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Agreed. M3 can be had cheaper but are also older, so some hesitancy on my part there. Additionally I could sleep in the MY on touring trips and it works well for the ski trips to Kirkwood, which I've done with a friend who owns one and sleeps in it when he goes on camping trips. I haven't...

Ha ha, no hope, I call first dibs because my actual need trumps your potential one. The Audi A6 Quattro in my profile (bought new and owned for 28 years almost to the day) was finally taken away as a donation at the beginning of February. It passed the SMOG check with flying colors as usual, but...

The CarWow video with Matt described R2 road noise in his chapter on Motorway driving, the link should take you to just before his comments. He stated that the windscreen and driver side window (and presumably passenger side window) had acoustic glass.

As mentioned by others RAM and Flash memory demand is outstripping supply due to the AI infrastructure build out. However, automotive customers are treated as royalty by major memory suppliers like Micron Technology, because the automotive industry represents a premium price market during normal...

Seems like it based on the following from the Rivian Shareholder Letter, "In addition to the EDV FWD standard battery pack variant already on the road, we are developing new variants of the van with a larger battery pack and AWD. The larger battery brings a 30% increase in range, while all wheel...

... and this seems to be the point that RJ often brings up, a lack of compelling options to date, which is why Tesla has done as well as it has. I'm another example of someone who is waiting for R2 as my first EV, a MY won't meet my requirements. My neighborhood is replete with Tesla's but it is...

We don't have any formal publication of cargo dimensions or capacities yet, maybe we get that March 12 or shortly thereafter. The only indication so far that I'm aware of is contained in the Carwow video where Matt quoted R2 capacities behind the second row in liters, which I converted below...

Agreed. The camper van market does not seem to be especially price sensitive either for those not building their own. So if a larger battery could get the EDV to say 240+ mile EPA range, versus the current 160 EPA range then that might be good enough for many RV'ers in order to generate some...

What struck me as interesting with the recent reviews was which media were invited. Not so much the US representatives, but the fact that three UK focused media were there, Carwow, BBC Top Gear UK, and Car Magazine. This seems an unusual choice given the focus of selling R2 into the US for 2026...

Not sure I'd go that far, but I only managed to watch part of one OoS video before writing the channel off. Maybe I just picked a particularly bad video to watch but the obvious padding for time, endless repetition, redundancy and lack of content editing and the long duration of other suggested...

The main issue for those that want an iX3 and also how much competition iX3 presents to R2 for the next two years, is going to be how many will be available for the US market in 2026/27. If the Mexico plant doesn't start production until August 2027, then it won't make a large impact on US...

Its unlikely Wall St was influenced by R2 reviews, or even the better than expected Q4 numbers, to drive this size of a bump, since its always looking forward. It seems like it might be related to a significantly higher R2 production rate in 2026 than the street was expecting, perhaps reinforced...

Doug did a review of the 4Runner Trailhunter. You can see him in the back seat here to compare to his video on the R2. It looks like there is much more back seat room in the R2. The other major negative for me when I considered 4Runner is how the rear seats fold. They tumble, so no flat floor...

You seem so upset about Easter Eggs, and life in general apparently given your cynicism, that you failed to actually watch and listen to the videos. Matt described how quiet the vehicle is with use of acoustic glass for the windscreen and side windows and how little tire noise there was using...

I agree and this is a huge blind spot in this forum, that for the most part only considers the R2 in the context of the BEV market, when considering its prospects.

Context is everything though. Tesla don't use lidar, so would a buyer in 2026 buy a Tesla Model Y just because R2 doesn't have lidar? Do the BMW iX3 and Volvo EX60 have lidar and if they do then how many can they supply into the US market in 2026? It seems most of the few car models with lidar...

Yeah, a few things happened in 2025 that affected the entire industry.

For those modelling Rivian production numbers its probably worth working on the assumption that Rivian are sandbagging those production numbers in order to under-promise, over-deliver. Especially because RJ stated they are planning to exit the year operating two shifts.

Should have stuck with the Magic 8 Ball 😁

Because someone will sue them with a spurious lawsuit claiming they were misled if they aren't precise. The following is sourced from Qualcomm. While TOPS is a useful metric to evaluate the performance of neural processing units, it can be misleading if not properly understood. At Qualcomm...