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UI is fundamental on how you engage with the machine. They should be spending more time on it - not less. Most of your asks are actually improvements in the thing you are bashing.

I've owned something like 30 cars over 30 years and the number of flat tires I've had is exactly zero. That includes the half dozen times a year I drive from San Diego to Las Vegas. If I ever have one I suspect I will do what most people do today: call someone.

That’s only because they get free charging at EA chargers due to their lease deals.

Having owned about 20+ cars over 20 years - I can imagine and have had worst car buying experiences than just a dude having a bad day. Buying the Rivian is easily in the top 5 car buying experiences that I have had. Tesla is also in the top 5. I have literally had someone refuse to sell a car...

Pointing out the hypocrisy of someone commenting that some Rivian have build issues and then ordering a car with well documented quality issues from another company renown for their quality issues is not "schooling" - its stating the obvious.

Should have stayed unsolicited. Building cars in tents was a disaster for Tesla and its customers. The build quality was hideous and required most customers to bring back their cars to service centers there were ill equipped to handle it.

You didn’t actually watch the video did you?

I’ve owned 3 Audis and not once did I think “these controls are designed well” while I owned them. But BMWs were worse. Don’t get me started on Lexus. It’s like car companies are just universally bad at UI design.

Who cares?

Most people who charge exclusively at superchargers are uber/lyft drivers.

Car thefts and car jacking are two very different things. And car jacking is down 78% since 1995. Thefts are way down too but people only want to hear what happened last month and freak out instead of looking at long term trends.

It seems obvious to you because you have a home that you can install an EV charger. A lot of people don’t have this option because they rent or can’t afford to spend the money to put in a dedicated charger so what you are really saying is EVs should only be owned by rich people.

THIS. Having just returned from a 6 hour trip - I was kept alive by either Subway or Jersey Mikes. I'm not going to show up a town and spend an hour looking for "local" restaurant run by someone's grandmother when I can find something halfway decent and quick (and in the case of Jersey Mikes -...

It’s amazing how entitled people feel dictating what others do in their vehicles. Trucks are literally made to eat in.

You know what is more convenient? Sitting in an air conditioned vehicle listening to an audio book waiting for a tow truck to show up. I've owned like 30 vehicles over 30 years and I have never had a flat tire. And I would suspect that the majority of people have no idea how to change one if...

So you say we can't know unless someone is there counting cars and then go on to state that vehicles are piling up faster than they can be disposed of? Perhaps reading what you write will help you avoid these silly comments in the future.

"could easily" and then you describe an overly complicated set of steps that make assumptions that aren't valid. Here is what it should take: Step 1: tap your card Step 2: plug in your EV You add any additional steps to that process - then you've failed.

There is no park mode. Just if you have Gear Guard turned on or not. Based on my experience parking the truck at the airport twice now for 7+ days - expect to to lose 1 to 2% of battery level a day with Gear Guard turned off. Turning Gear Guard on increased that to 3 to 4%.

This is what I did with LAX - Wally Parking had Valet EV spots for a flat daily rate. Valet takes care of plugging in your vehicle. And it was less than parking at LAX parking lots.

Completely agree. I regularly park my vehicles in airport parking lots and Sentry Mode enabled on my Y loses less energy per day than the Rivian does with Gear Guard turned off. Even though I would still have plenty of energy left in the vehicle when I return back from current trip I ended...