Recent content by Rade

Ooooo! A rendering!!! Look for pre-production sometime after Saint Swa'higgins day in 2039 or when the winds of green energy change direction (again) in a few years.

I suspect that whomever owned that R1T prior to you really beat the crud out of it.

The sales advisor said that DID happen to an R2 that out for a test drive a week or so ago. Got side-swiped.

BIG difference! Ran errands to the local strip mall / grocery store. 85-ish outside. BRIGHT sun beating down. In the super market for about 40 minutes. Cabin was still comfortable when I got back in! I like it! I was surprised how compact these came; both were just a little bigger than...

When I was ordering my R1T, having never owned an EV before, I opted for the Large pack, giving me a range of 330 miles from 100%. Will I / have I ever needed that? A few times in the 20 months of ownership into regions with, then, dubious charging infrastructure. What it DOES give me is the...

My sun shade arrived yesterday and took all over 5 minutes to unpack and install! Yeah!!!! Just in time for the next "heat dome" to roll over us!

I took my R1T into the Canton SC today for routine service (preparing for a series of road trips over the next several months). While there, Jack Tighe (Rivian Field Sales Advisor, and really nice guy) offered to let me test one of the demo R2's they had on the lot. I have to say, the Catalina...

We spent part of the weekend in Connecticut, and yesterday got on I-395 heading Northbound. I noticed one... then another... and another... and another Rivian Amazon delivery vans heading Southbound! It became a game; "Count the vans!". We hit 20 before we found the on ramp (exit 28) where...

Yes, but since there are no other voice options, I just use the notification chime setting. Instead of getting the voice, I just get a gentle "pong" sound when it is time to consider the next turn.

It was part of why we went EV. That and we got tired of watching the "Gas Price Roulette" every week when we would go to the pump. I can recharge my R1T for less than half the cost of petroleum, and I am looking at my records from 2024 when I had an ICE truck and gas was averaging $2.49 gal...

I signed up to be contacted when it comes available in RI. No one has reached out to me yet. I tried to request a quote, and I got "Something went wrong...", and that was it.

Oh my... that's a HELCO loan.

I am not quite at 24 months with my R1T. Not really racking up the mileage on it (still under 15k miles). I'm kicking the tires on the Rivian Care (available in RI) for consideration.

I have solved the problem of how much Apple Music sucks. It does. Historical Context. I have a troth of 500+ songs on digital storage from old CD's that I own. It is enough music that, in my old truck with a modern head unit sound/GPS system that accepted a USB stick, we were able to listen...

We are avid YouTube subscribers; opting for the Premium membership on the service to watch videos with little to no advertising. We also have both a Rivian and Tesla in our garage. It feels like there is an hourly glut of Tesla content that pops up on every new feature or hack that Tesla owner...