals (or, rather, were...

Even if demand falters, Rivian will not fail. There is plenty of capital out there to bail out an EV car company. Rivian's cost cutting measures are all about preventing stock dilution and maintaining executive compensation, not preventing failure. Look at Lucid and Fisker--still alive! At...

My personal experience is that the store cars are not defect free, though better than the first 1000 VINs. I wonder if they're cars which were rejected at delivery time.

Does the shield appear to be rigid? Does it flex?

Well, there's always... adding CarPlay.

The Taycan is an incredible piece of engineering. Night and day compared to Rivian. Unfortunately the Taycan starts at $100K and goes up swiftly from there. I am not happy about entering a lease exactly one week ago only to have the payment drop by $300 a month. I am happy to be leasing rather...

Argh, I was bitten by this too. Oh well. It's still better to be taken to the cleaners on the lease than to own the car and take an even greater bath on resale value in three years.

Does this bother you? The black on the left side is because the front wheels are not quite straight. The reversal of the parking line is due to some weird interpolation Rivian does to hide the fact that their cameras have a blind spot around the bumper. The black horizontal bar, though, is...

That article contains this pretty strong quote: “Any electric vehicle that comes out right now and doesn’t have a heat pump is a dinosaur already,” says John Kelly, an automotive technology professor and instructor focusing on hybrid and electric vehicle technology at Weber State University."...

I've also experienced poor traction on my quad in the snow. I've since purchased winter tires for it and still, I've felt it slip. I've now moved those tires on to my new DM and will test out this weekend.

Interestingly, the very cheap Volvo EX30 will have a heat pump standard on all trims.

I had my wheels recalibrated in December, and they were aftermarket. Next week I have the same recalibration on the books for the new R1S. We'll see what happens.

The front license plate mount which service installs is in the field of view of the front camera. That manifests as a small, but unsightly, black bar in surround view. That’s why I’m rolling the dice without a front license plate this time.