Thanks for sharing this. Presumably you knew where to find this because as a 2019 reservation holder you were familiar with the defunct Membership program and that it had encompassed LTE. As a 2023 buyer I have never heard of it.
Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if you looked back at the...
Sorry, that's just not true. I bought the vehicle in September 2023. Looking at the Wayback Machine, the only mention of connectivity I can find in the marketing materials is in the FAQ, without mention that they are offering a trial or plan to charge for the feature at a future date:
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Yeah, man, I think you are making my point. The average consumer is not going to read the s1 or the company blog or watch the CEO speak on YouTube to learn this stuff. They have to explicitly put it in the terms of sale ("free connectivity for one year") or in the marketing materials when people...
I bought a premium vehicle a year ago with a working infotainment system. Rivian NEVER said to me that sometime in the future they planned to cripple that system unless I paid them more money. They also neglected to highlight that Spotify was about to break when they rolled out connect+. If I...
My Tesla M3 has forever Internet access. I haven't read the entire thread, but I assume someone else has pointed this out. They gave free access when they launched the vehicle. When, like Rivian, Tesla decided they needed to charge for Internet access they grandfathered in existing customers...
Buyer beware, this thing is pretty cheap. I bought one of these, stuck something in it and the divider in the inside ripped from the seams. I also wasn't terribly happy that it has two zippers on the side with a divider down the middle (the field kit opens up like a suitcase). I spent some...