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Ok. So the only solution--barring a regulation change --is to eliminate electrically operated door latches? The issue seems to be that the exterior door handles retract; the rear doors can't be opened from the outside, either. Some vehicles (MINI, BMW) release all of the mechanical door locks in...

Autonomy features are disabled until after you put the vehicle in Park, then start driving again, if a fault is detected in an Autonomy mode. The fault is commonly failure to take control promptly, when requested. Also, inattendance is a common cause..

I had a similar problem with syncing contacts. Toggling sync contacts in apps/Rivian Assistant/ settings--not Bluetooth settings--fixed it.

To me, the Rivian assistant voice sounds very similar to the Alexa+ voice., mellow version. At least, Rivian Assistant doesn't keep calling me "dude." After all, Alexa knows my name from voice recognition. I guess that having been raised in Southern Nevada and educated in Southern California...

Vehicles with mechanical rear door release handles that are similar front and back must have a disable device (child lock) that is inaccessible from the rear seat. It's usually a toggle lever in the edge of the door by the latch. When it's set to lock, there is no way to open the rear doors from...

Most EV do not have AM radio. Some EVs make so much electrical interference in thr medium frequency bands that AM radio reception is poor. That's the excuse for not including AM. Most owners don't care. I put a high performance AM radio (CCrane) on the dash of my gen2 and drove around. It worked...

I haven't experienced any of these problems. I did have a problem getting my contacts to sync. None of Rivian Assistant's suggestions worked. Whin I toggled sync contacts off then on in the Rivian Assistant app Settings--not the Bluetooth settings--suddely my contacts appeared on the center screen.

I wish that i had a charger that would integrate with a Tesla Powerwall.

This is a tire that drinks when it is deflated in order to fit in use sub cargo area of the R1S. It comes with a wheel, a scissors jack that will lift a 7,000+ pound car, a couple of wheels shocks, and mounting hardware to secure it in cargo space. The price includes installation by the service...

The satellites capability availability in smart phones works for SMS and sometimes voice It won't work for streaming.. You can add Starlink mobile service With a Starlink Mini antenna mounted on a cargo rail, connected to the Hotspot. You will need a voltage boost power adapter. Finding a way to...

I have a Rivian wall charger. Of course it connects to the Rivian phone app. I can see nothing particularly useful in having the charger connected to the app. The charger is dumb.

There are no analog signals in Rivian's infotainment system short of the speaker amplifiers. There are multiple speaker--18 in my R1s--that require crossover, equalization, and delay correction by DSP in order to sound decent. Multiple speakers is a tough design problen. There is no native way...

I had pop-up rear windows on a Plymouth Voyager minivan. They were entirely mechanically operated. There were two large rotating knobs in the headliner above the front seat. Yes, a bench seat in front. They were awkward and needed strength to operate. They were electric in the Dodge Caravan...

The lag is probably due to all the audio processing that the sound system does. All of those speakers, etc. Any source playig through the system will still have the delay. Using a Bluetooth connected phone could be worse. Bluetooth has a delay that would add to that of the audio system. There is...

If the driver's door is unlocked, pressing unlock on the key fob or the mobile app unlocks all the doors.

I had a MINI that occasionally did something similar. You wouldn't notice it when the engine was running because it was masked by engine noise. It turns out that it was the power brake pump building up/resroring pressure in the brake accumulator. Perfectly normal. Perhaps Rivian will add a...

Great craftsmanship. Also cool that it's a toonie.

My point is that the compact spare is relatively easy to handle. The gear shop sells a compact compressor-at a ridiculous price.

Craftsman makes a similar tool. Get it at Ace hardware.

I suspect that the alertness monitor system relys more on the driver's head and body attitude rather than tracking eyeballs. After all, it has to work with sunglasses.