Back when I first got my R1S several years ago, I installed a third party Sirius/XM satellite antenna and FM modulator to listen to it via the car’s radio system. Works fine.
I finally tried the now built in streaming version of Sirius/XM and found that the Fox News station (channel 114), at...
Lots of new info. Well worth listening to.
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Ford CEO Jim Farley announced Ford's transition from the J1772 and CCS1 plugs to Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) or J3400 connector.
This allows Ford vehicles access to Tesla's extensive...
A small Canadian EV adapter manufacturer has started shipping their Tesla Supercharger NACS to CCS adapter. You cannot use this adapter yet since Tesla hasn't turned on non Tesla access to non-Magic Dock Tesla Superchargers YET. The manufacturer states that their adapter WILL work with V3/V4...
Let's see, Ford has massive distribution, a dealer on every corner, a 100 year old brand vs a startup with no distribution and scattered service centers, yet Rivian is massively outselling the Lightning? Why?
Edit: I messed up on the number - while Rivian doesn't break out sales numbers per...
In the heels of Ford's announcement, Mary Bara is doing a Twitter spaces with Elon and announced this.
https://news.gm.com/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2023/jun/0608-gm.html
Updated with Munro begging Rivian to switch to NACS as well:
I recently made trips to the LAX airport and back (about 220 miles round trip) in both my 2022 Rivian R1S Large Pack and my 2021 refreshed Model X Long Range (the current latest version of the Model X). Both times, I drove spiritly, all freeway driving. In both cars, starting at 100% charge, I...
https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/mercedes-launching-new-ev-charging-network-to-kick-off-in-north-america-this-year/
Partnering with Chargepoint (so they might actually work).
2,500 stalls at 400 sites within 4 years. So about 6 stalls per site on average.
Went on a longish trip today. On the way back, it kept trying to route me to charging stations because I had set a route that would have finished with a somewhat low number of miles (just under 50 miles) remaining. It was quite annoying, I just wanted the nav to route me home, not to chargers I...
Ever since I got my R1S a few weeks ago, it will ping pong or wander in its lane when driving on the freeway. I have 20” AT tires. Steering wheel isn’t dead center either. Would an alignment fix the wandering problem?
Are Rivians compatible with any third party fast charging network's Plug & Charge (EVGo, EA, etc)? If not, any indications when and if this will happen?
Three in particular:
The govt mandated low speed sounds that sounds like an overheated fan/blower? Other EV manufacturers found sounds that weren't objectionable, I have no idea what Rivian was trying to do with their sound.
When the car locks, it chirps, but it does so at the same time as the...
Anyone got their rear window wiper fluid spraying in their R1S? I press the rear window fluid button on the stalk, keeping it held down and I hear a whine from the front area, which presumably is the wiper fluid pump, but no fluid comes out the back. Front wiper fluid comes out fine.
When my windows are rolled up, when I shut my final door closed, it often doesn't close all the way, being restricted by air pressure inside the vehicle. Seems there's not enough air venting. When a window is open, the doors close very easily, when all windows are closed, I have to give the...
Has anyone done an after market addition of an XM radio? My wife wants to listen to the news channels on XM ... the app doesn't work well since we are in a cellular reception challenged area. And if you don't remember to fiddle with your phone before leaving, it is a pain in the butt.
Or...
Queued up at the important bit about Rivian. Looks like Rivian has hired Munro & Associates to help them with manufacturing redesign so that they can build their vehicles faster.
In today's Tesla quarterly conference call, Elon Musk laid out how Tesla will allow non Tesla EV owners to charge at their Superchargers. In a nutshell, there will be an app for that.
Using (presumably) the standard Tesla app, you'd create an account with your credit card. Once you arrive at a...