My plan was to drive my R1S until the end of the warranty, which for me will be the 5 years. I'll address things in the summer of 2028 and decide what to do.
Those of us with the pre-price increase defo have a much harder time trading in lol. It feels like an amazing deal to be honest. I'm waiting until my warranty is over, and then I'll grab another R1S with Captains chairs.
So this might be of no help for you, but last Sept, we took our Gen 1 R1S from Minnesota to Yellowstone and back. I asked for some range and charging help here, and was sort of surprised how a few members here got spooked and flew to Jackson instead.
Obviously the worst part of our trip was...
We’re about to go to two Rivian’s and will never buy an ICE again….unless maybe its a weekend car some day way down the line.
No interest in an ICE daily driver at all.