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  1. Rivian Care expands to 48 States, including California in October

    This is great news for many, and hopefully for me as well. Assuming the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of the 48 states, it means that I can plan on keeping my late Gen 1 R1T beyond the initial warranty period. The R1T is a great vehicle, and mine has been nearly flawless in the two years...
  2. Rivian Care is available in WA (Washington State)

    I'm jealous. Rivian Care is not available in the Keystone state and there are no indications as to when, or even if, it will be. I love my R1T and would like to keep it for a long time, but don't want to do so without an extended warranty.
  3. A very unpleasant surprise: dent in tailgate

    Another irony: I asked my neighbor across the street if they saw anything happen on their security camera. They didn't see anything in my driveway, but did record an Amazon van that rolled into their car parked on the street.
  4. A very unpleasant surprise: dent in tailgate

    Alfred Hitchcock said that an icicle is the perfect murder weapon for precisely that reason. Ironically, my neighborhood is on the flight path for PHL, depending on the wind of course . . . Even more ironically, when I was in high school, an engine that fell off the wing of jetliner crashed...
  5. A very unpleasant surprise: dent in tailgate

    While it's certainly possible that I backed into something, the truck had been sitting in the driveway for about 48 hours with our other car behind it. Both my wife and I took the other car to run errands on several occasions over that time, requiring us to walk past the rear of the truck, and...
  6. A very unpleasant surprise: dent in tailgate

    Came home yesterday to find this ugly dent in the tailgate of my R1T. The truck was parked in driveway and It's a complete mystery as to how it happened. The dent looks as though it was done by a falling tree branch, but not only are there no trees within 50 feet of the driveway, there was also...
  7. Rivian Care coverage expands to 31 states

    Right there with you. Otherwise it will have to be XCare or, perish the thought, moving on from the R1 . . .
  8. My "adventure truck" was destroyed by suncreen...

    Hopefully, the newly-approved (in the US) bemotrizinol (aka BEMT) sunscreen won't have the same effect on plastics. BEMT is a larger molecule that does not penetrate the skin, and gets absorbed in the bloodstream, the way that the suncreens presently available do, so presumably safer for human...
  9. EPA Range Finalized / Published (R2 Performance)

    You make a very important point with regard to access to L2 charging, one that I believe is overlooked and may be the single greatest impediment to greater EV adoption. An L2 EVSE is relatively inexpensive both to buy and to install, and just as importantly, large numbers of them can be...
  10. $24,950 SLATE EV Truck / SUV Info & News

    Not sure how much this means for Slate trucks to actually get to buyer's hands, but their website is now open for pre-orders. The Slate is certainly not a Rivian competitor, at least not for the R1 truck series, but does compete in the low-cost segment and could be trouble for the legacy...
  11. Ferrari Luce?????

    I agree with the second part of your argument. My guess is that Ferrari types want the exhaust roar, and even though this has some kind of sound-producing transducer in the vehicle, it's not the same kind of visceral noise as from a high-revving V-12 or even a V-8. I'm not sure there are enough...
  12. R2 Jack Point Design - Potential Issues / Challenges

    Any chance that the entire pad can be removed, and so provide access to a roughly 2x4 inch jacking point into which a bespoke puck could be fitted?
  13. R2 Jack Point Design - Potential Issues / Challenges

    This is a choice, and I'm reasonably certain varies by state. In the Commonwealth of PA, if a facility offers state inspection, they must be able to do both the emissions test and the safety inspection, and they must offer the service to all makes of vehicle, so understandably, Rivian would...
  14. Battery Report after 3 years / 50K miles (R1S Launch Edition)

    Nearly everything I read seems to indicate that the loss of battery capacity over time is effectively a non-issue, and perhaps as importantly, at least some of any capacity loss has been countered by other improvements in EV technology, Anecdotal evidence, like that of the OP - and my own -...
  15. Story: Introducing Rivian Assistant & Rivian Unified Intelligence. Unlock hands-free utility with Connect+

    Precisely the question I have regarding my 2024 R1T. I'm not a Connect + subscriber but this could get me to pony up for the service . . .
  16. R2 Block Party @ Roslyn NY - Half Moon Grey, Catalina Cove, Midnight Black R2 photos & video

    Rumor has it the one of these events is planned for early 2030 at the King of Prussia Rivian space. Kidding of course - I'm just jealous. Great photos and I hope the R2 is hugely successful.
  17. Number count of Rivian Service Centers, RAN Charging Stations, Chargers, Spaces (as of Q1 2026 / April 2026)

    I've not used the RAN, but my understanding is that with the price increases implemented by Rivian in late 2025, costs now average $0.63 to $0.68 per kWh, with some as much as $0.74/kWh. I don't know enough about the economics in the DCFC world to know if those rates are high enough to earn...
  18. Pennsylvania Mars Adventure Gear Expedition Bed Rack - $490

    Lightly used Expedition Bed Rock for R1T, purchased new last year. Asking $490. The Expedition is a versatile rack, with three crossbars that can be moved anywhere along the rails and each crossbar having three slots that can accept a standard T-bolt. This provides great flexibility, and though...
  19. 2026.07.0 update again (same version, different build)

    I hope that my previous posts did not imply that. Those like me who are not Connect+ subscribers tend to be among the last to get the OTA updates, and the reverse is also true. I did say that there is arguably a benefit to being at the end of the update line as a consequence of not being a...
  20. 2026.07.0 update again (same version, different build)

    Pretty much on schedule (2 - 3 weeks after the OTA initially starts getting pushed out), Rivian notified me this morning that it's my turn to download their latest update. In the past, this normal (for me) delay has been enough time for Rivian to fix the bugs but this version seems to be a bit...





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