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I can’t imagine why anyone with half a brain would buy a Tesla after 2020. Musk is, frankly, a danger to the US. Unlike automobile factories, the world needs more battery factories; there just aren’t enough right now. These DoE loans enable Rivian’s and Stellantis’. I still maintain that...

This is likely to occur whenever the manufacturer is the dealer and has a monopoly on distribution. They have a strong incentive to screw you over. A dealer would never accept a car in that shape. They have the power to stand up to OEM shenanigans.

I’ve had three Rivians and all have had issues of some form or another: shocking stuff I never seen from any manufacturer except Tesla. Most people who bother to stick around this sub are Rivian ultra-fans and you can’t really expect an unbiased view from them. Thanks for sharing your...

I tried this, but it still billed my Rivian account. Does it just charge my Rivian account less?

That sounds like my experience buying Rivians new!

Rivian wasted an opportunity to redesign the front end with the R2 and R3. The Bronco and Scout designs have soul. The Rivian front end looks like a spectacled minion.

Oh, so this is why RJ gave all those interviews trying to frame Rivian's path as different than Tesla's, even though Rivian copies Tesla relentlessly in all things. It was just posturing for this lawsuit. Rivian made a motion to dismiss the case, as is standard, and it denied, so there was at...

I think it's a mistake. Building out that factory is going to emit a lot of carbon, and more mature automobile manufacturers already have factories that can be repurposed to build EVs with less pollution. Once the factory is built Rivian is just going to sell pollution credits to other...

Welcome to Rivian ownership. Most likely your issues will seem to resolve, then break again, then resolve again. Then break. I hope this is your only issue!

Also, where the OP lives service is a four month wait. A very cold, wintery four months.

I had an Audi e-tron 400V. It was a monster at quick charging due to its superior battery cooking system. It could even do an average of 75kw at 80-100% SoC. All told that could cut 15 minutes from worst case charging time. So 800V would be better, but 400V improvements can also be made. That...

Regen still needs a proper antilock implementation, like all brakes have had for ages. This is a huge safety miss by Rivian.

The challenge for Rivian is to stop selling pollution credits, er "regulatory credits" to every automobile manufacturer under the sun, allowing them to sell more gas guzzlers and delaying EV models from others. Negating any environmental benefit from buying a Rivian. RJ is selling out the planet...

I bought my Rivians without knowing how much Connect+ would cost. Without that information, one can't really make an informed buying choice. Through silence, Rivian just allowed people to assume what they wanted to assume in order to make the sale. It could cost $10 a year, or $1000. Most people...

Rivian slow walks service because it’s a cost center. The more service centers they build and the more techs they hire, the more cash vanishes. Rivians have an almost infinite demand for service, for items large and small, and the slower Rivian is at it the less they bleed.

I just realized in horror that the new joint venture might mean my Scouts might end up being as buggy as my Rivians. That's not... great. Fortunately the ID.4 is already very buggy, perhaps the situation can only improve.

"With the new VW joint venture now gaining steam, does that mean my Scouts are going to be as buggy as my Rivians?"

What about those of us who own two Rivians? When does the second one arrive? Yes, I do take both of them on road trips!

Using Google Maps GPS in my CarPlay screen to check speed, switching to 20” to 21” makes my speed about 4 MPH off on the highway. If I swapped in the other direction, that might be enough to get me a speeding ticket.

I’m in the same boat. My car is accumulating mileage 3% faster than it should be, and thus depreciating faster. Also an issue for leases with capped mileage. My car’s systems and speedometer are wrong for my wheels, but because Rivian has an abusive monopoly on service, I can’t do anything...