So I live in Bend, OR and want to visit Lakeview, OR and return to Bend,OR.
The ONLY way to get there and back is to travel an additional 55 miles south to Alturas, CA and charge up at the Tesla SC and drive the 230 miles back to Bend. Alternately, there is a single EV charging stall in La...
You can find more details here: https://fortune.com/2025/08/29/oregon-electric-vehicle-owners-pay-per-mile/
But essentially it's a proposed $340 flat rate or 2.3¢ per mile. Pick your poison.
I haven't done much in the way of automation with HA. I do use it to send a notification to my phone when the battery level falls below 50%. I try to keep the battery charged between 50-70%
I can't read the clock over on the far right-hand side of the center display, so my primary use of Alexa is to ask "Alexa, what time is it?". Seems to work well for my particular use case.
Just got an email from my old bike club down in the SF Bay area promoting The Bay Ride (one day 135 mile ride) on September 13th. Rivian is providing 4 SAG vehicles. Pretty cool! 😎
Why The Bay Ride 2025 is unmissable:
The ONLY ride that circles the entire San Francisco Bay
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First image above is truck in garage after turning from approximately due West to due North with truck in "Drive". Second image is after placing truck into "Park". Screen immediately updates and shows the correct compass heading of north (359 deg.).
While still in the garage, if I shift back...
If Rivian adds Gemini to the infotainment system, they'd better allow owners to opt out. I disabled Gemini on wherever I found it and I don't want it in my vehicle, either.
I don't have any data or anything to post, but since there's a thread about highest efficiency I figured there should be one for the lowest! C'mon folks, there should be some lousy numbers out there.
ChatGPT said:
Here are some smooth, subtle ways to look more composed and less awkward while you're waiting for your car to unlock (especially if you're dealing with key fob delays, remote starts, or modern car quirks):
1. Look Like You’re Checking Something
Pretend to check your phone: Glance...
Have you tried zooming in to the location on the center screen, locating where you want to meet, and doing a long press to that site? The Rivian should give you an option to route to that point.
Ok. So there are 14 pedals currently attached to my bikes in the garage! However , I might have a few pedals lying around not currently attached to bikes. :)
I noticed that since the last update (2025.18.01) the center screen compass heading is not updating when I pull into my garage. I have to switch to park in order to get it to update correctly. My normal heading is 0 degrees when heading straight into the garage. For example, recently when I...