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Wait, what? I can show you literally thousands of ICE cars from 2015 that have no range loss or performance loss. Hell, let's make it 2005.

Sure, but none of that changes the fact that EV adoption in our market is pretty poor. Personally, I though we'd be close to 50% of new car sales being EV by now. When do you think we'll reach that point? I don't see it happening in the next 10 years. I think hybrids will gain in popularity...

I think Rivian needs to expand into other markets ASAP. The R2 and R3 will be better suited for European countries because it's better size for their smaller roads. I think there should be decent demand for the R2/3 in North America due to the lower price point, but I also think the demand...

Seems like just about every legacy manufacturer is shifting away from the plan to go full on electric in XX years. I see Genesis joined the club recently too, saying that customers want hybrids much more than EVs. Personally, I have no interest in hybrids. I'd rather have straight up ICE or EV...

I really want to know the answer to this as well. I've read so many different opinions and I don't know what to believe. A lot of people seem to have the opinion that tinting a glass roof is never a good idea because the heat somehow gets "trapped" in the glass (but does it really?) and can...

Really? I thought that all DC fast chargers had the ability to show available chargers vs chargers currently being used.

Debadging isn't typically done to fool anyone into thinking their car is a "higher" model. It's usually done to make the rear end cleaner looking by eliminating the badges. Same concept as removing the dealership stickers on the back. I removed the Jeep badge on the edge of my Grand Cherokee's...

Yes. Yes it does.

That makes sense.

If you decide to keep it after the lease ends, are you happy with the buyout price?

I always buy and never lease vehicles, but leasing is probably a good strategy for a Rivian, or just about any EV for that matter. Technology will probably advance rapidly with EVs, so leasing gives you a definitive end date without having to worry about selling a vehicle that has potentially...

It has been mentioned before, but Rivian could simply allow USB playback of MP3 files and then you could essentially put all of your music library on a small thumb drive and use it as an in-car jukebox without having to stream anything. I do that with both of my cars and it's fantastic. It's...

Came for the "so much carnage", but went away utterly disappointed.

Has anyone with a leased Rivian checked trade-in value and compared with the residual value according to the lease terms? I'd be curious to see how those figures compare.

I realize that nobody likes to keep adding yet another subscription to their monthly outlay, but look at what ICE manufacturers are doing---if I want to maintain access to the connectivity app for my Jeep, then I have to pay $312/year (but they have a 50% off offer every year) and then there's...

I'll wait until after the upcoming election to speculate on this. It could have a major impact depending on the outcome.

Are you sure something else isn't going on here? It almost seems impossible for this to happen as described.

The zeroes disappeared in the kWh figure thanks to autocorrect. But 30,000 watt hours is correct as I said originally.

Yep. That's what I meant.

The average house uses about 11 kWh per year. It's about 30,000 watt hours a day.