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  1. Jac

    Touring east coast RAN locations

    On our road trip from Connecticut to Savannah I only wish there were more Rivian Adventure Network charging locations along the I-95 corridor. The three we’ve stopped at have been operating perfectly and immediately available. The simple no App swiping or card swiping at these locations is...
  2. Jac

    Christmas Eve: Discovered a screw embedded in my tire

    We’re headed out from Connecticut to Savannah in the R1S first thing Tuesday. Today, on Christmas Eve afternoon, I discovered a screw embedded in one of my 20” AT front tires. Understandably, the two closest tire shops were closed today but I was lucky to find a Firestone Tire shop that was...
  3. Jac

    Rivian Cameo Appearance In NYT Bestseller

    Wow! A Rivian R1T makes a cameo appearance in Michael Connelly’s newest NYT fiction bestseller, Resurrection Walk.
  4. Jac

    Mounting EZ Pass without damaging windshield tint film

    I am getting my windshield tinted next week to reduce heat penetration. What is the best way to mount/remove EZ Pass transponders from the windshield without causing damage to the tint film? My current plan is to order an EZ Pass mount from Amazon that uses suction cups to adhere to the...
  5. Jac

    Thule’s new “Outset” 2024 hitch-mount tent a good fit for Rivian R1S?

    Avoids the aerodynamics range hit and access via a ladder associated with rooftop tents. Downside is you need to detach the tent to open the rear hatch. Pretty cool design. Cost? https://newatlas.com/outdoors/thule-outset-detachable-hitch-tent/...
  6. Jac

    Tesla Opening Connecticut Store on Tribal Land

    Tesla Store to Open on Tribal Land in Connecticut Tesla, frustrated for years by the legislature in its attempts to obtain permission to open stores in Connecticut, is now opening an outlet where the state rules don’t apply: the Mohegan Tribal land. Tribal land exists outside state jurisdiction...
  7. Jac

    Proximity Locking Off At Home - Mapbox Issue

    Last week, when we got our Rivian, I discovered I could not get the “Proximity Locking Off At Home” to work with the Rivian parked in our home detached garage. When I experimented with navigating from our garage to our home address the Mapbox software calculated the Rivian in our garage was 300...
  8. Jac

    Electrek: A Call For Smaller EVs

    “ That’s what the US needs. It needs electric mini-trucks that can legally reach 45 mph to more comfortably traverse suburbs and larger city streets. It needs automakers to return to the concept of compact pickup trucks, offering us electric versions that top out at 80 mph yet can haul as much...
  9. Jac

    R1S Floor Mats Back in Stock in Gear Shop

    Available now in all black and with the yellow logos!
  10. Jac

    Rivian hopes to earn carbon credits for its home electric vehicle chargers

    MIT Technology Review June 12, 2023 Headline: Rivian hopes to earn carbon credits for its home electric vehicle chargers Subhead: The popular EV truck startup’s move raises questions about who really owns the climate contributions from clean technologies—and whether they should be used to...
  11. Jac

    Polestar 4 Unveiled at Shanghai Auto Show

    https:www.polestar-forum.com/threads/polestar-4-teaser-pictures-videos.11239/post-203920
  12. Jac

    Court hears Buick dealer bid to kill Rivian service center

    This afternoon, a Connecticut Superior Court judge will hear a local Buick dealer’s claim that the City of Shelton’s Zoning Commission should not have given Rivian the okay to establish a Rivian service center in an existing commercial building in the city. The Buick dealer will argue Rivian...
  13. Jac

    Rivian may add motor stator cooling sprayer system

    “The new Rivian patent proposes using coolant sprayers on the outer stator windings to solve this problem. The coolant can be an oil-based electric motor lubricant or a special dielectric (insulating) fluid derived from purified synthetic oil. Spraying the stator windings with this coolant...
  14. Jac

    Edmunds: R1S range tested on 20” AT tires

    “The average temperature over the course of the test was 80 degrees. That's a bit warmer than average for our tests, though we keep the automatic climate control set to 72 degrees no matter what. After a full day behind the wheel, we totaled 330 GPS-verified miles. That's 14 more miles than the...
  15. Jac

    Rivian employee comments suggest morale issues

    This Normal-area NPR story about Rivian was posted to Facebook and generated dozens of comments from current and former Rivian employees. My sense reading these Facebook comments is morale, leadership and professionalism are issues in the Normal factory...
  16. Jac

    Local CT dealer files suit to kill approved Connecticut Rivian service center

    This may have contributed to my R1S delivery estimate being pushed back last week to 2024. Ugh. https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/auto-dealer-s-appeal-puts-hold-rivian-move-17763639.php
  17. Jac

    R1T ranks high (#3) in 10 Most Satisfying Vehicles to Own in 2023: Consumer Reports Ranking

    R1T ranked #3 overall in overall customer satisfaction according to Consumer Reports. https://jalopnik.com/consumer-reports-10-most-satisfying-vehicles-to-own-in-1850066967/slides/9 https://jalopnik.com/consumer-reports-10-most-satisfying-vehicles-to-own-in-1850066967
  18. Jac

    Article: Aftershocks of the EV transition

    Interesting article on the consequences of public policy-driven rapid transition from ICE to EVs: ”EVs are a new class of cyberphysical systems that dynamically interact with and intimately depend upon both energy and information systems of systems to function. When used as the catalyst to...
  19. Jac

    Post-March 1, 2022 price Change Preorder Delivery Estimate Changes

    Is there evidence post price increase preorders are being prioritized?
  20. Jac

    Mississippi legislature bill would prevent Rivian direct sales

    Coast senator opposes ‘backwards’ bill that would make it harder to buy a Tesla in MS BY DAVID CARACCIO A bill quickly making its way through the Mississippi Legislature could make it harder for electric car companies to sell their House Bill 401 would prevent car companies from operating their...


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