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I've often wondered why nobody makes a charger that has a J-1772 or CCS connector with a built in flashlight. I don't need the light around the charge port to be enabled all the time (in fact, it's annoying while charging outside at night, attracting all kinds of unwanted attention), but it...

https://waymo.com/blog/2025/04/waymo-and-toyota-outline-strategic-partnership?mod=ANLink This is what Rivian should have done, but it's not too late. Rivian can still strike a deal with Waymo or Mobileye and not be left behind. Waymo, in particular, has invested billions in their platform and...

In 2000, Mitsubishi produced 222,000 automobiles a year out of the original, much-smaller-sized plant. I'd like to see capacity per square foot before and after Rivian took it over. Where "capacity" refers to actual production counts, not Rivian fantasy numbers.

There is a chance they won’t. Every update fixes some bugs, but occasionally introduces new ones. And there was that time that they had the wrong cert and bricked the infotainment. Rivian’s talent pool isn’t good enough for me to be completely comfortable with any update. Simpler is better, in...

For $20K, I'd definitely buy it. The bed is longer than a Rivian! It's 5", the length I've been advocating for. I would pay extra for a dual-motor version because winter hill performance is top of my list, but for a suburban utility vehicle this is pretty good. It doesn't need to seat more than...

Rivian will never lead in autonomous during. They don’t have the talent or the budget. The best they can do is partner with Waymo, Mobileye, or Volvo. Also, Cohere is nothing special. More distractions for Rivian.

Rivian hasn't turned a profit. Creating a company which is almost completely a Tesla clone isn't exactly disruption.

My service center visits have been great: when I can get appointment, which is usually three months away. If I can schedule one at all. I’ve had three Rivians and all of them have been problematic. That’s enough experience to turn anecdotes into reasonably solid data. Rivian doesn’t know how to...

Once again I’m scheduling out three months for service. Is anyone aware of an existing class action lawsuit against Rivian for failure to honor warranty obligations in a timely manner? All the data is already discoverable in Rivian’s systems, it might be a slam dunk, assuming a law exists which...

Stupendous. I can’t stress enough what a great service you are doing the Rivian community! More power to you!

@Kaiju your complaint is legitimate. Don’t get too ruffled by @Donald Stanfield ‘s behavior, member abuse is a common manifestation of cult indoctrination.

Mine hasn’t evaporated for many days and it’s fairly sunny. Curious to see if it ever will.

Yeah, that's what I just said in my post above: It definitely bears repeating. The car might tell you to “go” when it isn’t safe to go. Thanks, car! Now I know why no other manufacturer has this feature. Rivian could have named it better, too. I do get “Autopilot” vibes here.

This could be. But on other hand, if the cars were reliable we also wouldn’t get these accounts. Surveys show Rivian quality is poor. I personally have had three and all three have had issues of one kind or another. Lots of them.

Wait for a Scout or buy the Hummer EV.

Before today I was not a fan of the go chime, as I think it is unnecessary. But today a funny thing happened: I was in line to take a left out of a strip mall into a busy street. There was a car in front of me, but no stop light. The car went, and then my car chimed “go!”. So, I instinctively...

@EV Play - Alex This is amazing progress, and I can't wait buy a few units. Great work! I have some issues with other CarPlay head units: Some of them freak out if powered on but not connected to CarPlay for hours (the overnight charging scenario), requiring a reboot. My phone's constantly...

This is a useful feature, as one can now tell if regen is limited by cold when going downhill from a mountain when blended braking is turned on. I often drive my truck up high only to lose energy to the cold when driving back down due to regen turning off.

Yes, OP and everyone else, please keep posting publicly about these issues. Secrecy serves no one, and because Rivian has a monopoly on service, word may not get out as quickly (or at all) compared with an independent dealer performing service.

Every time RJ vests options, he exercises them. However, he always sells more than it costs to exercise and he also sells more than he needs to cover taxes on the vests. He uses the option exercises as a diversion to actually divest himself of Rivian stock. Which isn't bullish, but sometimes you...