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I just don’t get the use case. I’m going to pay for connect+ so I can watch a show for.20 minutes will I charge on the road?

Most people charge at their home. When are they going to watch a show in their vehicle?

I just don’t understand why this is important to Rivian owners.
 

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I just don’t get the use case. I’m going to pay for connect+ so I can watch a show for.20 minutes will I charge on the road?

Most people charge at their home. When are they going to watch a show in their vehicle?

I just don’t understand why this is important to Rivian owners.
So don’t use it bro. Nobody cares. Walk around, scroll through the forums, raw dog it. Obviously a lot of people are excited about it and will use it regularly. I’m sure Tesla would’ve eliminated the feature if it wasn’t used on the regular as well. It’s proven to be something that drivers want.
 

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I just don’t get the use case. I’m going to pay for connect+ so I can watch a show for.20 minutes will I charge on the road?

Most people charge at their home. When are they going to watch a show in their vehicle?

I just don’t understand why this is important to Rivian owners.

It’s not just functional when charging.
 

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So don’t use it bro. Nobody cares. Walk around, scroll through the forums, raw dog it. Obviously a lot of people are excited about it and will use it regularly. I’m sure Tesla would’ve eliminated the feature if it wasn’t used on the regular as well. It’s proven to be something that drivers want.
“Raw dog it” - Inigo Montoya: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means”

I don’t drive a Tesla, so I don’t care what they do.

I know a lot of people are excited, I never question that drivers want it, I’m asking why?

as one member stated, it’s cool. Ok, I made my entire career in technology, I appreciate cool tech. I just wanted to get use cases from the people that think it’s cool.
 

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I just don’t get the use case. I’m going to pay for connect+ so I can watch a show for.20 minutes will I charge on the road?

Most people charge at their home. When are they going to watch a show in their vehicle?

I just don’t understand why this is important to Rivian owners.
Here's some data to think about:

- In 2023, Electrify America recorded over 10 million charging sessions
- Electrify America has a 10% share of the charging market
- Napkin math puts that at 100 million charging sessions in 2023
- Average fast charging session is 42 minutes.
- More napkin math puts that at 4.2b minutes at chargers
- Rivian has a 5% EV market share
- Even more napkin math makes that 210 million minutes Rivian's spend at public chargers a year.

As someone that does 98% of their charging at home, and 2% of charging while on road trips with 2 kids, I can tell you that this update is a big improvement for our family. Yes, it only affects that small 2% of charging that we do, but it makes the experience 10x better. We're very excited.

If you don't use public chargers, thats okay, this features isn't for you. But the data shows that there ARE people that use public charging infrastructure and this feature is a HUGE quality of life improvement for those people.
 

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It's an edge-case feature, for sure, but more common than other features like using an air compressor, etc. Since the vehicle already has connectivity and a big, beautiful screen, it is worth having it for those cases. I mean, technically for every person who sees a feature as an edge case, there is likely another person that sees the same case as a main need right? For example, some people schedule the climate on their car daily to warm it up or cool it off from extreme temps, but for everyone living in San Diego they probably wonder why it's an option.

In addition to the obvious use case of watching a show or something while charging these would be some others (at least in my family):

  • Waiting for kids to get out of school activities/sports/theatre (which seems to always take way longer than it is supposed to)
  • Keeping kids happy while charging, at a rest stop, getting food, running into a store, etc
  • While eating in a parking lot (ski resort, rest stop, after getting a Christmas tree, after a hike, etc)
  • As a treat while glamping/car camping for kids to watch a movie before bedtime

Like I said, these could all be covered by handheld tablets, but since the screen is there, why not? I wish they would allow it's use while driving (how nice to have a crackling fireplace while on a winter road trip), but I understand that the liability would be insane and people just can't be trusted to not keep their eyes on the road.
 

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Here's some data to think about:

- In 2023, Electrify America recorded over 10 million charging sessions
- Electrify America has a 10% share of the charging market
- Napkin math puts that at 100 million charging sessions in 2023
- Average fast charging session is 42 minutes.
- More napkin math puts that at 4.2b minutes at chargers
- Rivian has a 5% EV market share
- Even more napkin math makes that 210 million minutes Rivian's spend at public chargers a year.

As someone that does 98% of their charging at home, and 2% of charging while on road trips with 2 kids, I can tell you that this update is a big improvement for our family. Yes, it only affects that small 2% of charging that we do, but it makes the experience 10x better. We're very excited.

If you don't use public chargers, thats okay, this features isn't for you. But the data shows that there ARE people that use public charging infrastructure and this feature is a HUGE quality of life improvement for those people.
It’s the 2% number that hangs me up. Feature requires connect+, $14.95 a month. And for me it’s less that 2%.

you state some good points.
 

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“Raw dog it” - Inigo Montoya: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means”

I don’t drive a Tesla, so I don’t care what they do.

I know a lot of people are excited, I never question that drivers want it, I’m asking why?

as one member stated, it’s cool. Ok, I made my entire career in technology, I appreciate cool tech. I just wanted to get use cases from the people that think it’s cool.
The trend is referred to as “rawdogging” a flight and it basically means foregoing any of the in-flight perks—no in-flight entertainment, no snacks or beverages from the carts rolling through the aisles, and, in the most extreme cases, no drinking water or napping.

Sub “charging session” for “in-flight”

edit: the point about Tesla isn’t whether you care or not what they do, but rather that the precedent has been set and to a positive reception.
 
 





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