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I have provided POS financing for retailers (vehicles, equipment, etc) before. Rivian will be providing a guarantee on the residual value; Chase isn't taking that risk beyond some nominal percent, or it could be a "pool" concept where Chase absorbs the first "X" in residual value losses and...

I have this noise. Any additional info on where to easily look is appreciated.

Went to my Normal Rivian employee's house to watch bball games Friday. Software engineer. He said some employees are "driving them around" now (low & behold I saw one charging at Peoria HyVee yesterday). He is going to wait on lidar version, but he thinks it will be 2028 before there is any...

I've owned three X5s and don't think the interior room ever matches the dimensions because the top half of the vehicle is set in a little on each. Plus the inevitable sloping roof reducing cargo space. To each his own, but I think we've owned our last BMW. Not to mention the horrible run flat...

Not everybody. I said it was a new one on me.

Excellent summary. I always charge at 48, but have reduced it and saw less loss; not more. When I was concerned about such matters I would drop to 36. Now I just plug in every night and whatever.

That's one I've never heard. At least it is distinct enough to be picked up. I would schedule a service appt & upload the recording to the media so they can hear it.

I've owned four Ts. The earlier mentioned creaks and rattles on an expensive vehicle are inexcusable. For the first 25-30,000 vehicles I get it. Wind noise is still not good, "McLaren" suspension is nothing but problems, hvac issues and different rattles in each truck get tiring. QC at this...

Sounds like the same thing I have going on in my T. Been to service center and a mobile appt. They hear the noise, but, supposedly nothing wrong with suspension. Solution is to "wait until it gets worse"🙄🙄😡. Normal SC.

The life cycle analysis of renewables gets tricky. I was involved in financing a wind company when they first started (did not end well) 25 years or so ago (I'm old....it might have been longer). These were the first windmills so a little smaller than the ones going up today, but back then it...

It is to each his own on this. I've now driven 162,500 miles in my QM & TM Ts and have never needed to go from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds. I HOPE the R2 sells, but have my doubts. They will need to convert hybrid buyers to be successful long term, and 40 mpg hybrids can definitely be had for less...

I got a new tri max September 30. Oct-Dec my efficiency was 2.65 combined in all types of driving over 7500 miles. I now have 11,500 on it and efficiency average is 2.26. I take all the steps to warm & keep battery warm, but it is a myth that you don't lose range in cold weather if you follow...

I pre-condition every morning and in 10 degree F weather the battery temp always drops. One hint to slow it down is to drive in AP or Snow mode. It gets fluid flowing around the entire system. I'm not sure the heat pump does anything except add noise.

If you live in a rural, midwest area never buy an EV with under 375-400 miles of range. Obviously most of my charging is at home, but my original 2022 QM I couldn't go 220 miles round trip in the winter without charging. Lack of infrastructure in rural areas is a big deal. Essentially had to...

Just curious.....where was it "made clear" what the launch addition price is? I suspect your range is correct, but it is a guess. I'm not sure what to guess the reservation to build percentage will be. My family has 2 reservations and won't act on either one.

The least they could do is include the $150/year stuff in the 600. Better map, etc isn't worth the 150.

I'm probably mistaken, but that may have been mine. My second T had a VIN a little over 15,000 and miles are right too. If so the "odds and ends" that go wrong with a gen 1 (wind noise, rattles, etc) were fixed. It was a demo when I bought it, and planned to trade for a Tri when it came out (and...

It is very much to each their own, but we just cross shopped a Palisade with a Lexus TX (not ready to go 100 percent EV in our rural area yet). Hyundai interiors are cheap & seats uncomfortable for both my wife & me. Palisade was 4500 cheaper, but wife said TX was worth 10,000 more. Some people...

I'm guessing 57 500 without their ridiculous destination charge. The keeps it under 60 with destination.

Because once somebody "discovers" information on the internet it lives and is accurate forever. Who cares what information comes out after. Facts don't matter. Kind of like Kyle Connor using totally estimated efficiency/battery capacity numbers to say the R2 range isn't good enough. Then...