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AA and CarPlay is not happening in Rivians. The horse is long dead. It doesn't warrant additional beating. Rivian, like Tesla, chose to go their own way and build a new integrated platform on their own and from the ground up. What you see today in Rivian cars is a work-in-progress and is...

Look elsewhere for your next car then... and don't be surprised when you discover they have paywalled services also. GM OnStar was first introduced in 1996, a subscription based service.

Performance upgrade is more about unlocking more peak power. 665 hp and 829 lb-ft vs 533 hp and 610 lb-ft. And Sport mode is where all that power is available to you, until software reigns you in for sake of thermal protection of the motors & inverters and for safety. And maximum available power...

My Rivian doesn't honk the horns on locking. What's your point? My previous car did, but it could also be turned off.

Connect+ information has been online the day it became a thing. What you pay for is all spelled out. Deal with facts. Not speculation from god-knows-who. https://rivian.com/connect-plus Pay-to-play is not a new concept. And not a Rivian-exclusive. If any of the included services are essential...

Gen3, tied in to LiDAR. /s

Goes to show how much one should place trust in influencers and bloggers.

PDR specialist typically charge $300~$500 per body panel. Was the Carvana quote sight-unseen or after a visual inspection? Did you review fine print associated with that quote? I know for a fact that Carmax would always give an enticing quote online. But, upon in-person inspection, nit pick...

Before you get defensive, for your own sake, retrace your steps. Between you initiating the session with the Tesla app and charging commencing… IF you did anything to break and re-establish electrical connection, that will register as separate attempts to initiate session. The second/final time...

If anyone is curious. Here's a look at a hub and bearing. The studs are probably just pressed in from the back. https://ebay.us/m/fng3qN Google result on ILJIN Global: "ILJIN Global, established in 1973 and based in South Korea, is a premier global manufacturer specializing in automotive...

Doubtful. Rivian Financial is backed by Chase. It’s Chase that is putting up the $ and giving the quotes. Unless damage is glaringly egregious, it likely won’t matter. Auction buyer’s and next owner’s problem.

Look up engines blowing up because Jeep failed to clean sand out of blocks, left behind from casting, in order to cut cost.

So how did that get twisted into "2027" is what I'm wondering. Online sewing circles...

Didn't RJ say "end of 2026" for LIDAR?

Rivian is already pondering bringing LiDAR in-house. High degree of vertical integration is one of the primary reasons Chinese OEMs like BYD are able to build low-cost EVs and still be profitable. Doing so you cut out all of the middleman up-charges from suppliers and wholesalers and lower CAPEX...

With rising inflation, and in order to meet already published price targets, something had to go. This is one of those things.

Scroll to "how big is it" https://stories.rivian.com/r2-sizing-it-up-mid-size-suv Also Google "Rivian R2 dimensions"

And some of that duration will be both employees and non-employees. I have spoken to employees who have configured. So a configurator is live, just not public.

That's only your emotional response, due to your status in waiting. Customer production (AND deliveries) has already started—to customers who are also employees. Evidence to which is plain in their recent social posts. And an internal-facing configurator already live, because they have already...

Car horns are a thing from the earliest ones in the 1800s to present day. That's well over 100 years, during which it evolved from manually squeezing a flexible rubber bulb (to push air through a trumpet), to one that is electrified. If there wasn't a single reason to keep it, it wouldn't be...