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Recalibrating the cameras is a real thing... Audi, BMW, etc. all have to have that done and if it isn't the sensors don't work. Just had an Audi come out of the shop an the recalibration wasn't done correctly and hat to go back to Audi to get done. Satellite will eventually get the software to...

Dropped in on a Porsche Rally in the N Georgia mountains.

This is interesting. Sending out 100,000+ emails is not a trivial thing... so I was just expecting it was taking time to cycle through the entire list. Their various announcements talk about the order in which the adaptors will be "sent out" but that is clearly different than the order of the...

Hopefully they have the tech in our cars to support implanting it and they can license from Tesla. Not expecting it, but a guy can hope.

I figure 6 months out or so, A2Z's are going to be readily available on the 2nd hand market ;-)

I agree... seems that they would be using some kind of fulfillment shop and not trying to do this themselves. They have a little over 100,000 vehicles out there. If they are trying to do this in house, I expect it is going to take over a year. ... it is an interesting and meaningful expense...

Has anyone seen a windshield or wind deflector to go with the Yakima Skyrise tent for the R1S? I saw someone at a gathering that had something similar for a different roof top tent, but I don't see anything that would work on the Yakima site nor Rivian's. Just looking to cut down on wind noice...

Please do share stories from the road.

That's awesome. We need more of these!!!

I find these comparisons strange. Tesla is going to sell close to 1.5 million cars this year, Rivian maybe 60 thousand. Full plant capacity would be 250 thousand. I don't think they are "worried" about Rivian. Musk has already said they are working on a super affordable vehicle that they are...

So the question would be could existing R1 owners get the necessary upgrades. I was unaware that Tesla offered that until I read it in another thread. I would hope it is possible and will be offered to us as well.

Unfortunately true.

And now we know that our current hardware likely won't support these features, as the R2 will receive important upgrades so that they can. :-(

I question your suggestions on software. RJ was pretty proud about the capabilities the new R2 cameras, ladar and processors were going to be capable of supporting... specifically hands free driving. This says to me, the R2 (and likely a refreshed R1) will be able to support software...

I interpret the announcement as telling current R1 owners we will not be getting these capabilities. RJ made a bid deal about the new cameras and processors and their ability to support Hands Free driving. Which says to me, current R1 owners don't have the hardware to support it. That is...

I think you are talking about the R1 refresh, correct? Some time later this year they will announce an R1 refresh, which will include many of the R2 features and capabilities announced yesterday, but us existing owners will be left behind. They would need to offer processor and camera upgrades...

The alarming comments relevant to the R1 platform was RJ's excitement about the cameras and processors in the R2 and "... their ability to support hands free driving." That implies the cameras and processors in the R1 can't support hands free driving. If that is the case I would like to know...

No question there are challenges ahead, especially given what appears to be slowing demand for EV's in general. But I expect the opposite question is true... If they don't innovate and rollout new vehicles they are dead. So they have to move forward and move down market in order to tap a...

I seem to recall reading about a strategy to get the full EV tax credit that involved buying the Rivian within an LLC and then leasing the vehicle from the LLC. It was a bit complicated as I recall, but someone posted the step by step process they went through to get it done. I can't find it...

I believe this is the issue: What worked for Apple—outsourcing manufacturing—doesn't work well for automobiles. Unlike Tesla, which Rivian is now attempting to emulate, Tesla has full control over hardware, software, the supply chain, and manufacturing... it's a lot. There's a video by Jim...