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I'll second being puzzled about the refusal to help people do simple things. I don't really intend to drop the drive unit or flush the battery coolant myself, but changing out brakes or suspension and other wear parts isn't hard to do in a basic garage. For all the pandering they do to the...

Rest assured whatever engineer was dealing with the horn probably suffered more rage than anyone unimpressed by it because the outcome is both obvious and easily tested. They probably knew exactly what would happen and that they'd get blamed for it but were hamstrung by cost cutting or the fact...

Similar to the Gen 2 doors I'm not liking this trend and would rather they didn't go down this path when the reliability just isn't there for a fully electronic system. It seems every case of not having a mechanical linkage as backup for loss of power gets people killed. When someone...

I'm afraid we're somewhat trapped by marketing forces. The ooh aaaah factor sells cars for the literal minutes potential buyers tend to have them on-hand so there's a high drive to kick new features out the door so there's just more stuff in the grab bag to woo sales. Once the test drive is over...

Ah, you're a far more optimistic person than I am. From what I remember of the articles I read on the subject, services that promote recording driving behavior for the benefit of insurance mysteriously result in higher than average rates. I would somewhat cynically presume that's because nobody...

Lots of conversation hinting at people being paranoid about privacy and bad actors and not one mention of the OnStar scandal with GM vehicles? Even if you only characterize corporations as amorally indifferent, abusing data is not a theoretical boogeyman. Automakers are notorious for it. OnStar...

I didn't get pinged for the update until today. C+ doesn't seem to have any influence there. If you care about the update and are on wifi, you may want to disconnect and see if it'll download off the cellular. I suppose it may be worth checking version numbers to see if they paused the rollout...

Sigh. No. I followed Rivian for years before finally pulling the trigger. I got largely what I wanted and initially I loved mine, but the honeymoon is over and I honestly feel a bit heartbroken. I have a 24 that's spent 7-ish weeks in service so far and it's scheduled to go again. It's been...

I...er. While Boeing has definitely not made headlines lately for their safety focus, I'm going to admit here that I feel much better about someone not being able to open the door at 30 000ft than I do about not being able to in a scenario in which the ECS fails and overpressurizes the cabin on...

If it's of interest, where you live in particular actually matters a lot as to your lifetime emissions because the biggest chunk of it is emissions from electricity generation. This tool popped up in an Ars Technica article recently allowing you to sift your emissions by county factoring in the...

If that works to satisfy your needs, cool. I'll note that so long as the share precise location data setting is on in the vehicle, you're still actually sharing your location data with Rivian and all its various third parties. That in-app feature only prevents other separate drivers you've added...

The short answer is you can't. For whatever reason Rivian completely removed the ability to do it the dumb way by just setting a time from the vehicle charging screen, unless you keep location data enabled. It doesn't matter if it's tied to a location or not. Also, regardless of being able to...

Something seems off there. I too charge in a baking garage but don't see those kinds of vampire numbers. You may be running afoul of the more common gremlins people have with the truck not sleeping as much as it should. There have been a litany of sources, but one of the first steps is just to...

I suppose it's just another reason to always ask if any particular piece of hardware needs to be online. It's usually pretty hard to gauge how much effort various manufacturers put into security, and most manufacturers only view that sort of thing as a cost to be minimized since it doesn't...

I was actually in the same situation. They had to tow mine 3+ hours away and it took a few days. The reason for the delay is that it takes some scheduling with a towing outfit to get someone to go that far with it. They also hit me with the going there to pick it up after the fact deal, except...

I can't say I trust PAAK enough to make it the primary means to access or operate the vehicle either, since it seems to have too many points of failure. There's a reason every vehicle built with some sort of keyless entry always had a completely separate backup system in the event the keyless...

The simple fact is the BWM costs a lot more, at least as far as projected sticker prices go. Even Kia has admitted that its E-GMP platform costs more than a 400V equivalent despite the fact it's not on super expensive cars, which is one reason they actually redesigned a bunch of stuff to revert...

There was already a lengthy discussion on 800V charging just a couple weeks ago, but sub is actually right about 800V vs 400V not making a difference at the cell level. It's all about total power in and how much is being forced into each cell. If you put 400kW vs 200kW into a battery it has to...

Sometimes I wonder if I've been spoiled by having L2 at home. In these parts there's no such thing as L2 at work and the nearest DCFC is 30 miles ish away. I've had to DCFC once so far in my ownership when I was on the road and couldn't quite make it home. Some people make it work just charging...

I don't suppose you have a 14-50 plug where you can test with the portable charger? Going at 7.5kW isn't even all that high for level 2. It'd be useful to duplicate the behavior with two different chargers. I'm not sure this is what you were asking, but there is a place within the truck where...