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Damn. That'd be incredibly unethical. Was always rooting Rivian as solid force in the U.S. EV space, but the outlook looks weaker if Rivian's team is that mismanaged privately and it's only been six months. Ars Technica quote seems to back that up: The price increase can be spread out across...

Huh? In 3 of the past 5 years, an EV was selected as a winner. 2021 SUV Winner: Ford Mustang Mach E 2019 SUV Winner: Hyundai Kona / Kona EV 2017 Car Winner: Chevrolet Bolt I don't know where the "EVs are victimized during NACTOY" mindset is from, but EVs are relatively well represented. Just...

That's not accurate. Tesla has never hit 5,000 per week of any model at any one factory, I believe. 5k was Elon's number pulled out of his bum for the end of 2017. What actually happened, after their cluster of a ramp? Tesla Q4 2017 (total: 29,870 delivered / 24,565 produced) Model X - avg...

IIRC, it usually is, heh.

My guess: driving very slowly with mirrors folded through the patio doors. The vehicles in the diagram are to scale, actually. The R1S / R1T are 6' 7" wide and the doors are a bit under 7 feet. Looks like some stairs on the patio, so it should climb up the stairs & through the doors.

Great to see independent news outlets getting some time with legacy automakers' EVs. Interesting to see he compliments the Lightning's lighting: I do like the lights under the frunk. I know the R1T gear tunnel has lighting: does the R1T/R1S frunk have that? At least we have the flashlight in...

This brings up an exciting question. How will Rivian do updates / revisions? Will we have a 2021 R1T, 2022 R2T, 2023 R3T? Or are they moving to model numbers only? R1S // 2021, R2S // 2022, R3S // 2023? Does anyone know if Rivian expects to follow Tesla's "we upgrade all the cars every month...

I gotta say a little hilarious. For a $70k+ vehicle meant to ship in the next few months, they can't tell us if it has a glove box. Who is that helping? Who is served by Rivian hedging its explanation? Simple answer: "No, it won't have a glove box. Thank you for the question." We can leave the...

Again, any Model S refresh = minor changes to a positively ancient model. Comparing the information available re: Model S (of any trim) versus what Rivian hopefuls are requesting about R1T / R1S does not track. It's the silliest comparison: it's a refresh. An accurate example might be...

Pre-production, though, is still a very small number. Not to claim that there is any evidence R1S/R1T are fire-prone, but most defects are only visible in the 10k / 100k / millions units sold. Not malicious (for the most part): just that there are so many parts + so many different driving...

Why compare it with the Model S Plaid? Plaid is a trim level to an existing 8+ year-old model. A single trim. A trim level shouldn’t be compared with an entire new car. ? It’s been true for months: Rivian doesn’t have enough confidence that more information will gain new sales / pre-orders...

I do know the Porsche Taycan EPA numbers have a massive sandbag, presumably to match the worst-case scenarios (performance + tires + normal highway speeds). All range tests confirmed much better mileage, Porsche Taycan 4S EV (203 mi EPA -> 278 mi tested = 37% improvement) Porsche Taycan 4S EV...

Agreed. Makes zero sense to have so little information public. The R1S begins deliveries 6-8 months sooner than the Lightning, and we know much more about the Lightning. ?? It was looking clear a few months ago that Rivian just doesn’t have everything finalized, but now it’s essentially...

I've personally had great experiences with CarPlay. But, I'm OK with "Rivian OS", too: it simply needs to be secure, feature-complete, and kept up-to-date. Developing & maintaining software aren't impossible tasks, but Rivian has provided unexpectedly thin details for being a short ~9 months...

This is an excellent post; I've learned so much: don't love that all of this isn't public already, but super excited to see the heated steering wheels and the RAN charging exclusivity. Does anyone have concrete news on Apple CarPlay or Google's Android Auto? I keep reading Rivian has confirmed...

I believe it has been officially confirmed that Rivian will not be offering Apple CarPlay nor Android Auto on the Rivian R1T / R1S. So, here's to Rivian also hopefully being a rockstar, stellar operating system & app developer and maintainer, too...

Rivian had already publicly announced the SUV & truck in December 2017. A stroll down memory lane (aka the WaybackMachine) lines up quite close: they've been announced for a very long time. December 12th, 2017 -> December 15th, 2020 = I'd call it dead on three years later. Even in late 2017 /...

A few major questions I've not seen Rivian officially confirm / deny on their site. Leaving a vast quantity of information hidden in CEO interviews or media spots is not necessarily encouraging (Tesla-like, in a bad way), but there's still ~9 months to go. Hopefully, they can start confirming &...