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Doesn’t look like either Rivian will have high wattage power output? They only talk about 120V outlets.

It’s interesting that they had been using LG Chem in the past, yet ended up with Samsung. I suspect availability had a lot to do with it. Panasonic probably wasn’t in the running because Tesla is buying all their supply (Tesla wishes Panasonic would produce more).

So the 20" all Terrain dark look pretty sweet to me. But anyone hazard a guess of how much range penalty you'll have versus the 21" road or even the 22" sport dark?

Initial Tesla model S volumes was 20,000/yr. Isn‘t that about the same that Rivian is targeting?

All new EV owners should be told about https://abetterrouteplanner.com/

Does something like that actually exist?

I agree. The hump that the third row makes looks kinda mickey mouse. Hopefully they will have addressed this by next year.

I got my config email about 15 minutes ago...

No, we are all still waiting. There is a thread about that as well.

Goes to show how much the EV industry has matured since 2012/2013 when Tesla started shipping their Model S. Back then, I ordered a Model S in November 2012, a couple of months after the Model S started shipping, and I got a VIN number of about 5,000 when I received it in late February 2013. If...

How do you know your preorder number? I order November 27, 2018, so maybe they didn’t have numbers back then In their emails?

That would be nice, but I suspect the 120V plugs are the usual SUV 2A max. Would be nice if they offered a high power 120/240V option though.

I agree that the Tesla ventilated seats were barely useful. All they did is gently blow cabin air through the perforations. I used to have a Mercedes SL55 and those seats blew air conditioned air through the seats. Much, much better. It’ll be interesting to see what Rivian does.

Dude, our daughter was driving herself cross country at 18. Checking herself into hotels by herself, etc. (she was a racecar driver until an injury cut that short, she's fine now and in college. Frankly, a better, if less thrilling, result).

Presumably you'd stay at the destination for a few hours? Not just go and come back right away? Looks like you'd need about 30 kWh of charge at the destination. At a regular J1772 charger (which there should be tons in that location), you'd get that in about 3 1/2 hours. So, assuming you'd stay...

Yes, I’m not happy about the glass roof. My Tesla X has one and the tinting isn’t enough for me, I must use the supplied cross hatch supplemental insert, which does work. So hopefully Rivian will do something similar.

Many reasons given over time for no Lidar. First it was looks and cost. Elon didn’t want a Lidar bulge out the top. But the main reason was that Lidar doesn’t give you anything that in theory you can get from radar and vision. Lidar has better resolution than radar, but Lidar is impacted by...

And just for giggles, I did the same route using a 180 kWh R1S. It computed a time of 5h47m and just one charging stop. Luxury! Honestly, that's a two rest stop trip for me anyways. Just one stop on a 6 hour drive is pushing it for me. And it isn't as if I do that trip very often...

People around here are freaking out about the 135 kWh battery pack and it really isn't that bad. A Better Router Planner actually has data on projected ranges for the R1T and R1S with various battery sizes. I just tried a test going from my house to a ski hill about 6+ hours away. I used the...

Sorry, I meant who is developing it and/or whose technology are they incorporating into it? Mobileye? Or all Rivian built?