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I thought it was pretty clear that the JV is for the creation of the ECUs running Rivian firmware and zonal architecture that they comprise, nothing to do with finished vehicles or assembly..? How is this surprising? The upside for VW is that they get under the hood components that work, the...

0-60 sure, but they’d all beat you in the 1/4 mile and absolutely destroy you in the 1/2 mile or longer because of the low top speed.

Gen 1 can only render what’s visible in front of it out the windshield, it only has a single camera up front for ADAS. I agree the rendering is pointless and always has been. It can help “build confidence before a lane change” but you know what can instantly and confidently establish that...

In Gen 1 they gave up on using their own software and stuck a (somewhat limited) MobilEye system with a single camera in the windshield. The other cameras didn't really do anything outside of 360-view and gear guard. In Gen 2, they upgraded the MobilEye camera to enable off-the-shelf MobilEye...

We've been dealing with this problem at CCS stations since the dawn of CCS stations. Sometimes you pull up to a station but you can't use the only post that reaches your charge port because the person in the next stall over is using it to reach theirs. This isn't a new problem, it's just a new...

On balance I still like my R1T better than my wife's Model 3, but there's a pretty long list of things that Tesla does better on the software side. Here's a few: The reliability, availability, and smoothness of basic Autopilot vs Driver+ is a no-contest win for Tesla. Text messaging of course...

They usually just show as 'available' when they're broken. So you check in advance and see 3 in use and 1 available - does that mean it's not very busy, or does it mean that one is broken and there's a line of cars for the other three? In my experience usually the latter, but there's no way to...

Maps (in general) actually update regularly in the background, separate from the OTA updates. I've made changes to the shape of buildings that my company owns as well as turn restrictions at intersections in OSM and seen the changes come through in my R1T after 1-3 weeks separate from any OTA...

I'm not sure about Yosemite, but I find most of the time there are chargers showing available in situations like this it's not because of ICE vehicles, it's just because of entitled EV drivers that want to park in the "EV parking only" without actually plugging in. It's the same thing at...

3 stations open means there's a very high probability that you'll arrive to find 2-4 vehicles waiting their turn (that's the way it goes pretty much every time I've ever tried to use an EA or EVgo station in SoCal) which can mean waiting 30+ minutes before you get to plug in, assuming everyone...

You guys are in luck, then! The cheaper entry-level 'Explore' trim is finally going to be available later this year. Expect the announcement and model details to come out end of June.

Disagree, because most people only adjust their vents once and then leave them there. People who adjust their vents frequently also don’t use ‘Auto’ mode and they’re a dying breed. (Just put it in auto and leave it alone seriously.) The only thing they failed on with the vents was not saving...

It’s just Siri integration you guys… Amazon was supposed to help with Alexa integration and they obviously didn’t as evidenced by the fact that it sounds like Microsoft Sam and doesn’t work for shit most of the time. When I hear “Apple and Rivian” I think Siri, text messaging, Apple Watch as a...

Crashworthiness is a requirement, and it wouldn’t really be that big of a deal for Rivian to test again, but the NHTSA does not mandate crash tests, they only mandate that the manufacturer self-certify the vehicle is safe per the FMVSS, whether that be through crash testing, other testing...

I mean, they cost $0 retail to owners, so really you paid an infinite amount more on an a2z.

Reports on reddit that when the vehicle locks the charge port, the Tesla adapter also locks the NACS side, meaning no one can unplug you when you're away from the vehicle. If that's true, it explains why the Tesla adapter is so bulky (because it needs to pass along that locking action from the...

You hit the nail on the head, but it's more than that, too. Teslas are all newer than the average car on the road and therefore less likely to be involved in accidents (ABS, traction control, stability control, power steering, less rust, less bald tires on average, etc.) Teslas are generally...

I think they had high hopes of rolling their own like Tesla, but when it came down to the wire they realized it wasn't ready and shipped 1st gen R1s with off the shelf Mobileye based setups, which is why they have a million cameras on the vehicle but the R1 can't see any vehicles except what's...

Lucky! Mine was $1,262 lol. It's based on the price of the vehicle so there's nothing to challenge. There's also additional costs for it being an EV to offset the State's loss of gas tax revenues, and for it being a "commercial vehicle" if you have the R1T :rolleyes:.

Crash testing is not a requirement. Manufacturers have to prove that their vehicles meet NHTSA safety requirements, but they do not have to crash test them nor do they have to publish the results of their own crash testing, if they do any. NHTSA crash tests that you see footage of are a...