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I think conflating hardware architecture and generations of a particular model are going to get confusing fast, especially with Rivian's model nomenclature, are you talking Gen 1 R2 or Gen 2 R1S or R3x Gen 1... It's might help to designate Hard Ware Architecture to calendar years, Software to...

The R2 has not launched yet, so was there a generation of R2 before the launch generation, and if not, wouldn't the launch edition of the R2 be Gen 1? My understanding is that the R2 is obviously going to launch without Lidar, in part, I think, to meet the stated launch price point of $49,000...

I have often said that the current state of the art in hands-free driving is that a 15-year-old with a learners permit will do as good or better job than some of the autonomous vehicles that have been running into emergency vehicles, pedestrians, and doing other bizarre things that most...

A significant variable is the amount of sunlight beating down on the greenhouse cockpit. Even in winter chill, a bright sun will warm the cabin to a surprising degree. Of course, at night, there is no IR coming from our nearest star. In the summer heat, the amount of IR coming into the...

My preference for the R1T would be a large conventional moon roof. The problem with a removable roof is the pain of handling and storage the roof. Now, if Rivian was somehow able to engineer a convertible roof like what Mazda has done on the Miata, that would be really cool, but likely...

Yes, It's hard to say. It could be some of these people were dead weight, or it could be that they were brilliant but didn't fit in -- I know some genius-level folks who just do NOT do teams very well at all. This one guy I know has truly astonishing intelligence, always coming up with...

Mike, to address some of your concerns, the Gen 2 charging pads are still not working. Swapping out your motors isn't as easy as a software update, but with enough cash, someone somewhere would be happy to do it for you, if you wanted to risk such an intensive tear down, likewise with your bed...

According to the Tesla Deaths website, of the 772 fatalities involving Teslas since 2013, 65 were associated with autopilot, but only 2 involving FSD. Tesla's FSD relies solely on cameras, and you can see videos online where Tesla plowed into a semi-trailer that had jack knifed, blocking all...

This would be challenging under the best of circumstances. Consider: Cultural, linguistic and time zone differences are always hurdles and sources of friction, but add to that the generational differences (comfort with tech, history, priorities, industry perspectives, world views) between the...

That's the flush pedal, it purges all your turn-signal-fluid when you press it.

Unlike other EV makers, Rivian does incorporate some physical controls, but most are dynamic rather than fixed in function. Studies have shown that (no surprise) driver distraction and reaction times are significantly worse in screen-presented, menu directed controls verses dedicated physical...

How many campaign contributions does it take to convince lawmakers to sponsor your industry-authored bill, promote it with your PR-Department-written, focus-group-tested talking points, and vote it into law? I'm no lawyer, but I am surprised, or maybe not so much since it's Tesla, that a...

Am I the only one to avoid the creepy Google spying on everything you do, keeping track of it and reporting same to our corporate overlords?

That is my understanding, I never got the original update. I only got the revised update last Saturday morning.

Yes, it's a conundrum. I'm old enough to remember the days when everything you plugged into the back of your PC had a different plug (Serial, DB9, Cat 5, Keyboard, mouse, mini-phono, etc.) Then, someone came up with a UNIVERSAL serial port! Finally, one plug and jack to rule them all! Fast...

Yes, I think it paramount to understand, or try to, the "why" of anything if you hope to make sense of reality. It's my favorite toddler question -- they're onto something. Why AI? Who's funding it, why are they spending so much, why are they so anxious for it. And it's not to cure cancer...

Ok, not saying it has no role. But at the moment, I put as much faith in it as I would, say, a Magic 8 Ball, -- In fact, "Hey, magic 8-ball, will AI bring humanity benefits that outweigh the sacrifices?" Stupid 8-ball, what does it know?

Aristotle wrote about this 2000 years ago.

No, I looked at the plan and decided it was not worth it for me -- but then, I hate (really hate!) subscriptions in general. I don't even pay for cableTV.

So, actually, in my case, it has been exactly 5 DAYS since the last update was installed for Arjuan. Was I the last one? Are there folks who still have not gotten the last one? I would imagine that the Rivian software folks would like to get feedback, error reports, etc. from their last...