Thanks for reading through and for the response!
Totally! When you have the right amount of high quality hardware that can be updated (OTA!)... Possibilities seem endless <3
Very thankful I was able to secure mine <$100K even though I missed out on the 2022 $7.5K tax credit and the O.G...
Friend link (no paywall via Medium)
https://blog.swezey.io/one-year-review-of-the-rivian-r1t-1-2-575e9370986f?sk=830905d671621ad0cf5fe5c80f2dfe08
I originally wrote this in December, but life gets in the way.
I'll have a part two here shortly that talks more about my experiences I've had with...
Yup! They said demo drive would open up in the next few days/weeks? I can't recall the timeline. I was already checked out.
The person assisting me, Adam, was great. The rest of the crew there either didn't have their morning coffee yet or someone pissed in their cereal.
Since I'm already in...
Will cost me effectively $103K to upgrade after TTL + trade in + $3k deposit
I signed up for a demo drive (Austin, TX) and showed up today. 11 AM.
And they're not allowing the vehicle to be driven. Thaaaanks for wasting my time.
An email or text letting me know that demo drives aren't happening...
Yeah I'm not a fan of this. It's always draining the battery.
On one hand - I'm glad they're listening to feedback.
On the other - they should have made it adjustable. A little more thought and R&D and they could have hit a home run.
Example:
Setting for home: off, people only, all objects...
I said it fits their model. In other words, it's implied that it's a future possibility.
Not that it was in it directly nor did I state I read it somewhere.
But, yes, keep doing what I said you'd would earlier :)
As of now Rivian hasn't announced anything in regards to upgradability involving...
Lol way to oversimplify things to fit your argument. Luckily that's not how the real world works :)
Perhaps you should read Rivian's mission statements?
https://rivian.com/our-company
Today we’re operating off hundreds of millions of years of accumulated plant- and animal-based carbon. On our...
And when it misses Gen 2 but Gen 3 has upgradeability?
Or what if it takes till Gen 4?
You're missing the point here and more concerned about being "right".
You never heard of Tesla?
Comparing Porche to Rivian is not an apples to apples comparison.
Lol okay buddy - lot of assumptions there.
You're stating the obvious about consumers vs business needs.
But where you miss the mark is the consumer can actually influence the businesses' needs by...
We're speculating here. That part is (should be) obvious. You came in with a hard opinion of "no car company will survive doing that"...yet Tesla is and has been doing just that.
The car business? I've met & dealt w/ plenty of sales and managers at dealerships that "work in the cars business"...
1. We're talking about the possibility of Gen2 -> 3. Not 1.
2. Rivian invested a lot of R&D into Gen2 and I see them iterating on that, not replacing it.
3. It makes sense to keep their older (Gen2+) vehicles up to date with optional, purchased hardware upgrades as it brings in additional...