What do you want addressed in the next OTA update?

[atebit]

Already there my dude.

Perhaps @cc84 means, “…and adjusts speed to match while using ACC/D+”?

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[R1Tom]

Access of all cameras individually.

 

[ajdelange]

1)Option to display consumption as Wh/mi
2)Incorporation of Wh/mi in trip odometers
3)Graph of % SoC vs miles (or km) to Nav system destination showing historical (mile behind you) and predicted (miles ahead of you) data
4)Option to display SoC as % rather than estimated range
5)Option to display remaining range based on rated consumption or recent consumption
6)Display of battery temperature.

 

[Jabbahop]

- Camp mode
- Dog mode
- Want my D+ settings to stay (LKAS, LDW) when switching drive modes
- Be able to have Auto heat/Auto cool instead of just auto climate
- Much better maps/POI
- Gaia GPS or similar for offline maps, off-road travel
- Apple CP or if not Wi-Fi or USB connection for lossless Apple Music
- Snow mode
- Standard CC for when ACC/D+ don’t work due to rain, sun etc
- Did I mention better maps
- A reliable and stable trip computer
- Better EV efficiency graph
- SOC displayed on main screen, or configurable
- Battery and Motor temp meters

i like that Gaia map idea

 

[FirstStateR1T]

• I've asked CS for a traditional side view mirror "dip" function when in reverse.
• Single touch to the camera's would be better than the current option.
• Clock displayed on the drivers screen or on the center or left of the main screen, top right is too far away to see clearly.
• OG cruise control speed select without all the Driver+ for when D+ isn't an option...
• CARPLAY/Android Auto! I'll beat the dead horse too!
• Gear Tunnel motion warning acknowledgment/reset and clearing of warning from drivers controls. Currently you are forced to pull over, open and close the door and proceed.
• More app functionality, charging notifications, ability to stop charge, and set custom charge limits and schedule charging. I don't want to walk outside at 10pm to start my charging. I'd rather plug in earlier and let it do its thing when I have it scheduled...
• More stable / repeatable vent control!!! I am constantly tweaking these to get good airflow in my area as the driver. What worked on Monday is different on Tuesday.
• Mute or reduced Audio while in reverse.
• Hitch Rack Mode for when your not towing...

 

[lessonsbykamar]

My list is getting fairly long........

I LOVE the truck. So please don't take any of my comments as a negative. Simply suggestions towards perfection. I believe in shard customer feedback. If the company is interested in it, then possibly it can be of some benefit to all of us. I sent Rivian an e-mail as well. Or if they read the forums, will post here as well.

I speak from having experienced multiple Tesla's over the past 8+ years and having the luxury of owning BOTH, the Rivian and Ford Lighting

Rivian is treading a similar path to Tesla in many ways. I was along for that ride nearly from the beginning and am happy to be along for the ride with Rivian through its beginning.

But, having experienced both the Ford and Rivian, combined with coming from a Tesla, the following is just a simple wish list of improvements I hope to see in the near future. Some, hopefully in the VERY near future.

1. When Alexa speaks, it doesn't mute or lower the radio volume, as it does for phone or navigation. Thus, can't hear what she says if the radio is on. - "Fairly Urgent"

2. Navigation: Need "Way Points" in Navigation. Elon Musk stubbornly held out on these for the first 8 years before finally releasing them to the Tesla. Such a necessary thing for those that use their vehicles for more than just commuting to and from work. Feels like another dated Tesla playbook item that Tesla corrected, Hoping Rivian does as well and hopefully VERY SOON as it's an item desperately needed by anyone using their vehicles "for work" rather than just commuting to and from work. "Urgent"

2a: Navigation needs to be focused on GPS rather than defaulting first to cell signal. Get me directions first, then worry about adding traffic. Right now, it so desperately wants to search for cell service first, delaying the driving instructions by a LONG time, several minutes if no cell service. Again, directions first based on GPS data, then connect to cell service if available to provide traffic conditions. "VERY URGENT"​

3. No passive key fob? Really? Most $20,000 cars have this. Not all of us live with our phone at our hips. Key fob absolutely needs to auto unlock and lock the doors and allow you to drive without having to push the buttons. Another dated Tesla playbook item from the Model 3. One of the reasons I hated that car. Tesla again, corrected this issue and now offers passive key fobs for the Model 3/Y. Already did for the S&X. "Extremely Urgent"

