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I agree with your entire statement except for this part. I don't think manufacturers know this. They see that Tesla did it, which makes it cool and modern and tech forward, and now they want to be cool like Tesla too. I think Rivian is particularly susceptible to this simply because they...

2,400W is still better than the 1,500W of the R1's. It's not a huge gap for most things, but it would make a difference in a power-outage scenario. It would allow you to run a fridge and a space heater (on different cords) instead of choosing between the two. At least for my fridge that...

My personal threshold for safety includes the following: 1. The method of opening the door in an emergency is identical to opening the door in everyday use. This is because the mind heavily relies on muscle memory in high-adrenaline situations. 2. Opening the door is generally intuitive. 3...

JFC, why does every EV company think they need to reinvent the wheel (latch?) here? It's a car door. There's a mechanism to open it and lock it. The mechanics of making a door latch function haven't fundamentally changed in what, 50 years? (maybe with the exception of child locks) I don't...

Controlling the HVAC from the steering wheel will make the OMG BUTTONS crowd happy. That does look like a nice feature. I have no need for a new car in my life, but there's something about watching Doug's videos that just makes me excited for the R2. I can't tell if it's the car or his...

Technology both improves and declines in price with scale, with various industries improving at various rates. An experience curve is commonly used to measure this. It's generally thought of as the improvement for every doubling of production. The math is simple. Last time I checked, the...

I'm pretty happy with the status quo here. Too many people gripe about the lack of buttons to control everything, yet can't articulate how you're supposed to use a modern nav system without a touch screen. Then they complain about media. Well, it's kind of hard to navigate through modern...

The first issue is that the audio constantly cuts in and out. It's very glitchy. I don't know the real cause, but the audio is always cutting out for half-seconds at a time. But it's many of these cutouts over short periods of time. It's most frequent near home. The second issue is that you...

I'm not a fan of it either. I'm glad Rivian took some design risks and did things different. Most of their design risks worked well. This one did not. I'll turn proximity sensing off anytime I'm on a road trip or in a place where I'm walking around the truck a lot. Using the key FOB is a...

A challenge for today is that many place have incredibly bad air quality, but the pollution is less visible. People notice and care less when the brown haze isn't visible. Here's some recent stories of air quality improvements that aren't as noticed because they're less visible...

I had missed this thread revival until now. What are the chances that space could be used to secure rotopax water containers in a way they wouldn't slide around? I'd love to use that space for extra water storage if feasible. Otherwise, I think option #2 is better than #1, simply because...

Total number mostly depends on launch date. I'm mostly interested in what rate they're running the factory at by the end of the year. Rivian will be in a good spot if they're at 15k+ units per month across all models by the end of the year. Maybe 40k-50k R2's for the entire year, depending...

That's going to be a raging party in Limon CO. I still haven't been to an Ionna charger, but looking forward to trying one on an upcoming road trip. They look nice.

I'm still hoping for a better bluetooth player or a better way to play music I own. Outside of that, I'm mostly satisfied with features, and I hope they focus effort on stability & glitches. I'm a little less excited about each update, and that's a good thing.

With the gutting of CARB standards, we're back to a state-by-state approach to doing something about climate change. States have immense power to regulate and mandate. More than the federal government in many cases. While CARB wasn't perfect, it least it was consistent across a large number...

This is very true. However, it's worth noting that there's no single sector that you can point to and say "this is the problem". It's all sectors. On a US basis, transportation makes up just shy of 30% of emissions. This includes air travel, heavy transport, rail, etc. Light automotive is...

These are all interesting and true points. These are the types of things I'd geek out with you on over a beer. I've found the most critical thing in talking about climate change is to focus on the major contributors. Climate is such a huge issue that it touches on every facet of life...

I really appreciate this benefit too. There are many parts of the world with really bad air quality. I happen to live in one, with my part of Colorado being a persistent severe violator of EPA air quality standards. While the mechanics of climate change and local air quality are different...

It's worth taking a little time to understand the mechanics of climate change, because it is important. The IPCC "Summary Report for Policymakers" is a good place to start. You'll frequently hear that we're 1 degree or 1.5 degrees of warming compared to pre-industrial times. The amount of...

Being in San Francisco at the time, that is actually a yes. I got really good with that 6spd manual transmission on those hills.