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  1. Budman

    Efficiency boost from 2025.10 update? Anyone else seeing this?

    Did the efficiency increase with the most recent update? Based on my testing I think the answer is clearly no. My most recent trip is denoted with the blue arrow. It's actually a little bit worse but the wind was a bit high. Will continue to monitor but I would be very surprised with it had...
  2. Budman

    HVAC and Motor/battery Waste Heat

    I have owned both the Gen 1 and Gen 2 putting 70,000 miles on the two. I've kept very careful track of efficiency on a 165 mile route I take repeatedly. Unfortunately, I have seen no efficiency benefit with the Gen 2 heat pump. I love everything about the Gen 2 except the heat pump. It's...
  3. Budman

    Gen 2 Key Fob back in stock

    Just got my R1T FOB. Easy to pair to vehicle. Super happy to be done with the phone as key nonsense.
  4. Budman

    VW offering severance packages to employes over 56

    This kind of package is routine. I’ve seen it many time at the large, and successful, manufacturing companies I’ve worked at. 2 years ago I accepted one of those packages. The company that offered it is still making money hand over fist riding the data center build out wave.
  5. Budman

    Key fob no longer standard?

    Just wanted to make a note that as of right now (1:30 pm central Feb 13th). There are R1T Key FOBs available in the Rivian gear shop. Earlier today there were also R1S FOBs but they are now unavailable.
  6. Budman

    Gen 2 Key FOBs in Stock: Feb 13, 2025

    Just got one for my R1T. R1S also available while supplies last.
  7. Budman

    Gen 2 Key Fob back in stock

    Not for the R1T...... Or that is sold out already
  8. Budman

    To FOB, or not to FOB?

    Yes. But if I’m carrying that around, why not just use the key FOB and get the benefit of that?
  9. Budman

    To FOB, or not to FOB?

    I really want to know how people are so happy with the phone as key???? I find it very frustrating at times. You walk away and wait, wait, wait to see if the vehicle actually locks. 10% of the time it doesn't. I can't wait to buy a FOB from the gear shop. Also, what do you do with your...
  10. Budman

    Hitch Bike Rack's Effect on Vehicle Efficiency

    The tent on the back of my R1T seems to cut my range 10% to 15% or so. Just a guess, no rigorous testing.
  11. Budman

    Hitch Bike Rack's Effect on Vehicle Efficiency

    Somebody else already directed you to a previous thread of mine documenting the efficiency I've experienced with my R1T, now R1Ts as I'm onto a 2nd Gen R1T. Attached is an up to date graph of the data I've collected. With regard to your question of the effect of a bike rack, look at the 2...
  12. Budman

    Extreme cold weather driving report - 2022 R1T Quad

    The OP's numbers are in line with my observations. BTW: 19F is a mild afternoon high in my part of the country. "Brutal" doesn't come into the conversation until the afternoon highs are -5F...
  13. Budman

    Munro Live: The Future of Rivian: Gen2 Enhancements & R2 talk with RJ Scaringe

    On the engineering front, which I know a little about, Sandy is pretty much Captain Obvious with a massive chip on his shoulder. His videos are very hard to watch.
  14. Budman

    My first-ever EV Road Trip! - Long post!

    I watched Hundreds of hours of OutOfSpec videos (That's about 2 or 3 videos ;)) The best line of the week. Made me chuckle.
  15. Budman

    New Gen2 Key Fob now available in Rivian gear shop

    I really, really want one....... The phone thing works 90% of the time, not nearly good enough and is really annoying to stand around and wait for.
  16. Budman

    ABRP is just not a good road trip planner

    I’ve not found ABRP that helpful either. I usually do most planning within PlugShare. It has a trip planning feature a lot of people are not aware of. I created a tutorial here; https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/how-to-use-plugshare-for-route-planning.29911/
  17. Budman

    California to White Pocket, AZ in our R1S

    Excellent! I’ve been to the White Pocket. An amazing place. I had been wondering if a Rivian could do it. Great to see your experience. Thanks!
  18. Budman

    Big Technology Podcast RJ Interview (R3 will be much less expensive than R2)

    My big takeaway was the discussion of the R3X being “much less expensive” than the R2. With gushing enthusiasm from RJ.
  19. Budman

    Learned more Rivian Gen 2 tech updates / differences to Gen 1

    Great video. Can someone explain a couple things on the screen shots below from the 12v portion of the video. what is meant by “ front facia must be installed”? What is EZCM? What is “North power distribution unit”?





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