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Unfortunately I already own two silver vehicles, haha, so it won't be a fresh new color for me, but it does look great and silver never seems to look dirty. Since I'll be selling one of the silver vehicles, I would still have just two. But the white and the purple......mmmmm. I can't decide. A...

I respect your opinion, and I won't go into this any further, except to say that it's very sad that the science has been made political by people who don't respect science. And you have to start somewhere; kicking the can down the road and saying it's too soon is what got us into this mess...

True. I have a longtime friend who is a fellow car enthusiast, and an amateur racer. But he's very conservative and anti-EV, although he's never driven one. He's holding out for hydrogen 🤔😂 When I get my R2 I plan to convince him to try it (although I've been unsuccessful in that so far with our...

Don't get me wrong - I'm thrilled to see EVs becoming more popular, for any reason. I'm just a bit surprised and disappointed in people's reasoning.

That may be true, but it wasn't my point. In fact it strengthens my point that despite all the data (France and England are in a heat state of emergency right now), the climate seems to be low on the list (or missing from it entirely) of most people's reasons to go EV.

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I'm sure this will be kicking the hornet's nest, but here goes ; I would say it's not ok if you believe in global climate change and the damage being caused by burning fossil fuels. I'm a bit surprised that even in the Rivian forum, I have yet to hear a single person express the idea that they...

Yeah, I don't understand the R2 color palette, and the lack of any sort of red, like Red Canyon.

I hear you, but maintaining an average of 75 on a trip and driving for 3 to 4 hours are two different things, even on a trip that's mostly highway. For example, my wife and I travel about twice a year from Southern NH to upstate NY to visit her sister. It's mostly highway, but also some local...

I hear you! And the other colors didn't cost extra.

So maybe I'll save myself $2k and get that instead of Borealis. Decisions, decisions.... It looks great. Thanks for posting.

It's true that you can drive a lot differently in places like SoCal vs NH. Our son lives out there and I'm always surprised at what he gets away with in his Ferrari or his modified M3. He's doing triple digit speeds every day 😲 I never see a cop. You'd literally be in jail week-one if you drove...

I understand, and agree that the extra power can get you out of trouble - or into it! I do appreciate it for passing and merging, but I just think at some point it's more than enough. (Maybe I wouldn't have said that thirty years ago.) A few years ago I drove Genesis G70 3.3T with a measly 365...

Do you do a lot of drag racing? Seriously, where are people really taking advantage of 0-60 times like these? Sure, it's fun for a while, but on a daily basis? One reason I sold my 997.2 911S was that it was frustrating/boring to drive on the street. It would exceed 100 mph very quickly and was...

Yes, except that cars are being delivered now. It's an odd thing that is maybe becoming "normal" with OTA and SDV. Like getting a car that won't have the back seats installed for another few months 😂

Agreed, that is surprising. Rivian must have struggled with getting these out and making some revenue vs delaying the launch and getting ALL the features in and tested.

Also more cost and weight, of course, but I hear you. The upcoming 2027 BMW iX with it's 400 mile range gets a lot of press, and they talk about efficiency, but with a 112 kWh battery, it's almost the same miles/kWh as the R2.

Exactly. As impressive as AI can be, it can still make crazy mistakes, and therefore needs careful verification and testing, which takes time. Just a simple example; I asked ChatGPT to help me with a fairly simple woodworking jig for my table saw. I was having trouble visualizing what it...

What could be hard about writing, integrating and testing thousands (more like millions) of lines of code? Yes, it's hard and time consuming - especially the verification phase, and especially when it needs to work perfectly so that there aren't thousands of ticked-off customers.

I still think that deleting the glass roof in the R2 would have been a good cost-cutting opportunity. I guess they just consider this part of the brand?