Tesla "goodies" VS. Rivian "goodies"

[zefram47]

Auto garage door opener, no thanks. I want to see that the door is closed before I leave the driveway.

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[Gsxr150]

I have a 15 MS and while the minimal interior looks very sharp and clean, I ended up buying after market cupholders for the front and back. On trips with 4 people, a water bottle per person plus my travel coffee cup made the built in 2 cup holders really inadequate. Hopefully the ones in the R1T are sized so that a normal travel coffee cup will fit in them. I'm glad to see door pockets on the R1T, no door pockets in the back of the MS left the kids without a place to stick their stuff.

For some people the tech is important but for me it is about driving and capability. Tech that supports driving is great and it seems that R1T will have driving assist at least equivalent to autopilot. But I'm a R1T reservation holder because I could use a truck and I want to go offroad. I believe the R1T will be the most capable offroad electric truck so any tech that supports offroad will be great. The R1T's ability to be a hard core offroader while still being comfortable onroad makes it a great choice.

For me, I don't really care about the streaming and games because I charge at home most of the time and rarely use them. Even on a road trip by the time I get coffee, go to the bathroom and get back to the car I'm ready to go. With current charging speeds, I really don't spend much time waiting in the car. Besides we can stream whatever we want easier on our phones or Ipad/tablet.

The current charge speeds are slow as he** compared to Tesla...what are you talking about?

 

[Gsxr150]

Auto garage door opener, no thanks. I want to see that the door is closed before I leave the driveway.

Clearly, you have no idea what I'm referring to based on that response. The ignorance on this forum is eye opening.

 

[Gsxr150]

I think this is a cool feature, if you're the only one in the household that uses the garage door (multiple individual garage doors, or a single double wide one). I picture a situation where I'm doing something and have my vehicle half in the garage and half out, then my wife comes home while I'm inside for a second, and the garage door comes down and "touches" my vehicle. If included, I would plan on disabling it, but that's just my concern. Others have different situations and it may not present a problem for them.

We own two Teslas and love the feature. Oh, by the way, if you don't like it, you can turn it off.

 

[Gsxr150]

I don’t understand the need for comparison here. They have an internal feature roadmap that nobody that’s not an employee here knows.

Every car is full of trade offs, and no car is perfect. Don’t buy one based on rumors or promises of what it’ll have. You have to assume what you get now is all there is to it. Get another Tesla if those ”benefits” matter more than the “ net benefits” the Rivian provides.

If you're demonstrating the Rivian culture first hand, a lot of people won't be buying a Rivian. We don't need people tarnishing the brand for trendy, techy, youthful folks. Let me guess late 50's, first electric vehicle? It's cute how you have such a distaste for a Rivian fanboy suggesting cool features based on years of electric vehicle experience. The boomer culture displayed on this forum is not what Rivian marketing wants....I assume you of this.

 

[Inkedsphynx]

If you're demonstrating the Rivian culture first hand, a lot of people won't be buying a Rivian. We don't need people tarnishing the brand for trendy, techy, youthful folks. Let me guess late 50's, first electric vehicle? It's cute how you have such a distaste for a Rivian fanboy suggesting cool features based on years of electric vehicle experience. The boomer culture displayed on this forum is not what Rivian marketing wants....I assume you of this.

I don't think your attitude is really any better. If this is the kind of posting you've got to do, we're all probably better off if you just don't.

And no, I'm not a boomer.

 

[Attesan997]

If you're demonstrating the Rivian culture first hand, a lot of people won't be buying a Rivian. We don't need people tarnishing the brand for trendy, techy, youthful folks. Let me guess late 50's, first electric vehicle? It's cute how you have such a distaste for a Rivian fanboy suggesting cool features based on years of electric vehicle experience. The boomer culture displayed on this forum is not what Rivian marketing wants....I assume you of this.

With respect, you've come off pretty condescending. Rivian can and should implement several features to get them to parity with other car companies. They're playing in the $75k and up sandbox which tends to demand more features and function. Regarding the point of this thread I'm not sure I follow, there's plenty of ex-Tesla talent at Rivian I'd imagine they're already working on implementing Tesla functionality. The catch is they won't have 10 years to do it, and personally I don't want them to just copy Tesla features. What does a fresh perspective, platform and years of watching the EV market slowly building bring "new" to the space.

 

[jfornelli]

We own two Teslas and love the feature. Oh, by the way, if you don't like it, you can turn it off.

Yeah, that's why I said I would disable it. Thanks.

 

[jfornelli]

We own two Teslas and love the feature. Oh, by the way, if you don't like it, you can turn it off.

Oh, and I am curious how it works with two teslas. Is it one large door?

 

[mgc0216]

If you're demonstrating the Rivian culture first hand, a lot of people won't be buying a Rivian. We don't need people tarnishing the brand for trendy, techy, youthful folks. Let me guess late 50's, first electric vehicle? It's cute how you have such a distaste for a Rivian fanboy suggesting cool features based on years of electric vehicle experience. The boomer culture displayed on this forum is not what Rivian marketing wants....I assume you of this.

Good lord you are a tool.

 

[mwexler2]

Give that a boomer is defined as being born between 1946 and 1964, not all 50 something’s are boomers.
I happen to be in my fifties, own a model Y and strongly doubt that more than half R1 buyers will be in their 20s and 30s.
I’m confident that over time, if Rivian is successful they will address customers concerns via OTAs. So far, it seems their software investment has been weighted towards differentiating features like drive modes rather than parity with Tesla. Once they have a solid customer base, They will have data to make better prioritization decisions.

If you're demonstrating the Rivian culture first hand, a lot of people won't be buying a Rivian. We don't need people tarnishing the brand for trendy, techy, youthful folks. Let me guess late 50's, first electric vehicle? It's cute how you have such a distaste for a Rivian fanboy suggesting cool features based on years of electric vehicle experience. The boomer culture displayed on this forum is not what Rivian marketing wants....I assume you of this.

 

[zefram47]

I happen to be in my fifties, own a model Y and strongly doubt that more than half R1 buyers will be in their 20s and 30s.

Oof...you saying this now has me questioning if I'll even get mine before 40. But really, there won't be many that can afford an R1 in that age group.

 

[JerseyGreens]

If you're demonstrating the Rivian culture first hand, a lot of people won't be buying a Rivian. We don't need people tarnishing the brand for trendy, techy, youthful folks. Let me guess late 50's, first electric vehicle? It's cute how you have such a distaste for a Rivian fanboy suggesting cool features based on years of electric vehicle experience. The boomer culture displayed on this forum is not what Rivian marketing wants....I assume you of this.

How are you an OP? No, seriously...labeling an entire subset of users that are potentially on this forum as "boomer"? If I owned this site you wouldn't be OP for much longer...

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