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Got some notices about the Palo Alto block party today.. saying “be prepared to wait in line” and Stanford shopping center only has 2000 parking spaces, so maybe think about parking in one of the three Palo Alto free parking garages… jeez.. if this event overwhelms the shopping center, I’m gonna...

Just got an email confirmation, starts 5/14/26, with two cars, and a third that shows up on 5/15-5/17.. wow they must really be vehicle constrained.

It’s kind of funny and a bit annoying, how poorly this is managed.

I signed up weeks ago and haven’t received any email. Then I tried signing up here, and it pushed Back saying email already used.. then I used a DIFFERENT email, and my name and it still said email already used (most likely keying in on my name).. I haven’t tried just misspelling my name and...

While true, it’s a bit easier to get to break even or profitability than might be expected from simpler calculations. Most businesses, that are going to be high volume consumers can buy in bulk wholesale rates, so they aren’t just paying what pricing we could see as consumers.. part of that is...

So, no May the 4th.. ;-(

Superchargers were a cost center for easily 10 years with Tesla. Partly marketing, but mostly to reduce range anxiety and make fast charging available and very accesible. I think with RAN it was more about creating the culture, AND A bit of having these charging locations available at least...

Survey says, EOW next week should be better than start of week. Based on Treasury auctions 5/11/26. But stay frosty, certain ppl really like to throw grenades when foreign markets are going to be CLOSED on Mondays (like UK and Europe next week).. so this weekend could be risky ;-) NFA

Looks like they backed down on the 434 number. Maybe they accidentally put that WLTP thingy or whatever that is. https://electrek.co/2026/04/30/bmw-updates-new-ix3-range-estimates-to-434-miles/

https://electrek.co/2026/04/30/rivian-rivn-boosts-production-capacity-georgia-plant-50/

they need to be leaning into 1250-1500/wk avg by the end of Q4 doing into 2027.. so a 2nd shift is easier than just pushing speed. Right now, they might be trying to get to six min rolling speed, down from probably 10+.. they need to get to 3-4 min run rate, AND put on a 2nd shift ultimately...

Seems Rivian may already be starting R2 shift B..

Bjorn managed to drive the car ~ >540 miles, with the last 45 at sub 0% on the display, so >475 done regular driving.

I just hope the USA dealers don’t somehow jack up the local surcharges for a car like this.

If it’s negligible in price difference i’d go with 60a. With 50a, you’ll only ever get 40a throughput, either sustained or by code or what a mobile or wall charger is willing to provide.. with 60 you can push up to 48a, so 20% more overall. Assuming your mobile or dedicated charger can handle...

Seems Rivian may already be starting R2 shift B..

It does appear that the ONE vehicle in the showroom on Saturday is still there, was that a SLATE vehicle?

You can’t transfer a reservation.. if your BROTHER wanted it, or family member you could always both buy it, both names on title and then drop your name.. but I wouldn’t do that with a third party, and a purchase and resale is just that. Most don’t want that as in most states it applies another...

To be SOMEWHAT fair and understanding, this was the first event in a city where they actively had TWO locations doing Block Party events.. So they probably had to split the show cars across the two venues, and decided portly correctly to put 2 at the out of town event location, vs. the in town...

There were ppl in the Chicago downtown event line who had appts, FLEW into town just for this because they wanted to see the car before buying and were told it was 2 hours to get in, then to stand in another line inside.. they left Saying “I’m not buying the car”. Now much of that was probably...