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We leased ours last quarter to benefit from all the incentives. It gives us options. If we don't keep the car, then our depreciation is locked in. Plus in California we only pay sales tax on the leased portion, not the residual, which is a good chunk of change saved if we don't buy the car out.

For comparison, model Y does 3.6 mpk at 70mph, and it's more aerodynamic.

Cayenne EV did about 3.2-3.3 miles per KWh at 70mph. Assuming a 95KWh usable battery for the R2, it would get about 300 miles at similar efficiency on highway. I don't see the R2 get 3.5 mpk at 70mph.

I configured one at $125k or almost $140k out the door in CA. It looks great and has great specs, but above my pay grade. Not sure that they will sell many with the terrible depreciation reputation that they have now.

Gen 1 quad R1T with AT tires: 2.06. gen 2 DM : 2.27 with Goodyear AS tires. Live in the mountains so lots of going up and down.

Correct, which is why I leased it. I figure that my residual would roughly follow the depreciation curve.

FYI, I just leased a max pack R1S performance with upgraded sound in September. After incentives, it was in the low $80s.

We have a universal Tesla charger tgat works great. Except the first 2 crapped out and had to be returned under warranty. For the other Rivian we have a regular Tesla charger with an A2Z adapter.

My understanding (which may well be wrong) is that batteries can be optimized for power/charge or for energy. But thermals seem to have the biggest impact on the curve. So hopefully R2 has better thermals than the R1 for a more robust curve.

Agreed, peak matters less than the curve

224 miles of hwy range is close to 3 hours of driving, which is fine with my bladder. Plus I get more on the first leg by starting at nearly 100% SoC. On our R1S max pack, we can do bay area to Tahoe (200 miles with a 7200' climb) without stopping and plenty of buffer. That's nice.

All guesses, but I don't see how they can hit their price target with a battery much larger than 100KWh. Latest model Y hits 3.5 miles/KWh at 70mph. R2S won't be as efficient, so I would expect highway range around 300.

We currently have a max pack R1S with 380 miles of rated range and it's nice to have. I believe that they stated at some point that the R2S will have a 100KWh which would translate into low 300 miles range.

I really hope that range is at least 350 miles and that they improved the thermals. V2H and level 3 ADAS will be the cherry on top

The SF auto show is full of OEMs.

As a commuter bike, this is very cool though heavy. However, I suspect that the commuter crowd sweet price point is $2k +-$500. I wish them well. Santa Cruz Bullit owner (bike rips).

I had this and the SC tracked it down to a loose connector

I have good luck selling through Facebook marketplace but it's a time investment.

Turned out to be a simple connector that came loose. They reattached it and everything works fine. Picking it up tomorrow

At SC, no update yet on what's wrong. Should get car back Friday. Asked them to align charge port door since it's already there.