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I'd have long gotten an EV9 if I wanted a 3-row vehicle. It's pretty much perfect for the price and the substantial discounts/lease deals you get. More room, faster charging, and more features than the Tesla (or the R2 for that matter). Cadillac Vistiq is also a very nice competitor in that...

I am confused by this sentence. We are in agreement that adaptive cruise with lane keeping is great for long distances. I don't think it makes too much difference between hands free and on, since you need a place to rest your hands anyway. I still maintain that the supervised hands free city...

Ok but this doesn't refute anything I said. I agree lane keeping with adaptive cruise makes long drives easier but you're still supervising and therefore driving. Most cars have this system and it's precisely why Tesla removed theirs (free basic autopilot) to force fsd subscriptions because...

That must be why the vast majority of Tesla owners don't have it. Honestly based on your previous posts I don't think you'd be happy with the R2.

I had interpreted data labeling as "HD maps" so you're correct that it uses regular maps, but that Data labeling task is also very labor intensive like how Waymo is doing with their scans. But you're wrong in saying Waymo is worse than Tesla, they have way more unsupervised driving experience...

All of the "dozens" of unsupervised Tesla robotaxis use much higher quality maps for the geofenced regions, manually marked and curated based on driving data. Everything else is supervised, and supervising is driving. It's just an assist, nothing game changing as evidenced by its lack of...

Tesla leads in supervised autonomy which is the best they can do with cameras only. Waymo leads in unsupervised autonomy which is the real prize given the FSD take rates in Tesla.

Not interested in paying a never ending $1300/yr (with tax) subscription to use all the features of my car and basic lane keeping should be included, so no thanks.

FSD V14 is indeed a huge improvement over earlier versions because they did the one thing that actually improves things: they improved the hardware to capture more data. They installed 4k cameras over the 1280x960 cameras in HW3 along with the increased processing power to handle the higher...

Bro you said Carplay and not having a sunroof were big points then you turn around and buy a Tesla beacuse of some accessory that might stop working after a firmware update, and which also exists for Rivian. Then, unless you're buying a base Model Y which I doubt you are, it also has a glass...

I know FSD is more than that, but it's an expensive subscription. If you don't get it, a Tesla has worse autonomy than a Corolla. That was my point. I am perfectly ok with the basic autopilot on my older Tesla. The biggest use case for autonomy is highway driving and Autopilot works great...

R2 is a unibody You can't turn off regen in Tesla either, there are 2 levels. As a current Model Y owner I could never buy a new one now that they force you to pay a subscription that will cost you 1200 each year for basic adaptive cruise and lane keeping that's standard in a base Toyota. I...

Coming from a model Y, my biggest issues were the ride/handling that still felt too trucklike to me, hoping that's due to the AT tires which I won't be buying, and the steering scroll wheels left-right motion. The first one is a dealbreaker but realistically I need more driving time with the...

With EV's everything is a skateboard chassis with batteries and motors on either end or both. No reason not to have something that looks like a R2 but drives like a sportscar. It's like RC cars that you can just put a different plastic body on and they become trucks, desert racers, etc.

Nope, I never cared for vehicles that big and heavy, coming from a MY and a Q4 and R2 is similarly sized and weighted so I expected a similar driving experience.

If purely talking software Rivian is far more premium than Audi. Sad but true.

Went on a test drive today at Blauvelt, NY. I agree that left-right click with the wheels is hard but otherwise they work great. Absolutely loved the screens, software, and graphics. Much prettier than Tesla. The power is more than enough and I did like the commanding driving position, seeing...

Hopefully used with either fully purchased FSD or autopilot. I can't imagine buying a car in 2026 that forces you to pay $1200/year to have basic lane keeping.

You can play around with coverages in the Progressive app. Removing my 2023 Model Y and adding a 2027 R2 is $84 more (for 6 months) with the same coverage options.

This is just your minority opinion, the customers have spoken and they want their buttons back. This is why VW is going back to them and Hyundai/Kia isn't taking them off. I do agree with other things such as Phone as a key being incredibly useful as a MY owner, but not the lack of buttons or...