Recent content by CharonPDX

For counter point - see Aptera. They've been "production ready" for years, just lacking the funding to actually start full series production.

The secret is massive money backing from a multi-billionaire.

That's my point - Gen 1 should be capable of far more than it is. Other carmakers use the exact same hardware and do more with it. My Mach-E could do lane centering on any well-marked road, not just premapped highways. It could adjust speed automatically when it passed a speed limit sign...

Yep, it’s the same MobilEye hardware as Tesla Autopilot 1.0 and Ford’s ADAS on Mach-E vehicles without BlueCruise hardware. Both of those can do lane-centering on any road with well-defined lines. Rivian is just choosing not to put in the development to enable it.

Sometimes you get a loaner if it will be a longer repair, usually you get an Uber credit.

I went from owning 3-pedal vehicles exclusively to owning 1-pedal-drive EVs. I’ll never go back. So much more control once you get used to it.

You absolutely should have received an email confirmation: It would have come from "[email protected]" with a subject line "Good news. Your R2 reservation is in!"

In that boat. We bought an old used Model S instead of waiting for R2.

With no FM receiver, no. HD Radio is an add-on to FM, not a streaming service. R1 can receive HD Radio.

This is shocking. Especially since this means it will require a Connect+ subscription to listen to anything other than Bluetooth. My old used Tesla is missing AM+FM because it got the MCU2 upgrade but *NOT* the radio upgrade (MCU2 uses a different radio module than MCU1, and upgrading the radio...

Hardware is not software. Actual real physical things have to be ordered and delivered and assembled. Minimizing the number of variables early on allows them to concentrate on achieving volume deliveries early. Once the "rush of people whose needs and wants fit the early limited selection of...

So….. You're still on the forum just to shit on Rivian after getting rid of yours? Meanines on here because you're just trolling. Inflammatory title, just a link as primary post. Yes, Rivian is a startup. Yes, they have teething pains. To be blunt - you should have known that going in. If...

I have no dog in the fight - I'm not getting an R2. How is it "cope" to not expect a feature that no other vehicle the price point has?

Unnecessary. (@ 13:40)

I have owned five EVs with front trunks. I use(d) them all often. My R1T is the only one with powered open/close. All the others had gas strut open (some requiring a "hood popper" like an ICE car, some just pop electronically then lift.) Is the powered close nice? Of course it is. Is it a deal...