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I used a hole punch on some masking tape--it worked great!

Hard to say for sure, I switched them out when winter started. The Pirellis are terrible winter tires. I will know more when spring comes.

Much better in snow and ice. Better ride quality. Much longer life. Some say not quite as precise handling.

Traction helps too

I wonder how many folks have the reflexes to pop their Rivian in neutral as quickly as they can release the accelerator. Actually shifting the Rivian to neutral requires looking down, at least for me, it is a bit finicky.

More likely the regen helped break the coefficient of friction.

I agree that snow tires--especially the Haka R5--would almost certainly have helped. Even an All Weather, 3-peak-snowflake tire is better than an AS tire. Ice sometimes happens in places with mild winters and sometimes happens outside of normal winter months. With most issues in life, causation...

Down shifting and regen can be feathered, but they do not have the ability of ABS to keep the car going where it is pointed. When drivers have multiple cars at home, radically different inputs and behavior should not be required when traction is lost in an emergency situation...especially true...

Good question

Even Minnesota doesn't get enough to practice often. Also, although feathering the accelerator enough to disengage regenerative braking can work, it is really a tricky thing to do in a sudden emergency...and most of us drive other cars that require very different behavior, so it is near...

I am really sorry this happened to you. I agree with your premise that even low regenerative braking can induce a slide. I posted this thread in early December discussing this exact issue: Snow Mode--still too much regenerative braking

There are a bunch of 3 Peak winter rated tires available on TireRack.com--both in on-road AT and Touring.

I have a friend that just bought a Bolt and doesn't have a home charger. There are a number of free level 2 chargers close to his house. He can charge while in Walgreens, the liquor store, the grocery store and two different malls. He also can put 50 miles on overnight plugging it into an...

Sorry to waste your time, but for those that are interested, I am ordering these from amazon and will report back.

Drop some kids off at home after practice at night or drop a friend at the airport...watch them grab their equipment bag or luggage out of the back, and search for the button...then give up and manually close it. This happens nearly every time. It is a real issue, though certainly not a big one...

Yes, I never have any trouble opening the hatch. In poor lighting, it is hard to find the close button, especially with an armload of stuff.

My sample size of 1 confirms this hypothesis.

Pretty funny

I am sure it doesn’t hurt anything to manually close it. It would be nice to have a more visible button

I know. But an unseen button bugs me. It ain't right ;-) A simple ergonomics solution should be possible.