I drove by the Portland, OR delivery staging location on my way into work this morning. They have a mobile security station deployed and 2 guys were standing around looking at a flatbed with Rivian LLC on the side. Maybe I will be getting my R1T s00n :)
In case you are attending re:Invent, it looks like you will have a chance to hang out with some Rivian folks at the "Automotive Lounge". It is likely we will probably also see some speakers from Rivian at sessions once the session catalog is posted.
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They aren't prohibited from providing a status update on the already disclosed target 1,000 R1T deliveries by EOY and agree with manitou202 that the quiet period doesn't prevent them from customer communications about their "in production" product and pre-orders. That being said I do think LE...
Do you mind asking them if they know what the next area is that they are going to cover with the mobile test drives? I am hopeful they will make the short trip down to the Portland area.
There is a new revision of the R1T manual - 10/27/21 - Software Version 2021.43.0
https://assets.rivian.com/k534zewngntr/7Ao7NIFkLxOZtvdc7Fqh70/28992e5009335b0d9c1078adf18fbb69/r1t-owners-guide.pdf
There were several minor changes and the following items of note:
Added:
Alexa section (and...
I can't speak to other's experience with their guides, but my delivery estimate was definitely not presented as a WAG. In fact he said he was confident that it would be sooner than the "delivery by" date.
My pitchfork is close at hand, but I'm not joining the march yet. We need more data...
I can confirm that my guide, who has an R1T pre-order, has no idea when he will be getting his vehicle. Maybe he will be assigned a guide soon and find out?
I don't think there is any question at this point that there is a delay as multiple customers who had been given an October delivery estimate did not receive vehicles. We just don't have visibility of the volume of the delay and what (if any) downstream impact there is. I certainly hope Rivian...
We will soon find out if the customers who were given an October delivery window have gotten bumped. I know of one person who reported that they were told by their guide as recently as Monday that their October delivery window is still accurate...
Limestone was my original color choice, but had since switched to LG. I know I had mentioned it before, but It looks to me like the color was inspired by an electrical panel.
They added an updated version of the manual labelled "September 29".
Other than some minor changes, the notable differences I saw were:
Dropped the comedic reference to note a “Tire” on the exterior diagram.
Dropped the note restricting power seat adjustment to under 5 km/h.
New Note...
I'm curious if you are getting the Rivian home charging station? I reconfirmed with my guide that they will ship them to you 4 weeks prior to delivery.
He has been answering questions on Reddit. I haven't read through everything yet, but one takeaway is that he expects R1S deliveries to be quite a ways out yet based on his conversations.
You had me at Goonies!
One of the first trips I will probably do is a beach drive between Gearhart and the Peter Iredale wreck.
Bit of history, the Oregon coast was once designated a public highway before north/south roads including 101 were established.