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The biggest challenge of doing anything with kids is getting out of the house. Drivetrain doesn't have much to do with it. Between sports, activities, birthday parties, regular errands and life, there isn't much time for big activities. My best success has been short single-night trips. I'll...

That leaves ~10k deliveries in Q4 to hit guidance. That feels a little aggressive knowing that Amazon doesn't take many deliveries in Q4 and a lot of demand got pulled forward from the tax cuts. Rivian really got hosed by the Big Billionaire Bill this year. A successful R2 launch is what...

I strongly recommend testing out every charge network that is local to you. There’s some minor differences between each network. It’s nothing major, but it’s worth making sure you can get them to work before you’re 200 miles from anywhere. Also look at chargers Rivian Nav or ABRP recommends on...

My case is a little different. I’ve cut my natural gas line and installed solar. My total cost of gas/electricity/charging is about $8 per month combined, excluding road trips. I have spent $864 on DCFC in the last year, but that includes an above-average number of road trips. Total cost of...

I haven't been to the Del Norte RAN, but I topped up at the slower Chargepoint last summer. My recollection is that pretty much that entire town is on the main street, and the whole town can't be much more than half-a-mile long. I think this is one of those places to be grateful that...

Places like California and Colorado are going to need a lot more chargers, even in places that are already well covered. EV's make up ~9% of nationwide sales, but only ~1-2% of cars on the road. Simply maintaining current-ish market share means the number of EV's on the road will still...

There are some proactive steps you can take. I’m in Denver, and I recently mapped out a trip to Mt. Rushmore. Charging isn’t great in that area. I wrote to South Dakota’s tourism commissioner saying that I want to come, but the lack of charging infrastructure is making it challenging. I...

I struggled with the wording on that one, and its’s interesting to think about the inflection points in the charging market. I’ve been through Green River a few times. The 4 stalls at the EA station have always been busy when I go through there, but I’ve never had to wait. I always thought...

Between this RAN and the new Tesla chargers, I think Green River is now the most oversupplied DCFC market in the nation. I’ve been saying this stretch of I-70 needs some love, and Rivian + Tesla over delivered.

I'm a strong yes. There's nothing in the market that compares. I'd probably buy a used Gen 1 over a Gen 2 for a few reasons, but the differences between them are relatively minor. I do have my complaints I've made elsewhere on these forums, but the positives strongly outweigh the negatives...

I've had an issue since two updates back. Music I purchased and uploaded to iTunes will no longer play in Apple Music. It will do what you describe where it shows the song, but the play button does nothing. Random streaming music still works fine for me though. I'm pretty close to giving...

I subscribe to the EVPOV newsletter, and I just got a notification that a new station is open in Green River Utah at the address for the RAN. It also shows as available in the Rivian app. Is anyone going through there in the near future?

I read the article, and they make some good points. Particularly related to two seats/two doors. The internet turns to dumb hyperbole. Articles are either "no one wants this vehicle" or "everyone wants this vehicle". The real question is how many people want this vehicle. There's...

I'm sorry for your frustrating experience. This is one of those things that is highly confusing before owning an EV, and becomes entirely intuitive/understood after a few road trips. One of the biggest eventual benefits of the NACS changeover will hopefully be everyone using the same plug...

This is what my Weavegrid options look like for my Tesla. Note that this is directly through the Weavegrid website. The following are true, based on my understanding of the program. Rivian's interface may be different. 1. The utility will charge my car at a time of its choosing, as long as...

The answer is actually a "maybe". My utility offers a $50 upfront and $100/yr after year 1 incentive for participating in Weavegrid. This is unrelated to TOU rates. I have no idea how widespread it is, but there may be financial incentives beyond TOU.

While I'm not particularly bullish on Rivian stock, the best market advice you can take is ignore Jim Kramer. I'm old enough to remember his advice to "sell everything" right around the bottom of the market in late 2008.

I've done plenty of sketchy-ish forest service roads, but don't do serious rock-crawling or technical terrain. I haven't had an issue. These are roads that might be listed in the "3" difficulty range on onX. I'm not concerned with them on the terrain I'm currently driving on. I'd think...

I hope they end up with service centers further away from Denver too. Sure they need lots of capacity up and down the front range. But there's also a lot of potential customers in the mountains that won't buy one until a service center is semi-close.

Thank you for sharing! This looks like a great trip, and I love more positive stories on this site.