Looks like about 300 of us have signed up for the 2-month Electra-fi trial. Awesome data. Turns out they have Fleet data, which tracks all the data across all Rivians. In particular, they show the OTA updates for ALL Rivians under Electra-fi, so you can see the batching of the rollout. Looks...
https://ev-lectron.com/products/lectron-tesla-to-ccs1-adapter-tesla-supercharger-to-ccs1-adapter-compatible-with-gm-ford-rivian-mercedes-nissan-500a-1000v
Shows as compatible with members of the NACS alliance, which includes Rivian. So first Rivian needs to put in place a business arrangement...
Nominal "independent" automotive testing company AMCI has created a charging-performance test called MP6: how many miles gained in 6-minute DCFC fast charge starting from 10%.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rivian-r1s-shows-slowest-mp6-140000607.html
As they say, since Rivian is BEV-only, they...
Tesla only reports total Model S/X together, but based on Inside EVs, total S/X sales for 3Q23 were down to 13,688. Of this total, probably a good chunk were model S, so we can probably assume an upper bound of 10,000 for model X. Since most of current production at Rivian is R1S, there is a...
App at 2.2.0 and updated car to .34. I have R1S 22". Set starting charge to 100%, Conserve, app shows 321 miles, which is correct. Change to All-Purpose, range goes down to 172 miles - wrong, should be about 289. Go to starting charge pull-down, and it shows 100% SOC is 172, so it is not an...
Plugged into 7 kW charger, about 30 min to go. Remotely turn on A/C to pre-cool, as cabin at 120 degF. Give it a couple minutes to get up to full blast. Charge time remaining goes to 1h43. So roughly 5kW of the 7 kW being used for A/C.
Just got my R1S yesterday. Had a chance to test ACC in light/medium rain this morning. First time I tried to engage it, I got "Camera blurred" or some such message. Rain was medium. A minute later, I tried again, and it turned on fine. A little later, rain got heavier and it disengaged. When...
I just signed Purchase Agreement on R1S from Shop. On the Purchase Agreement, the Seller's Location is listed as Venice Beach, dealer # 07478. I assumed this was an R1S that went somewhere in LA and the order was cancelled. But Guide says the R1S is shipping from Normal. To others who have...
I counted 10 or 11 outside in the parking area. Mostly launch and forest green, but some white and limestone. All the personnel were in the parking lot lining up for an ice cream truck. Lots to celebrate!