4. Charging levels. Rivian gives you three choices. Almost every other EV allows you to set a specific charge level. The difference between 70% and 85% and 100% is pretty large. Should be able to set the percentage to an individual number anywhere in between. 70% is rarely enough. 85% often times is, but is still shy for many of my use cases. Being able to to 90% would be great. Often times, 80% is a good number too. A simple slider to the percentage the user needs would be perfect. "Not so urgent, but would be very useful"

5. Can't stop charging from the Rivian app. Maybe from the wall charger app (if you purchased the wall charger), but should be able to do this using the Truck app. "Fairly Urgent"

5a. Also can't change the charging level from the app. I've been charging to around 90% as that works best for me. Instead of being able to charge to 100%, then change the setting from the app, I have to go out to the truck to do it. #5 would be the better solution. #6 would be a secondary solution as well. "Not so urgent, but would be very useful"​

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5b. JUST DISCOVERED THIS, app needs to send charging notifications to you. When charge is completed. More importantly, if a charging session has been interrupted and vehicle stopped charging. I had this happen on my Tesla commonly and it does with the Rivian too, when the home AC kicks on, there's a power surge that EV's don't like. The Tesla would reset itself about 4 times before it stopped charging. It notified me of each interruption and more importantly, when it stopped charging. I'd then have to go unplug and plug back in. Just discovered the Rivian stopped charging. Expected to go out to a fully charged truck and it was far from it as it experienced one of the power surges and shut off. Had no clue since the app doesn't send notifications. "VERY URGENT".​

6. Need to allow for more UI (icon location) configuration. Plenty of space on the bottom row to add icons. Again, as Tesla has done, should be able to put your most commonly used items in that row so they're just one touch away, rather than multiple taps via sub-menu's. "Not so urgent, but would be very useful"

7. Need to allow more items to be displayed on the driver instrument cluster. Like the Tesla, should be able to display trip data, among other things. "Not so urgent, but would be very useful"

8. When leaving passive lock/unlock off at home (using phone as the key), the door handles stay open with the handle lights on 100% of the time. The lights should turn off. "Fairly Urgent"

9. App should have controls to open the Frunk, gear tunnel doors, tailgate, tonneau cover, windows. "Fairly Urgent"

9a. App should also allow for horn to be honked. Lights flashed. Allow it to be remotely started. "Fairly Urgent"​

10. Homelink to open garage door should be one touch away. Two steps is too many. Have to open homelink, then select "home" (or whatever you name it). The option to place the preferred on the main screen and just one-touch away would be much better. "Not so urgent, but would be very useful"

10a. Homelink, would be nice if it had the GPS based system that Tesla does, to automatically open/close the garage door when pulling up or leaving. "Not so urgent, but would be very useful"​

11. Not all that important, but of note: Even the Ford has some entertainment items in its UI. Not bad to have when sitting for an hour at a charger. Would be nice if Rivian added something. Tesla has gone a bit extreme and not necessary, but a few, even basic sort of games or other items would be nice. Ford added 4 or 5 to it. A video function wouldn't be bad either. (Youtube app maybe? Or Netflix or Hulu?

12. Not sure if this can be fixed via software. Depends if there are sensors built in or not. If not, then this one is both, software and hardware. Like the Tesla Falcon Wing doors on the Model X, the tailgate and frunk should have sensors to insure that the space is clear for these to open. I fear I'm accidentally going to hit the tailgate button and it's going to slam into the metal framing on my garage door and dent and/or scratch it.

OK, I'll stop there for now. Only a week into this thing. Some of the above I consider urgent. Other's are luxuries that would be nice. Many would help in making the truck DRIVER FRIENDLY. This was one of the big turnoffs of the Model 3 for me and why I went back to the pre-refresh Model S. Then Tesla incorporated 100% screen function into the refreshed Model S, more so than the Model 3. It's the primary reason, for the first time in 8 years, I no longer own a Tesla.

User friendliness is where I prefer the Ford as it has hard buttons for each instinctive use that you can feel, rather than having to look away to find these items on a screen. I get that's the way they wanted to go and that's fine, but at least improve the UI to make it as user friendly as possible. Especially for those like me that use their vehicle for work and are in and out of it 10+ times a day.

I agree with EVERYTHING you outlined since I also experienced similar issues with my truck. Have you already submitted these items to Rivian Service? I'm happy to follow-up and tack onto these to increase the priority.

 

[rodhx]

All manufacturers with 360 cameras should have single touch access and/or automatic activation when your forward speed drops under 10mph or so (like our old Lexus). This would greatly aid using public chargers. The Mach E is also two taps to get to cameras and it's ridiculous to have to do that.

