Interesting. To confirm, this fits in the driver door pocket? Can you add a photo showing it installed?
I already put trash in that pocket, and also already keep a roll of dog bags in the car (they're everywhere, curse of being a pet owner) so this might be something I'd be interested in...
When I was a kid, I once drove from Virginia to Vermont almost non-stop (except for gas, and a flat tire repair). Same thing with a crazy mid-winter drive to Wisconsin - I think I made it in 19 hours? Now that I'm old, anything more than two hours without stopping feels like torture. 😆 These...
Can't speak for your other points, but on the subject of "green", aren't normal lead-acid batteries completely recyclable pretty easily? I know it's not much, but at least that's something...
We switched all of our insurance to Nationwide ("Rivian insurance"). Including home & my wife's car. The bundled deal beat everything our previous companies (including USAA & Erie) could do. Zero complaints, zero issues. Obviously Ymmv. 😉
Editing to add: Not sure if they still do it, but...
No idea, but if they don't maybe you could use one of those "balance transfer checks" (check that draws directly on your CC account)? 🤷 Just an idea. Good luck!
I haven't seen this posted here yet. Popping up on various news feeds earlier today:
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/rivian-lays-off-hundreds-workers-wsj-reports-2026-06-16/...
Anecdotally, the wife & I took our dog to the new Moo Thru ice cream joint in Burke, VA last night. No cell signal while we were there. Neither of our phones (Verizon) had bars. Rivian (AT&T) said "Rivian assistant offline" when I tried talking to it.
FM radio worked fine.
I realize this is...
I don’t like this. I get saving money, but the local news/weather/traffic station is on my FM radio every time as soon as I sit in *any* car. Don’t need another streaming service playing ads over-top of when I want to hear the traffic report or glitching the stream because the data signal is...
Was just reading that earlier. Transcript at this link:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/r2-profits-r4-is-very-cool-rad-variants-rivians-ceo-just-gave-us-the-roadmap
Some of the comments stand out to me, like:
"There’s two sort of two elements for repairability. One is something breaking...
I mean, I am one of those people who doesn't like the hidden pull-handle cord thingamajigs to open the doors from inside. 🤷
Then I guess I will just die, LOL. You can come take care of all my cats. 😹😹
Probably in the <1% on this, but I do carry one of those "all-in-one" AM/FM/Shortwave/Weather radios", that can be charged normally or operated via hand-crank or solar panel to charge, and can also charge other devices (e.g., phones) from its built-in battery.
Keep it under the back seat next...
Wait, what?
I didn't even think to ask about that. Never even crossed my mind, just assumed it would have it. I assume not everyone has a local news/weather/traffic station in their area. But where I am, it's the first thing I turn on every time I sit in any vehicle. I don't care that I could...