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I work for a company you've heard of that makes products you've heard of. I preorder them at the same time as the general public - even though I've interacted with the product before anyone knew it existed in my capacity as an employee. Whether or not my opinion is biased, I still own the...

You're misunderstanding who is at fault here. Your complaints are about Hyundai's CarPlay implementation. CarPlay works just fine on big glorious screens from other manufacturers. Back to Rivian - The hardware DEFINITELY supports it. Rivian just hasn't decided to write the software (yet, I hope)

Absolutely 1 critically important thing that I'm a bit sad nobody in this thread has mentioned yet. Crash tests. The *ridiculously great* performance of the Model X in the NHTSA tests is how I got my wife on board with getting one. I'm glad I'll be waiting on the max pack and therefore also...

Super happy to see the split in the seat lift. I'd assumed that since I'll be in carseat hell, I wouldn't be able to access the undersea storage. By the time I get my truck one of my kids will be out of their carseat, and therefore his side will be the "lift to access storage" side, even...

We're not fully electric (see profile) but we openly acknowledge we don't need the ICE cars for any reason. The Model X takes the kids to school, takes us to work, makes hardware store runs, and goes on long road trips. The R1T will also do all of that. My hope is that by the time our R1T is...

Assuming for a moment you drive from home -> office, spend the day there, then drive back from office -> home... The absolute obvious and best solution - by far - is to have a charger installed at the office for (up to) 48A charging during the day. Whether that involves talking to your boss...

Financing *any* new car over 7 years - much less an expensive BEV from a startup - is not a great idea. I urge absolutely nobody to do this.

If anything in my comment was taken to suggest I *don't* think people should get solar, I'm not sure what. I'm all-in on solar for absolutely anybody who can get it. Modern panels will all pay for themselves over their lifetime, whether you get just a few or enough to entirely offset your...

"Pay for solar to completely eliminate all electric and car propulsion costs" is one way of looking at it. Another way of looking at it is "EVs are cheaper to power than ICE cars, even if you don't have solar on your roof." Solar is just gravy.

Depends on how much you drive. That's 21,000mi in the R1T by itself, or 32,000mi in the Mini by itself. Or something like 10,500mi in the R1T and 16,000 in the Mini. Yes, and it's actually straight forward. R1T rated to use 480 Wh/mi. Multiply 480 x (number of expected annual miles) Mini...

Focusing solely on the US: While more than half life in states with a front plate requirement, many of those in those states note that enforcement is extremely uneven. E.g. I've lived in California my whole life, have driven cars without a front plate for 15+ years all over the state, and it's...

Not disagreeing with their solution or anything else you said. But... As long as such systems continue to exist - whether or not they've outlived their usefulness - the abuse will also continue to exist.

The way systems in our life are setup, there's a lot of incentives out there for perverse behavior. E.g. My work has free charging. But when you're done charging, you're expected to move your car immediately to free up the charger for another car. This is enforced at some buildings with...

You measured, so I can't argue with you about whether or not a Model X would work for you in your garage. My Model X is parked in my garage 95% of the time, and the doors open just fine, and the kids get in just fine. Again, I cannot speak to the parking garages you frequent where you live...

Model X owner here. Also tall, and also parent of two small children. Besides "range for an EV" and safety, the falcon wing doors were easily #3 on the list of reasons we liked the Model X. Getting kids in and out of carseats with normal swing out doors? PITA. Minivan? improved, but still...

Yah, this sticker is pretty much the same thing as the "Lithion Ion Battery Inside!" sticker you see on an Amazon box with electronics inside. Required during transport to denote the hazard. Assuming this was near Normal, this very well could actually be a delivery. Supporting evidence: -...

I'm not a classic watch guy. Never will be. Would drive me crazy. That's one hell of a sexy watch.

There's a few things that will prematurely degrade EV batteries 1 - Leaving them too close to 100% SoC for too long 2 - Charging them too quickly for their current SoC 3 - Letting them get too close to 0% SoC The problem isn't so much a memory effect like you might be remembering from lead acid...

Model X 100D owner here. When we do Supercharger stops on road trips, we're almost always at a cafe or restaurant, or the type of store where we can spent unlimited time. Somewhere to really stretch our legs and relax. So we also usually take it up to 100% We can pull up to a Supercharger with...

Yup. My Model X only charged at 120kw when new, but now charges at 160kw. Software update enabled the faster charging (and presumably included the safe charging curve and required battery temps, etc) after data on my generation battery was gathered from the field and it was deemed safe. Note...