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Its not particularly useful for owners not into baja style high speed driving on loose surfaces. Lack of lockers, missing winch, and heavy weight make it a relatively weak off road vehicle. Wasn't Cybertruck initially quad motor? Real world physics may favor trimotor.

We may be seeing the end of quad motor. I can't figure out what could be in the premium trim

The X is closer to a minivan than an SUV. The vehicle Tesla makes that is closest to an SUV is the Cybertruck.

Rivian has a large number of max pack R1T. I wonder how they will get rid of those vehicles. The refreshed R1 can't be changed much as Rivian has to quickly get back to full production. R!S inventory looks low. They may not build R1T for awhile.

Magna is only viable for a high margin vehicle.

R1T is a vehicle

Thousands of max pack vehicles

I like to think that, while the Rivian equity holders may be at risk, the brand is valuable.

You could perhaps charge the Bluetti etc from the existing 120V inverter. As long as average draw is less than a kilowatt the system would only be limited by vehicle battery energy. I''m sure a few people here are doing something like this. Wasn't Rivian talking about partnering with enphase?

Isn't redesigning the vehicle wiring changing the architecture?

240V inverter. The big changes listed simply can't happen. They need to return to full production quickly. The rational features to implement, beyond cost savings, are simple to do and spur some extra demand. I don't think Rivian will risk doing a heat pump as its part of a complex battery...

Why do you believe they won't make more R1T? Presumably the R2 will have its own line

I gave the second link with Tom's cost of about $9K. "LOL" Its simple to look at a Ford Lightning forum and look at the real costs people have been quoted for the Ford system. Almost no one goes through with the install when evaluating that choice against just using the onboard inverter. "LOL"

For Us, It’ll Cost $18K to Power a House With Our Ford F-150 Lightning Watch How Ford Lightning's Intelligent Backup Power System Works In A Real Home

Anyone willing to directly connect an inverter to the 400V battery is an idiot and would not be a good source of information.

No electrician. Already have a EV wall connector. The panel was perhaps $400 pre covid. I simply want to replace my portable generators with an EV. Many millions of people already have a manual generator transfer switch on their homes. I assume that most nicer homes in Hurricane areas have...

I haven't bought an R1T yet due to lack of 240V inverter. The setup used for Lightning, Cybertruck etc is not EV specific. Its simply using an extension cord to connect the vehicle inverter 240V receptacle to a standard generator transfer panel. I use this one, but there are simpler...

You don't need V2H for a few outages a year. You just need a 240V inverter in the vehicle and a simple generator connection on your main panel. The point of V2H is to arbitrage electricity prices. V2H is the future, but its expensive today with no major added benefit for 95% of potential users.

no, 100 amp on the 80% rule

You should be able to get a vehicle close to what you want this summer. A part of your decision should be distance to service center. Rivian doesn't have the staff to to execute well on the one off event of plant shutdown and a model change. If you had ordered three month earlier you would of...