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It would be nice if the Rivian sent the video feed to your phone and let you call the vehicle and pipe it over the speakers. T'would be a joy to announce to these clowns that you a) are watching them break in; b) will share the video with the cops, whom you have already called; c) will be...

Absent flames shooting from the vehicle, it sounds like an incredibly dangerous failure mode not to allow the driver at least a few seconds to get to the side of the road. That the center console, gear tunnel, tonneau and tailgate can all lock with no mechanical override also seems like a...

Thanks for the enlightenment. I hope it pays off. I'm waiting on an R1S, with an old delivery est. of 1st-half 2023--so likely 2nd-H 2023, at best. I need the off-road ability of the R1S. A truck is out of the question. Right now R1S alternatives appear non-existent. So when I saw your post...

2024 BEV Range Rover Sport--Has Land Rover actually committed to this? I know the design is supposed to be full-electric ready. But their website mentions only PHEV and HEV models.

Thanks for all the details. Congratulations on your inaugural cross-country trip in the R1T. That you stopped every 130 miles on average is bad news for me. The frequency of stops makes the R1S, which can no longer be configured with the Max Pack, much less attractive for my planned uses. I...

There is losing money as in not selling at the maximum the market will bear, and then there is losing money as in selling below actual cost. My bet is that Rivian is looking at the former, not the latter.

The storage space is not the same as a 5-seat configuration. The frame and upholstered seats for the third row take up space, even folded flat, that could be used for other purposes. Like perhaps a standard, full-size spare, something I would a lot rather have than additional seating I will...

I'm of two minds. A first-half 2023 delivery estimate for my R1S Explore seems a long, long way off. And I had been planning on the Max Pack, once that became an option for the R1S. So maybe even a longer delay. There are pluses: More drivers and time mean more problems identified and fixed...

Amazon is a big plus for Rivian and for our chances of getting R1s sooner rather than later. Amazon's investment may well have brought in other big investors, who figured that if it's good enough for Bezos.... Additionally, it seems likey that a lot of the early attention for Rivian was due to...

Thank you, Bob. I had missed that. At 01:47 the coordinates appear for 10 seconds, if anyone else is interested. Beautiful country.

Do we know where this was shot?

Azusa Canyon OHV Not really. But tempted.

Thank you in advance to the folks here who will soon take delivery of their R1Ts and begin posting real-life numbers and reporting their experiences. This will be invaluable to those of us waiting (and waiting) for our Rivians. It will also help distract us from our envy of you pioneers.

Sorry I touched nerve. I hope things turn better for you soon.

We wander further afield, but if you believe that hydro is entirely green and has no negative impact on the environment, then you are the one "bamboozled." I'm glad that you have back-tracked on your fantasy scenario built around California utilites buying renewable energy credits from Vermont...

Fair enough. Your "best case" example perfectly captures the program I was writing about. ajdelange, on the other hand, appears very knowledgable about renewable energy credits, but not so much when it comes to programs like SCE's Green Rate Program.

Sorry guys. California is not Illinois or Virginia/Quebec. Obviously the electricity provided to my house by SCE does not come directly from a solar panel. No one said that. In the Green Rate Program, an amount equivalent to what I use does. This is precisely the "best case" you refer to, and...

This may be true where you live, but it is not true elsewhere: "GREEN RATE PROGRAM We purchase renewable energy from independently owned solar farms in California on your behalf. You then purchase this renewable power (equal to 50 percent or 100 percent of your electricity use)."...

Given that this R1S is apparently stock, running stock tires, and that this is a test vehicle Rivian probably does not want to risk hors de combat (which may explain the spotter), it appears to perform credibly. In my (limited) off-road experience, the trails are steeper, the mud deeper, the...