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Also... instead of spending all this $ on Autonomy, why doesn't Rivian invest in ways to make the cars either: 1) better (you be the judge of what that means to you) 2) more affordable (ditto)

Nah, pass. A few times I've used 'hands free' in my R1 and previously Model Y when I was on a long straight highway and wanted to unwrap a snickers or something. Humans are getting lazy. Its a car ... its meant to be driven. Otherwise get a chauffeur and sit in the back.

Conserve mode (2WD) for a heavy vehicle in the snow is not a good idea. Agree that you need to feather the throttle off to avoid harsh regen braking.

RJ is a great communicator IMO. He doesn't over-hype but you feel his passion. He's a geeky engineer after all and I think he's 100% the right person to lead Rivian. He just needs to keep a great team around him.

That upsets my OCD that you didn't reverse it in (and then you wouldn't have to stretch the charging cord)! love the garage tho.

Kettle, toaster and espresso machine all ready to be plugged in to the R1.

Love my LE R1T but the use-case has changed slightly and so we'll trade it for an R2 (hopefully this Summer) and then trade that for an R3X (202#)

A great example for companies of how to turn a negative into many positives. The minor cost to Rivian has just bought them a tonne of goodwill. Good on them.

Agree. They will have learnt a loads from the R1 release and will be keen not to make the same mistakes, or at least over promise and then under-deliver. They're established now versus back in 2022. Only downside risk to going too soon and then having to roll back. Measure twice, cut once.

I was told to engage and disengage AP/conserve when static. Other wise you risk damaging the system. Equally, conserve mode gets me about 20miles of range versus the tire wear and driving dynamics of front wheel only. Not worth it in my book. Just keep it in 4WD all the time.

I think one of the best things Rivian (and many EV companies) can do to convert skeptics is to get people in the actual car driving them. When you see for yourself how cool the interior is and how smooth (and fast) they are to drive, it makes you re-consider. I drove a Model S back in 2017 and...

Impressive numbers from Tesla (no surprise given their time in the market) but I would think of the R1 more in the Model S or X category. Overall pretty decent showing from Rivian. Anecdotaly, I'm seeing a lot more R1S on the road. Folks who want a truck around here tend to go full size gas...

"Chinese is it?" "No, 100% USA" "I like it it" ... I used to get that a lot.

Rivians are for the awesome people! (hows that for sucking up to my fellow Rivian owners!!)

What he said ^

So looking forward to the R2. just on the re-sale/no Gen 3 hardware thing… I’m not so sure your value will be much less. I say that as someone who has typically owned fully loaded cars and whenever I trade them in or sell them private, the buyers never give a shit about those features. Bit like...

let’s be fair, it’s not obsolete. It’s obsolete when we chose a different mode of transport altogether! Remember its still a car. It’ll still do car stuff. It’ll still have the current level of driver safety cruise control stuff. If you don’t need a car to drive for you, why wait?

Just so I don't have to resort to AI, can someone tell what the big deal about LiDAR is? Imagine you're talking to your grandmother.

I for one owuld be happy if all this driver assist/autonomy stuff was locked behind a paywall because I hate all that shit. Modern cars are constantly telling you off or trying to drive for you. No thanks, not for me.

What that camp ground with those huts?