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It varies wildly. I have only used public L2 charging a couple of times in my Tesla, and they both required signing up with an app. But then you can pay within the app. It's not really THAT big a hassle when you're already signed up with chargepoint or similar, but it's a huge pain if you get to...

Likely, perhaps - but I don't think Rivian has stated as such. Side note - we need an open standard that allows billing info to be associated to the vehicle, without the need for an app or credit card at the time of charging, so that all charging networks can simply be plug-and-play like...

Unpopular opinion maybe, but... I think Rivian should give up on their own charging network. That would have made sense 10 years ago but not today. Once they scale up production, I doubt anything more than a small fraction of owners will actually use the RAN anyway. Furthermore I can't find any...

A comment I saw in a recent YT video - the sound of pebbles and road debris hitting the wheel well was more prominent than in other cars. That was the R1S. Is that a notable problem in either the R1S or R1T? At least with the T you shouldn't much of anything from the rear wheels.

Interestingly I've seen the 2023 Ford TOTY mentioned in a couple of different places now (including that Motley Fool article), seemingly as a slight toward Rivian. But no mention that Rivian took that prize in 2022. I don't think that's a huge factor either way, but it's just interesting to see...

I only see one person ranting here... and somehow it got to be about right vs "leftist" when we were only ever talking about one man who certainly has opponents on both sides of the aisle. I don't know about you but I'm a fan of the constitution. I'm not a fan of terminating it.

Hello there, fellow "leftist." :)

No, because you cannot remove somebody from office if they are already out of office. That's what the GOP leader in the Senate stated specifically. I thought you didn't want to talk politics?

Impeachment is not a criminal process. In the impeachment process, conviction is not a determination of guilt or innocence (edit: of a crime). It is a determination as to whether to remove from office or not. As stated by the senate GOP leader, conviction (removal from office) did not apply as...

The orange man’s latest grift is selling $99 digital super-hero trading cards of himself. There was a Major Announcement yesterday. There are plenty of rational people who simply want to see some accountability for trying to overturn an election by an “orange man” who *literally* said last...

Give it time. The 14-count conviction of his business for criminal fraud is just the beginning, and that was years in the making as well. In the meantime, you still have time to purchase your NFT digital trading cards. ‘Tis the season of grifting after all.

Are the specs of the rooftop solar known? Napkin math estimates about 400khw per year (based on Fisker's 1500 mile claim) but I don't know what assumptions they're making. That would mean the solar panels need to be at least a couple kilowatts worth.

I haven't been paying attention to Fisker but just started reading about the Ocean today. Surprisingly it's made its way onto my short list of eventual replacements for my 2018 Model 3 (#1 spot is my recently reserved R1T of course). My short take, as I had some concerns which were addressed...

I don't know much about Rivian's EDV plans, but have they been talking to UPS and Fedex? Or just expanding Amazon's EDV fleet?

I don't think "censoring" means what you think it means, but as Musk himself stated, freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom of reach. We can debate the pros and cons of deplatforming a former president who attempted an overthrow of the government another day...

At the risk of stating the obvious... Rivian is probably just going to follow Tesla's roadmap. Tesla was never profitable when they only produced the Model S/X. Not until they went through "production hell" with the Model 3 did they finally turn a profit. It seems reasonable that Rivian won't...

A primary driver for Tesla's profitability is the fact that the Model 3 and Y designs have been simplified to the extend that they are just software platforms on wheels - with the bare minimum amount of hardware required for a functional car. Pretty soon there won't even be control stalks, and...

About that.... Twitter has a history of bias but it's the opposite of what people or claiming: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59011271 But hey, at least you're aware of who the toxic people are on the right.

It's one thing to be on the "other team" politically, but something else entirely to be intentionally divisive and go out of one's way to insult a large part of the core customer base while elevating disinformation that singles out individuals putting them at risk of harassment or worse. All in...

I like how the article presents the Cybertruck as a threat, given how many times Tesla “fell apart” in the past 15 years. If anything, Tesla’s biggest threat is Elon Musk who is driving more customers toward alternatives like Rivian.