Not sure what your background on this is, but the first deliveries of highly anticipated new vehicles often go to higher ups at the company. The first Ford Bronco deliveries made their way to the dealers with the most pre-orders or historically high numbers... same with the C8 Corvette... and...
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Looks like this one.
I think all initial vehicles delivered in July will be going to early employees, board members, and investors. I think the assumption that a forum member would have to be in the early deliveries is a little off base. Think about how much early pre-order holders feel about their trucks, some that...
And with that statement, your argument is a joke. The level to which COVID-19 has disrupted the global supply chain is far beyond your understanding. Rivian's production was directly affected (in person labor restrictions, operations and factory buildout slow downs), and their suppliers...
A good number of these seem to be ideal spots for Rivian Waypoint AC chargers, not the Rivian Adventure Network DC chargers. Looking at the ones in SF and Marin, most are near points of interest, not major freeway interchanges.
Rivian is doing the exact same thing as any other manufacturer. Go on Toyota or Ford's website and look at the models and color selections, you'll find that everything is a rendering. People have noted in other threads that there have been slight changes in the renderings on Rivian's site over...
Interesting. Seems to be a case study by an outside UI/UX design house called Vectorform. Explains the inconsistencies in the design language and renderings.
I don't think these vans have beaten the R1T to market. Whatever vans are being used for testing for deliveries are probably at the same pre-production level as the camo-wrapped R1Ts on the road.
Outline kind of looks like an R1T... I see areas for frunk, front seats, rear bench, gear tunnel, and truck bed...
Not sure what an Adventure Pod is, but it looks like this either Amazon is now delivering Kayaks to Tahoe in their Rivian Vans, or parts of the UI will be reused by Rivian...
The Ford in those videos was a press vehicle that was making laps in a parking lot. Its range remaining was probably biased high because of the low speed it had traveled.
If we go off of the 1,760 lb payload that was previously reported, the R1T could weigh as much as 6,241-7,240 lbs. That payload is no longer listed on their website, so who knows if it's still accurate.
EDIT:
Customer Service just confirmed to me that the payload of the R1T is "1,764 lbs".
This...
Car and Driver consistently gets even basic facts wrong and InsideEVs reposts stuff from this forum. Wouldn't read too much into the semantics of anything they write.
The walled garden will start biting Tesla in the ass as soon as V2 and V3 Superchargers don't seem that great compared to the competition. The V2 Superchargers with 150kW are middle of the road now, in two years it could be the bare minimum. The V3 Superchargers with 250kW can't keep pace if...
It's hard to compete with the Tesla CyberTruck numbers because they're just completely made up. The Dual Motor version has "300+ miles range", accelerates to 60 in "<4.5s", and costs "$49,900"... that's the same or better performance for less money than the Model Y Long Range. I'm imagining that...