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I’m going with the Ohmmu Sodium dual‑battery setup. They’re in Prescott, AZ, so basically in my backyard. Plenty of people have done the install with zero issues, including clearing codes. The only gamble for me is if the batteries fail before 24,000 miles / 24 months, which would still fall...

If you’re able, could you redact your address/personal info and share your invoice? I’m replacing my battery set again (out of warranty) and want to make sure I’m getting charged the same rate you paid.

For me, efficiency boils down to one metric: how far I can actually drive at 70–75 mph. That’s my real freeway speed. I’ve tried running 70 in a 75 and I can barely tolerate it. Around town, every EV is “efficient enough,” but highway range at real speeds is what matters to me. Since a few...

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This is the pertinent question of the day. We'll know soon enough.

Your framing assumes a bias that simply isn't there. As DuoRivian already noted, this has nothing to do with Rivian consulting me or any third-party vendor. It's a straightforward observation, the R2 jack point design appears to lack end-user consideration. That's the point, nothing more. From...

Bingo.

Appreciate the kind words. People never cease to amaze. The R2 jack point design has one notable shortcoming: alignment. Floor jack or post lift, you're either holding the adapter in place or carefully lining everything up for a safe lift. If a major tire shop can screw up the R1 version (far...

LOL. Unfortunately, people like you can't simply say I stand corrected. They always have to walk away defending themselves. Typical troll behavior.... Hopefully, we can stay on track with the new R2 jackpoint design.

I'm the OP and I have never posted about this anywhere other than right here on the Rivian Forums, where I'm a site sponsor. Whatever Reddit thread you're referring to is not mine. Troll somewhere else.

We will have a solid solution and have made two designs already, so I'm not concerned about that. It's like you say, "we gotta make do with what we got..."

The 2"×4" pad is the only load‑bearing surface, and it’s a slick high‑density polymer, so magnets are off the table. The cavity helps with rough location, but the rounded corners make it less than ideal. With no magnetic coupling, every puck has to be hand‑held or placed on a floor jack and...

I run flat‑top scissor jacks in both R1s for our magnetic pucks, but the R2 kills the safety net. There’s no keyed feature to lock a puck in place, so alignment has to be dead‑on every time. The R1 had a centering pin location, and shops STILL lifted them wrong. The R2’s design is basically an...

The only load‑bearing surface is that 2" × 4" pad, and most floor jacks don’t match that footprint. Nothing I’ve seen would sit on it securely. Some scissor jacks, though, have a narrow top saddle that might mate with it natively if Rivian includes one.

Wishful thinking. There will need to be some interface between any lifting device (floor, commercial, etc.) for this to work.

Rivian was and is a car company that never executed cleanly and never hit scale. The market isn’t buying the pivot to “software/tech company.” After 4½ years of ownership, I still think they’re too good to die but not strong enough to stand alone. I hope I’m wrong, as we love our Rivian's, but...

Maybe there’s a rationale we haven’t heard yet, but as it stands, the R2 jack point is nowhere near as secure or intuitive as the R1. “Optimized for service centers” feels more like “only safe in service centers.”

I get the idea, but the R2 jack point simply isn’t machined for positive engagement. There’s no defined locating feature, and the center cavity isn’t a keyed geometry (look at rounding of edges). Unlike the R1, a puck can’t lock in, everything depends on friction and precise placement.

Exactly.