Looks incredibly comfortable and well thought out. Not as “adventure” focused as the Rivian but for 99% of people who spend 100% of their time on pavement, this looks like a well developed BEV. I’ll be hard pressed to go with Rivian if both are available to order at the same time. The Rivian is...
You can buy 20/22’s for about $2-2500. Sell the 21’s for even half of that, you’ll be quite ahead comparatively. That’s my plan. Quad, forest green interior or whatever it is, and reinforced underbody.
In large part it’s dovetailing off Polestar platform which means it has gone through several iterations of improvement. It’s not trying hard in the sense you can get single or dual motor, coil over suspension, etc. it’s also a robust brand and while it has historical issues (heater, sunroof...
Volvo EX90. I’ll likely have mine before Rivian is ready to deliver the R1S.
I want the Rivian size and capability but I want the comfort and simplicity of the Volvo.
Insane amount of energy and data waste these trucks bring. 25mbps is slower than starlink. Sounds like you live in the woods. We have a 800mbps connection and never feel lag. I’d disable wifi in truck or use forget network and it should resolve the issue for you.
I’ve had a first mile test drive in a R1T. Overall, it was a good experience. Only issue was the wind noise which sound like is a common issue and could be remedied. The display and ability will always pale in comparison to Tesla but this is focused more on drive experience.
I test drove a...
My take is improve to UI. The first 100k sales will be due to new or cool factor or the off road idealizations. For the remaining 900k sales, the soccer moms, physicians, and white collars are going to want a functional UI that plain works. If they can’t get this to work or implement a highly...