Comma does have some promise - but as of the latest build it's still pretty janky on Rivian. It relies on the stock cruise control, which only has a vague awareness of speed changes on curve. In my time with G1 Driver + it always seems to slow down either WAY to aggressively on curves, or not...
A few comments with regard to autonomy and tech. Agreed Tesla has done a much better job keeping older generations up to date with autonomy features as much as possible. That said, it's not been complete feature parity. FSD 13 is only avaialble on 2024 and newer vehicles. But even so, the older...
I can't say that I've experienced this level vampire drain on a day to day basis with mine. Though I have experienced it when parked for over 3 days with gear guard on in a busy lot. It seems to have little to no drain for the first 2 days or so
But that is a fair assessment on battery health...
I'll go against the grain here, and say that I'm VERY glad I got a gen 2. Everyone's situation and use case is different. But the upgrades to gen 2 are quite meaningful to me. The better autonomy (even now) is a huge deal to me, personally. Although you shouldn't buy based on a promise, there's...
You need not worry about this with your 2025. All of the 12v issues have been in regards to gen 1 vehicles. They changed how the 12v system works in gen 2 and thus far I've seen no reports of 12v failures on gen 2. Seen no signs of trouble on mine either, but of course still relatively early on...
If you're in need of more detail this video can tell you a bit more (it's a bit long).. He briefly addresses 120v charging specifically around the 19 minute mark:
I should preface that I am not a licensed electrician. That said, I've done my fair share of research on the topic, up to building my own charging unit. Going off of industry advice from folks who ARE licensed - the best option is a hard wired unit. That allows for higher amperage charging and...
The Rivian recommended daily charge limit is 70% - I find that with my Max pack that provides WAY more than enough range day to day - and I do a lot of driving. An occasional dip to low SOC and charge to 100% helps the BMS, but it's not really needed all that often. If you want to get really...
Personally I find it quite helpful for a couple of reasons
1) it shows me what the car sees while in highway assist, so I can feel confident it knows what I know about the surroundings
2) quite often it can see things I can't, when my view is obstructed (for example seeing 2 cars ahead, but I...
Hot take here....
If you're willing to spend $40k extra, just for the sake of having the latest, greatest, best flagship vehicle....
I feel like losing out on a few hundred (at best) dollars worth of potential lost interest on that $3k is barely a drop in the bucket.
That said, finances aside...
Had another chance to test the radar heater this morning, and I think I figured it out.
It doesn't seem to proactively heat to prevent blockage. Rather it seems to be triggered by the "sensors blocked" warning. About 5 minutes after I got that warning it went away again, and I got out to find a...
My theory: they are pushing tri as the off road/rally spec, and quad as a street spec. It'll probably have a similar limited edition with summer tires, better brakes, aero kit, etc
Interesting - independently I went back and looked and found the 4 week pattern looking at riviantrackr. Incidentally 2025.3 IS perfectly in step w/ that 4 week pattern. What did wassym say about 2025.6? I must have missed that
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I see the article about it on Rivian Trackr - wheel...
Is there a pattern here of which weeks get a release?? I've always thought it was kind of random what the release number was. All I've seen is generally week 2-3 of the month a new release will pop up on electrafi, then a week or two later it'll be general release - with the number formatting...