Earlier this year I saw at least three R1Ts driving around Oahu, in spite of there being no service center there, nor on any of the Hawaiian islands. Those are some brave owners!
My R1S date moved from mid 2024 to early 2024, but I also got this offer:
So now it's "switch to the lower performance (but still fast), not-for-offroad-use with a worse powertrain warranty but higher range and MUCH cheaper for us to build dual-motor setup and we'll shave $500 off the...
$450 is a very good price for a very good charger.
I have a 48A charger, hard-wired, because of course hardwire is better than plug and faster is better than slower. But I ended up turning it down to 32A because I don't need the speed and wanted to be as gentle as possible on the battery, so...
Someone commented that the Rivian R1S is like a Range Rover with a splash of Wranger Rubicon aesthetic thrown in. The folks from Munro specifically said the Rivian R1 chassis and suspension looked like a "high-end Range Rover from the future".
A no-options-selected Range Rover Sport dynamic...
I see the same in my (pre price-hike) configurator. I can now choose to downgrade to the performance dual-motor option and:
* Save $500 (yawn)
* Gain 17 miles of rated range (always nice, but only 17 miles?)
* Lose 170 HP (that I don't really need)
* Lose some drive modes
* Get a slightly worse...
We badly need lower cost EVs, so good news all around.
For Rivian, if the demand for the R1T drops a bit as a result of this or the Cybertruck then you decide to shift over to making more R1S, for which there is a hefty backlog of demand.
As far as I can discern, the communications role at Tesla consists of sending out poop emojis - Wait, that's Twitter. So then just saying an occasional "What Elon just said." Why in the world would she had taken that job?
In reality I'll end up with the R1S that I ordered so long ago. But in the abstract, I like this cutle little guy quite a bit, and I'll take a version of one as my DIY hauler and grocery-getter.
...In Orange, minus the dent, with the SUV/Van format but still able to haul a 4x8 sheet with the...