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Other than (the highly compressed and clipped) audio quality vs the stream. And here in Minnesota with the shallow satellite angle, it always losing signal in the shadow of anything two stories or more taller.

An excellent reply and I agree with you. The internet broke a lot of things, customer service in many cases especially. Breaking away from the dealer model as Tesla and now Rivian are doing, created similar upheaval. We all have a sense of entitlement when it comes to customer service. The...

Now THAT’S an interesting theory!

He's a lot like "The Ioniq Guy"- a lot. And both have one similar trait: just not particularly good presenters and both tend to dwell on pet-projects/wants.

Average price of a new car in the US last year/month was $49,191. In the mid-50's for the non-base version, they'll do well. Still a long way to go to get out of fully-CapEx heavy mode, but I'm confident.

On my demo drive last week in an R1S - my rep said almost exactly that. In fact, he said ride position will be "virtually the same" in the R2 FWIW.

I remember many years ago a study that BMW did that compared their models over the years and who bought them. In effect, every few years the model redesigns tended to shift form "happy face Bimmers to angry face Bimmers" and the demographics of the buyer shifted noticeably depending on the visage.

Cold Weather Testing by Rivian - Rivian Stories | Electric Vehicle Adventures "In extremely cold conditions we use some battery energy to keep the cells in our battery above 14°F to provide controlled vehicle performance. Some EVs have electrical heaters to heat the battery up, which is another...

Humbly suggest, you're overthinking it. And a heat pump is a solution as it's been demonstrated that lack of a heat pump has, by far, the most negative impact on range and performance in extreme cold. With current, tech, adding any amount of significantly more distance between outside temps and...

The R2 will have a heat pump. "No fun to precondition?" You set it on a schedule; it's not a chore.

I test drove an R1 Saturday and reserved my R2 the same day. The rep with the R1 said reservations were 250,000-300,000 at that point. Of course, some lesser percentage, ~30-60% will likely follow through.

Just added! Thanks!