The vents should be part of the driver profile and NEVER move/reset on their own.

 

[astonius]

Beyond CarPlay…

1. Comfort access. RJ has said this is coming, just don’t know when. The truck will lower and seat/wheel will move to make it easier for ingress/egress.
2. Multiple seat/wheel/mirror configurations per profile. Sometimes I like to sit high (cruising), other times lower (sport mode). I don’t need multiple profiles for this, just multiple positions for the same profile. Bonus points if you could name them, recall them via Alexa, tie them to certain drive modes, etc…
3. Piggybacking on 2, the same for the passenger seat. Might seem pointless at first, but I had seat memory in my Velar and X5 and used it all the time. Sometimes my wife sits up front, other times she sits in the back and the car seat is behind the passenger seat. Being able to remember and recall these positions easily would be a big help and relatively easy to implement.

 

[TheIglu]

I don’t want the ride height to change without allowing me to confirm it. I leave my house in standard / conserve and before I’m to the end of the road it’s at lowest setting. I understand the truck is trying to conserve but lowest is too low for that setting.

Same for me, except in reverse. I set mine to conserve mode, lowest height a couple times yesterday during my first 150 mile commute and found it at standard height a few times by itself. Having a few slots for user programmable presets on ride height/drive mode/etc would be great.

 

[TheIglu]

1. Towing mode - Changing drive modes based on weight of trailer (or driver defined input). No need for max power all the time with a 2k lb trailer back there. Would rather throw it into Conserve mode and maximize range.

2. Side view camera turns on the driver screen when directional is triggered on the highway.

3. Self defined drive mode presets, 3 would be good.

4. Waypoints/multiple stops/detailed power usage in Nav.

 

[MisterTea]

This probably isn't legal, but if the slide-in media player could be used to display your phone screen, I wouldn't need CarPlay.

 

[Longreach]

Address Rivian‘s number one Achilles heel: Parasitic and idle power consumption.

A company-wide culture change is needed to implement a “war on power consumption”.

 

[Michaewh]

Put it in tow mode.

I looked into this and the manual says to enable I’d need to plug in a trailer, plus I’d lose a bunch of safety features…

 

[R1Tom]

Address Rivian‘s number one Achilles heel: Parasitic and idle power consumption.

A company-wide culture change is needed to implement a “war on power consumption”.

Mine has barely any parasitic loss. Sometimes it shows 1 mile loss other times none.

 

[nc10]

Be realistic….

I love my truck but have a few frustrations....

For me the camp speaker is flaky, doesn't always charge, sometimes the battery status shows on the UI, sometimes not. Was mowing a few days ago, wearing bluetooth noise reduction headphones, every time I passed by my truck in the garage, the bluetooth would switch from my headphones to the camp speaker which was in the truck in its slot.

CarPlay. The onboard navigation just isn't reliable enough. Its useful in the absence of of anything else, the satellite view is neat, but the usefulness doesn't compare to google, apple, waze. Its incomplete (perhaps not current?) for chargers, I need to use other programs to have confidence I know the best charging options. The routing gave me fits trying to route to an airport passenger terminal recently, kept sending me to a cargo terminal or something else. Couldn't just type in CLT Passenger Terminal.

Too many speed limits are missing. Sometimes doesn't recognize if an intersection has an early right turn loop that bypasses the main intersection. Routes in my area are suboptimal relative to Apple, google, waze, and the UI sometimes hangs up calculating a route even though I'm in urban areas where cell signal should be strong. Also want access to other apps on the UI screen, Audible, MLB, the podcast apps I use, etc

I'd like the truck to lower itself automatically (geofencing) when I get close to my driveway or garage for easy in and out. A "one click" option on the UI and phone app to lower would be great also.

Would like to access gear guard videos from my phone.

I would like a "one click" option on my phone to turn on/off auto lock unlock when I (my phone) am near the truck, and optional geofencing, that turns it off in my garage, and on when I am away from home.

Not sure this could be fixed, but 110V charging doesnt' work as well as I'd expect. Best I can get is ~ 1.4 miles per hour added even though I know I am feeding 12-15 amps by my power meter. Sometimes I can plug in, amps are going to the the truck when I check with a meter, but range never increases. I need to start the charging using the charging scheduler on the truck's UI to get 110V charging to work halfway reliably. Seems like I should be able to get 3 miles/ hour range being added to my truck battery. Someday, somewhere, I'm going to need to use 110V charging in an emergency and I'm not confident it will work.

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