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The thing that really gets me is that the 12v isn’t easily user serviceable. Even with sudden failures, it’s neither sustainable nor practical to have to get towed. My Polestar 2 was also this way. Had a sudden 12v failure and it was dead in my garage. Figured I’d try to swap the battery...

It’s been found in other EV that regen isn’t the best for maintaining highway speed. Many people disable OPD so that they can try to use as little power input as possible or lightly coast occasionally instead of quickly cycling between power and regen. That said, I haven’t used my R1T cruise...

WI is definitely sketchy as far as charging infra goes. I do an annual trip with friends to Road America and have found myself in interesting situations. One being a very slow L2 charger also offered at a contractor office building. Another was that the electrical wiring in the AirBnB garage we...

Yeah, I even know about this one and it still catches me off guard sometimes when I’m backing my trailer up

Something unfortunate is that EV also happen to get an absurd amount of tech (much of it not even necessary or EV powertrain related) and we see a lot of weird quirks that need to be sorted out. I love the Rivian features but it is surprising that there's no basic cars that just have electric...

Mine hasn’t come back, and because of that, I now have a gen2 that I can’t recall the last time it needed a reset. With the latest update, I’ll see if that remains the case.

I purely think about it in terms of charge time to added driving time: “what do I get for a 15, 30 or 45min stop?” Personally I’ve felt that graphs don’t really map well to real world road trip experience.

I love the Goodyears. I never notice the road noise, the efficiency is relatively great, and they also look cool. Interested in seeing how they handle the much deeper snow that will hit at some point.

From https://riviantrackr.com/news/whats-coming-in-2024-47-holiday-update/: Faster DC fast charging for vehicles with Large and Max battery packs.

OP: what year/gen was that rear motor failure?

This is true in principle but do you ever actually want/have an insurance policy different than what they ask? > This is priceless. Technically it does have a price, which I know you know: "What the cash would have been worth if better spent elsewhere." Personally, I too think it's annoying to...

Definitely true. Initially my math was “don’t take the deprecation hit.” Used savings is worth a lot more than a tax credit. I made the likely fleeting decision that “I’ll drive this one to the grave” and wanted the model with the lessons-learned rolled into it– particularly having a fraction...

I do wish Rivian had a calculated range or as my Polestar calls it the “dynamic” range. It accounts for temperature and a rolling window of your driving habits.

FWIW this math is more exhaustive than what I did, but also went with scenario 4. I made the second lease payment after the initial due-at-signing (which bundled in the first) and will be purchasing mine shortly, as planned. The purchase price showing in Chase is about right where I expected...

Yeah, I’ve seen this thread. Also Rivian could game the EPA tests, but nevertheless, my last 1,000 mile average is 2.54 (or 355, 15 miles short of the rating) with mixed use and it’s been mostly sub 50 temps. Most of it 30s, we had a few 20s days in there. I could see what happens when I do 80...

When you say there’s more drag, it demands more power: where do you suppose it comes from? The efficiency of the motors–the proportion of that the energy that goes in and mechanical force out to provide said power–absolutely matters. It’s not whether motor efficiency matters more or less than...

Dual motor is the most efficient across both gens, and gen 2 motors were also supposed to be more efficient. That's particularly why I went with this setup, previously having had the "fast" option and realizing range is a far better feature. Plus, this thing still moves plenty fast for a pickup...

What gen / motor setup? Also, I'm sure you've heard it a million times, but going 85 doesn't really help. Not just exponentially increasing power demand, but even the trip time. I've done this one particular 2h trip in my Lotus at both 72 and mid 80s. The latter certainly feels fast, absolutely...

I haven't done a 2 hour+ sustained test, but my steady 30 min highway road trips consisntely go like this: This is at 38 degrees, heat on, 72-75mph, Goodyear ATs (the "all seasons"), dual max gen 2. The efficiency picks up quickly after these first 10min or so and settles around mid 2s and...

Now this is proper testing. Great work and the huge amount of effort will be appreciated by many. Also re: the heat pump, I suspect the minor differences are exactly the reason it wasn't in the gen 1, however most people don't work with details/reality. They just see a spec sheet and will say...