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The entire design of this thing baffles me. The sliding and stacking mechanism is space efficient when stowed, but seems like it will wear the coating off the individual blades incredibly fast and jam up with even modest dust /debris. A rolling tonneau would have reduced the size of the gear...

Does this even work without a reservoir tank? I assume you'll get something from the volume in the 20 ft. hose, but imagine it would be pretty inconsistent.

Seems like a lot of us are taking a leap of faith that Rivian's light colored vinyl seats are as stain resistant and easy to clean as Tesla's white seats. Hopefully that holds true, but it's a pretty high bar. I'm currently flipping weekly between GW/OC and FE/OC but I'm considering switching to...

I know the cyberchonk doesn't exist yet but the latest prototype switched to a segmented tailgate light, with some of the segments used for braking. It looks awesome and seems like a much safer and more logical use of the real estate.

Not sure if it's the same with Rivian, but on Tesla I believe holding the park button for a few seconds is designed to act as an emergency brake, slowing the vehicle to a stop.

Honestly it sounds like giving preorder holders the old pricing is fair, given that they are participating in quite a bit of debugging.

Thanks for the article. I didn't know he went to the same undergrad college as I did.

Does pack size correlate to the amount of vampire drain due to thermal conditioning reqs? IE, would having a battery that is 70% larger than our Model Y result in a corresponding 70% increase in drain to keep the pack happy? It may not be a linear relationship, but such an increase could add...

For the guys getting such high mileage on their 20s in conserve, I assume you're running in the lowest / firmest setting? The single biggest reason we're going Rivian over another Tesla is suspension refinement, so I plan on saving that slammed setting for emergencies. How much of an impact...

Meh. BEVs will be supply limited for years and their rapidly increasing prices are way beyond what a lot of people can afford. Buying today, the price premium on a Model Y no longer makes it cheaper to own than a comparable luxury ICE SUV. Even when prices do come down a bit, the current...

I go back and forth between GW and FG, mostly due to just how variable the green seems to come through in pictures, possibly due to HDR or display calibration. The white seems to always look pretty sleek but the FG is all over the place. Half the pictures (in strong sun) show a beautiful emerald...

The smoking tire was the only outlet that mentioned the pogo-ing suspension in sport mode, saying it could cause you to hit the throttle pedal as you rock in a self-reinforcing cycle. I'm curious if wheel size impacts this / having the 22s makes it even more pronounced. Also wondering to what...

I thought I wanted OC with FE wood. Seeing them, I guess I actually think OC with BM wood is best. Saddle brown upholstery would have still been my first choice, if offered.

I don't really get the appeal of something like this for a mainstream, line-built vehicle that has a relatively small pool of options. Seems better tailored to hand-built, highly customizable vehicles like a Morgan or Ariel.

Given how simple the front of the R1T is, I'm probably doing to try my hand at doing my own PPF on the highest wearing areas.

I was/am a bit confused by how Kyle's test method of breaking the charge curve up into chunks to get the theoretical max rate at every SoC is helpful to owners, who will never use it this way. I just want to know the total time it will take to get me from 10 to 80, in a range of ambient temps...

Best color? Best color.

Wheel changing mode for the suspension, if it doesn't exist already.

The problem is that the Rivian relies completely on the Bluetooth proximity to control the lock actuation and startup sequence. So as you walk through your house, crossing in and out of Bluetooth range, the truck is flipping the door handles between locked and unlocked, sleeping and awake. It...

The signal needs to come from the door HANDLE to tell the vehicle what you're trying to do. Proximity key systems have touch sensors on the door handle so you can tell the car exactly when you want to lock and unlock. Tesla's system can use the handle to tell the car you want to unlock it, but...