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  1. Pennsylvania WTB - OEM Cross Bars

    New or used (in good shape) OK. In Philadelphia suburbs (or Jim Thorpe area) but can travel moderate distance to pick up. Alternatively, willing to pay reasonable shipping costs.
  2. Screen protector preferences

    Looking to get a matte finish screen protector to help with glare and fingerprints. There are multiple options, so I thought I'd ask the community for their thoughts about PET vs glass. Would also be interested in hearing about installation, and the relative ease, or lack thereof, of the various...
  3. Trip planing and charging costs

    Even though I'm retired, I'm lucky enough to still be a reasonably proficient skier and for quite some time now, have driven west from PA to the Wasatch, typically with a stop of a few days in CO on the drive out. Until this year, that trip was in an ICE vehcile but now that I have I an R1T, am...
  4. Powered tonneau at delivery

    My R1T delivery is scheduled for this coming Tuesday. Late Friday, the delivery center texted me and said that even though the vehicle is configured with a power tonneau cover, it will not be on the truck as delivered. That's not really much of a shocker, but surely Rivian was aware of the...
  5. EVSE recommendations sought

    One important step I need to take before my R1T is delivered is setting up charging at my house. It seems to makes sense to go with an EVSE rather than a simple 14-50 receptacle, and I think I'll be fine with 40 amps. There are any number of choices in EVSE's and quite a few of the lower-priced...
  6. Swap out - or not?

    I'm a few weeks out from delivery of my R1T with 20" dark wheels. I do very little off-roading and would rather have All Season rather than AT tires, to potentially gain some range and lower the road noise. My original thought was to swap the Scorpions as soon as possible after delivery for...
  7. R1S and R1T both now options for recalcitrant early reservation holders?

    It appears that Rivian is now allowing early reservation holders with discounted pricing to buy or lease either the R1S or R1T, regardless of which model was initially reserved. Does anyone know if this a temporary glitch or something that will be preserved until the September deadline? Edited...
  8. Rivians north of the border

    Spotted this pair in Rossland, BC, this past Friday, but I didn't have the chance to post until now. I think that they were there as part of a Rivian promotion - Red Mountain ski resort is nearby. This was the first time I had a chance to see the Forest Green in person and I have to say that the...
  9. Do I want the underbody shield?

    My R1 backstory is long and not particularly interesting, so let me say only that I'm a legacy reservation holder who changed configuration from the R1T Max (quad) to the S about a year ago, initially with the 21" wheel/tire combination. After it became apparent that it would be quite a while...
  10. Electric Cars Are Already Upending America

    Link to what I find to be a well-written, interesting and insightful article in The Atlantic. I've excerpted some of the piece below, but recommend that you read it in its entirety - it's not very lengthy. There is a paywall, but readers get five free articles per month. Electric Cars Are...
  11. PA set to enact new EV road use tax

    The Commonwealth of PA is already one of less EV friendly states and looks set to bolster that status when the new road-use tax becomes law. The road use tax was proposed earlier in the year and was passed in the PA Senate, has now cleared the House Transportation committee and is set to be sent...
  12. Error message accessing Rivian account

    For two days running, I have gotten an error message (below) stating that the my Rivian account was not immediately accessible and the webpage needed to be refreshed. Clicking the "Refresh page" button brings up the usual welcome page, but only for a few seconds before reverting to the error...
  13. Brooklyn Service Center coverage area expansion?

    It appears that the area that the Brooklyn SC covers has been expanded to include Delaware. I've used the question mark and the qualifier "appears" because this is based on what I recently learned regarding delivery. My delivery address is Wilmington, DE which, until recently at least, meant...
  14. Data privacy and cybersecurity

    Links to a couple of recent articles on data collection and cybersecurity relative to essentially all new vehicles. It appears that much of this is unavoidable, but that doesn't make it less uncomfortable. If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare Bad news: your car is a spy. Every...
  15. Wheel & tire advice sought

    Our R1S reservation is presently configured with the 21" wheels & tires, mostly because they offer the best range, and our off-roading consists of very occasionally towing our small teardrop down some gravel or fire roads for a few days of boondocking. With the limited choices in 21" tires, I'm...
  16. New tax for EV's in Texas

    I think we all know that road maintenance is funded by a tax on motor fuel, one that is obviously not paid if you drive an EV. I also think that most who own EV's (or are waiting for delivery for one) are fine with paying some kind of additional tax for road maintenance. That said, I hope that...
  17. Rivian as sole vehicle?

    We're a one car household and were planning to have the R1S simply replace our Kia Telluride as our sole vehicle. We understand that there's always a risk of a car being OOS for an accident or some kind of extended service and are fine with making do with a rental in that event. Rivian is a new...
  18. Using the R1S to power an air conditioner?

    The backstory for this question: I'm a bicycle rider and every year look forward to the doing the [Des Moines] Register's Annual Great Ride Across Iowa, aka RAGBRAI. This week-long event traverses Iowa from west to east, over a different route each year. Most of the 12,000 or so riders camp each...
  19. Emporia EV Charger

    Rivian tells me that my R1S may be delivered late this summer or early fall, so I want to get my home charging system sorted out. Is anyone using the Emporia charger? One of the solar websites that usually has reliable info recommended it, and at $400, it seems like a decent value. The least...
  20. Amazon says it has ‘over a thousand’ Rivian electric vans making deliveries in the US

    Edit: Revised for incorrect terminology I'm surprised that deliveries of the Rivian EDVs for Amazon are so few in number. I wonder if this bodes ill for Rivian making its 25k vehicle delivery production target? Amazon says it has ‘over a thousand’ Rivian electric vans making deliveries in the US





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