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Does anyone have a good sense of how sensitive Rivian is to the cost of Canadian steel and aluminum? I read that the US imports 60% of its aluminum from Canada and more steel from Canada than from any other country. I am still holding some stock and am not planning to sell it, but just wanted a...

I frequently drive from Vancouver to the BC interior in my 2023 R1S with snow tires on 20 inch wheels. It is 255 miles on one charge vs about 240 miles from San Jose to Tahoe City. My route crosses two summits (4081 ft and 5669 ft) vs 7239 ft at the Donner Pass summit. I start with 100% and...

This makes sense, but I don't think it is fair to generalize that a system using both radar and vision will be more dangerous than one which uses vision alone. This all depends on the algorithms. I am a little surprised to hear that decisions may have been made to limit radar to the detection...

Was the battery being preconditioned for fast charging at the supercharger? Heating up the battery can consume a lot of power, although I don't know how much. Personally, I find it annoying when the car picks a charger to navigate to and starts preconditioning, when I really prefer to charge at...

Yes it does seem like an overly large price hike, but they are still losing money and maybe their American customers are being prioritized. Or maybe they are trying to get ahead of the tariff situation as you say, and they just choose to start with Canada.

I'm not sure if that makes sense. The tariffs are not in place yet, and the recently announced steel/aluminum tariffs are likely to increase the price of all Rivians since they are made in the US. Then if Canada responds with retaliatory tariffs on Rivian imports, then they will only become more...

I still have a Tesla M3 with free lifetime supercharging, so the more I use the supercharger network, the more it costs Tesla. I think that is the main reason why I will hang on to the M3. As for my R1S, long trips have just become a breeze now that I have my Tesla adapter. I have been using...

Yes, they have backtracked on the proposed capital gains rate hike, and it seems like neither party wants to restore it. I was in the SF bay area where real estate appreciation rates have been crazy for decades, so I wasn't at all surprised by the prices in Vancouver. But I realize that it is a...

People like to think that Canadians pay more in taxes, but for many, that just isn't true. I lived in California for 30 years, and the combination of state + federal income tax was quite a bit higher than what I am paying now in BC (mostly capital gains). And guess how much I am now saving by...

Yes. Picked up mine in Vancouver in June 2023 and got the call a couple weeks ago.

Yes there were a total of three messages - Address confirmation on 9/30, acknowlegement of order on 10/4, and shipping and tracking info on 10/9.

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I got the same call for my R1S picked up in June 2023. I got a mobile service appojntment scheduled even though I am about 5 hours away from the nearest service center. They didn't seem to care, but I will wait and see if they follow through. And my NACS adapter is arriving on Tuesday!

Yes, but AA and CP do this so much better. I was ok with Tesla and Rivian trying to do their own version until I realized that they were going to start charging for access to mobile data. So yes, I will do what I can without subscribing to Connect+ but it won't be nearly as good as the AA/CP...

Android Auto/Carplay users are not paying for a subscription. We pay for our phone connectivity and should not need a second data link for our vehicles.

Tesla no longer offers internet connectivity for free. It costs $14/month (Canadian) if you want to see traffic on your map.

I used to be content not having Carplay or Android Auto. But then I realized that my new Tesla M3 no longer includes free connectivity and that changes everythng. I now think that internet connectivity should be provided via the phone (except wifi at home), because there is no need for another...

I wouldn't worry at all about the dilution if you are holding Rivian stock. Ignoring the 1B convertible note and assuming that VW contributes 2B in new equity, then the stock price would only need to increase from todays closing of $11.96 to $14.14 to cancel out the effect of the dilution. And...

The superchargers near me are also unavailable but I don't mind at all. It is much cheaper and easier to charge at home. But the ones that I would like to use are unusually expensive.

This link shows which superchargers are open to NACS as well as the cost per kwh. https://www.tesla.com/findus No the adapters will not work with level 2 chargers.