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  1. How strong are the Rear seat hooks (case study)

    This is how strong. That's what happened in the hands of my 10 year old. I put him in the room with 3 bright lights, only a glass a water, a one way mirror, and he's not fessing up. He claims he has no idea how that happened. Perhaps I need a pet kid guard cabin camera. That will be $86.
  2. Rivian to receive $827M incentives to expand Normal, IL factory and R2 production

    Did you forget to choose a color and finish financing? Otherwise, it's just sitting there in limbo.
  3. 2 EV's, 1 Charger or 2 Chargers?

    If you are moving the charger -- I would simply add a new charger or go for a dual-head unit. Pros you didn't list for devoted chargers: 1) Time-of-day electric cost -- forces all vehicles to charge at night, for example. Maybe you don't care right now, maybe you will in the future. 2) Power...
  4. Max size for bike on 1up roof rack when mounted in bed?

    I have 1up USA, and just mounted it for a 29" , the 3 others for 700c. It's a tight fit, and the rack hangs just a little past the end of the bed. I am curious how this compares to Rivian's piston, for maybe 2 reasons 1) Locks (for piston)? 2) While mounting the 1up is easy once you slide the...
  5. R2 and R3X visit San Jose (photos, reactions, tire sizes)

    Through April 21st. I was there Friday , the R2 looks smaller in person and cuter than I expected, the R3 surprisingly look bigger (subjective)
  6. I tried to connect my R1S to my friend's Tesla wall charger, but it's not working

    There's all these gas nozzles around. Some are red. Some are green and always separate. I thought gas is gas, so I just grabbed the closest green one and filled the tank. Why is my car now trashed? OK, sarcasm done. The issue at hand is the classic: knowing just enough to be dangerous: so...
  7. Using Tesla Universal Wall Charger - turns red when first plugging in

    I never got a mode where the red went away (I had much bigger firmware issues: behavior changes a lot per firmware update), but compatibility mode is accessed a) through the Tesla pro app (if I recall) b) force the UWC into setup mode by pressing and holding the connector button, then connect to...
  8. Using Tesla Universal Wall Charger - turns red when first plugging in

    Turning red is completely normal (not a good look, but Rivian does that). Staying red is an entirely different matter : did you wait a good 7 seconds or so before unplugging?
  9. Heavy Tailgate

    That is true. I know the icons on the fob are impossible to see sometimes, I ended up painting the icons white like others have done. Enough is enough, I -- I mean my friend -- ordered glow-in-the-dark pen from this poster...
  10. Heavy Tailgate

    Also, could we have the proximity sensors/GearGuard LOCK that tailgate when someone hits the wrong button on the FOB when the truck is parked against a wall. Asking for a friend.
  11. Factory Shutdown Bingo

    powered tonneau back in configuration?
  12. Navigation system issues…

    The Rivian nav. just routed me to a single Rivian SC ... wanted me to charge to 100% for 1 hour and 10 minutes (max pack) to return home, rather than charge for 13 minutes at one, and then 12 min at another right along the way further up. Looks like they don't factor in charging curves at all...
  13. Highway potholes

    So I missed the first highway pothole @ 65MPH, and then the second one. .... and etc. etc. until I didn't (thanks, CA). My question: My R1T (AT 20s) clearly bottomed out the RHS suspension. Hard. Everything seems fine, the alignment same as it was before (as far as I can tell), the ATs have no...
  14. Tesla Home Charger Adaptor for R1S

    It's a hardware limitation. While we'd like to think electrons are just electrons, AC and DC in an EV are completely separate paths. Here's the tip: you will RARELY use anything above 40amp AC (standard NEMA 14-50), 48 is rarer-ish, and everything above that is a dying breed. Future EVs will NOT...
  15. Buy R1T from inventory now or wait for possible "refreshed" version later this year?

    Some of us are shorter than others. Here’s me getting my ass into the seat.
  16. Tesla tap mini 60 or 80

    For what it's worth -- I've had the Tesla UWC for about 3 months .... of hell. firmware bugs left and right. I think they finally ironed it out now, so I can finally say: the smoothness of the connector is highly recommended. Far better than adapters, which, mostly due to their weatherproofing...
  17. "Clean energy" charging at home...based on Apple's Home app clean energy prediction

    This data is available from the grid in general (YMMV on location). For example Silicon Valley has the SV grid shift program to automate exactly your request. None of this seems ready for prime time: consider yourself a beta tester .
  18. Big dump haul

    Compost, Recycling, or Trash?
  19. Product Request: NACS port retrofit

    It's not the engineering only, it's the cost: Labor costs alone pretty much negates any retrofit option, and: as all future cars will have NACS, I cannot think of a single company that would touch this. As others have noted, you need a complete solution, which is more than wiring.





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