I can confirm this has been an issue for the last 4 years. Definitely not a recent thing, but highly dependent on environmental conditions. I find it MUCH more frequent with long shadows perpendicular to the roadway and vehicles parked on or near the shoulder.
I've not seen that, but it really depends on how your system fingerprints a device. Many simply use the MAC but, with randomized MACs, it is possible for any device to have any MAC.
Based on some communication with the devs of the Home Assistant integration for Rivian I was under the impression that Rivian renamed getLiveSessionData to getLiveSessionHistory on their GraphQL API.
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Warranty replacements do not reset or extend the warranty. The warranty period remains the original unless you pay out of pocket for repairs. In that case, they get a 24 month warranty.
Just as a point of clarification, I see both sides of the argument and I genuinely don't know which side of the argument I fall on. I was just pointing out the error in your argument.
FWIW, Rivian also releases the locks in a crash but unlocking a door is not the same as opening the door and...