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So, did Rivian just enable a direct competitor, Scout, with their SDV deal with VW? They must really have been desperate, or they just got played. Yes, most car companies compete in many different markets, but this is a brand dedicated to offroad EVs. Sounds familiar. Jeep and Daimler are...

The designers have been watching too much anime. It’s that simple.

Look at the R2, though. It’s a clone of the R1. Rivian doesn’t want to change, they don’t know how to manufacture and it was hard enough doing the original design. Any new design will have big quality problems. Also, they copy Tesla and Tesla’s plan is to run the 3 and Y designs into the ground...

Love the 800V charging. It means shorter queues at fast chargers during peak periods (eventually). When I road trip to very remote areas I can frequently spend up to three hours a day fast charging. Recent example: a trip to the outskirts of Stanley, Idaho: 176 minutes charging one way to have...

Love the on-board ICE, simply because some DC fast chargers are either out of order or turn out to have massive lines. In California, some supercharger lines can be insane. When road tripping, you now have the option of skipping a charge in exceptional circumstances. Also, an on-board generator...

Car and Driver expects these Scouts will have CarPlay! That alone is worth ditching Rivian for. I have placed two deposits.

I don’t personally believe Rivian will be making 400K vehicles in 2027 or 2028. I do believe they want to, but my experience is that they don’t really know how to do manufacturing. Or software. Or service, now that I think about it.

Agreed. Rivian’s look like Minions. Compared to other trucks they look like they are in need of gender affirming care.

I haven’t received the adapter for either of my two Rivians (first taking delivery in 2022) and they’re in stock in the store?

Note, by default Rivian will now use real brakes even in regen mode, if the regen is overloaded.

Totally agree. It's a non-issue with a little practice. And when you want to brake hard, strong regen has a faster response time than normal brakes. That said, the duals have weaker regeneration than the quads, in my experience, so if you really wanted weaker regen (and you don't), you can get...

This is pretty cool, and I can't wait to try it. I think it's easy to get Hasselhoff; he's not working much these days. I don't think it cost Rivian much at all.

I have an R1T dual with a bad motor at 1,500 miles, if you need an example of poor Rivian quality control.

As an aside, Rivian uses my WiFi for most of these uploads, which I pay for. Is Rivian going to pay me for the use of my bandwidth? I don’t use Driver+ so I don’t get much value from it otherwise. They’re monetizing my camera data, they could at least give me free LTE.

I’m not sure they’re paying much, if anything, because in return Google gets access to Rivian users’ maps queries, which is useful for enhancing search relevance and also the business of various locations by time of day (restaurants). They can also perhaps sell ads in the search results...

That... looks a lot like the R1S. Rivian's product line in 2030:

You're not being pedantic. My iPhone hotspot turns off at random times, and it's a pain to reenable it. Also, using the hotspot drains your phone battery, and sometimes it's not charging, because it's in your pocket, a backpack, or all the on-board Rivian chargers are taken by other phones...

Wow, that's a lot of presumption in only two sentences.

I don't believe this is true anymore. The new R5s have a 116 load rating. My shop installed them with no comment.

I've been rocking the R5s for about two weeks on the R1T. The R1S has LT3s. So far I've appreciated the smooth ride. The tires do seem to kick water up onto the windshield, like a fountain, which is a phenomenon I've never seen before, and find amusing.