EPIC! Halloween 2024 Software Update | Knight Rider ft. David Hasselhoff

[Singletracker]

I just want the owl back ?

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[Redline]

Midnight local time.

 

[Redline]

I just want the owl back ?

Its back.

 

[CANCERDOC]

Because the car was the star.

If William Daniels recorded a few clips for Rivian, the would be icing on the cake.

 

[@n!m@l!@]

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[bael]

Great write up in C&D that shows a bit more and mentions the app as well. Also looks like starting midnight local 10/18/24 through 11/4/24
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62639000/rivian-halloween-software-update/

Rivian Plays Dress Up with Halloween-Themed Software Update
The playful animations include 'Car Costumes' that allow the EVs to imitate K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider or the DeLorean Time Machine from Back to the Future.
BY CALEB MILLERPUBLISHED: OCT 17, 2024

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• Rivian is introducing a software update for Halloween that lets the R1T and R1S"dress up" as either K.I.T.T. or the DeLorean Time Machine.
• The Rivians use both the interior screen, interior lighting, sound system, and exterior lighting to create the effect.
• The update arrives tomorrow, October 18, and will be available until November 4.

Spooky season is underway and Rivian is getting in on the fun with a series of silly software updates that embrace the Halloween spirit. The main attraction is a new "Car Costumes" feature which, when the car is in park, uses the screen, sound, and lighting to imitate three different cars. Rivian says the software update will become available starting tomorrow, October 18.

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Fans of the Knight Rider TV series will be excited when they open the Rivian app on their phones and find the company's Gear Guard mascot dressed up as Michael Knight. After selecting the leather-jacket-clad animation, the infotainment screen will transform to mimic the diagnostic screen of K.I.T.T., Knight's robotic car which was based on a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. The sound system will play the original show's intro music, while 2025 model year Rivians will see the front light bar glow red and emit the same scanner sound effect that K.I.T.T. did in the show.

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Rivian is also catering to wannabe time travelers with a Back to the Future theme. In the app, the Gear Guard will instead don a lab coat as Doc Brown, and the screen will show the interface used by the iconic DeLorean Time Machine, complete with a "Plutonium Chamber" gauge and a display showing the date that you're traveling to. Theme music and the Time Machine's acceleration sound will also play. Owners of 2025 models can press the 88-mph button to create a light and sound show using the front and rear exterior lights.
The software update also brings a more generic "Haunted Rivian Car Costume," with the Gear Guard dressed up as a scarecrow. In this mode, the car will play eight different sound effects and display three color themes with a mix of purple, yellow, red, and green. On the screen, a staticky image of ghosts appears, and 2025 Rivians will project whichever color is selected inside on the exterior light bar, while earlier models will be illuminated in green.
Along with the costumes, Rivian is introducing a host of other fun updates. Instead of the normal beep sound when locking the vehicle, Rivians will play an owl chirp, with 2025 model year owners getting four options and owners of earlier Rivians having two choices. When driving, the digital instrument cluster will show pedestrians as zombies and bicyclists and motorcyclists as headless horsemen.

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Camp mode also gets a spooky makeover, with bats, pumpkins, and green flames from the campfire. Similar touches appear across all of the drive modes as well, with glowing eyes, skulls, candles, and a witch riding a broom. The Halloween-themed software updates will only be available until November 4.

 

[EVTrukHog]

After the 2022 Halloween Hoot Owl and Wolf Howl, I called my wife to the garage to see/hear the special effects... all I got was, "There must be kids running that company".

Truth!

 

[harkco]

Midnight local time.

Midnight tonight? As in 10/18?

 

[Chewy734]

So, this is why we’re not getting CarPlay.

(sorry, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to bring it up)

 

[DeafPug]

I wish one of the streaming platforms had Knight Rider available without additional purchase for the folks who haven’t watched the show lol.

A few years ago, I found the complete Knight Rider series on DVD at Best Buy for something like $15. Snatched that one up! Also got the complete series of Quantum Leap and Airwolf for similar prices. I haven’t looked, but check eBay for new and used box sets like that.

 

[bael]

It'd be great if Rivian kept all the old ones around as well. Maybe put them behind some kind of paywall - you could call it connect+ or something. It'd be fun to be able to cycle through some old stuff even outside of Halloween

 

[bael]

Also, just saw the mobile app out for iOS that is needed for it as well

 

[shimabra]

A few years ago, I found the complete Knight Rider series on DVD at Best Buy for something like $15. Snatched that one up! Also got the complete series of Quantum Leap and Airwolf for similar prices. I haven’t looked, but check eBay for new and used box sets like that.

what is this DVD you speak of????

 

[skipwith]

I have done the app update and the software update Rivian R1S. I don’t see any of the Halloween features. Any suggestions?

 

[Rizzian]

what is this DVD you speak of????

Digital Versatile Disc
lol

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