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Spotted this pair in Rossland, BC, this past Friday, but I didn't have the chance to post until now. I think that they were there as part of a Rivian promotion - Red Mountain ski resort is nearby. This was the first time I had a chance to see the Forest Green in person and I have to say that the...

My R1 backstory is long and not particularly interesting, so let me say only that I'm a legacy reservation holder who changed configuration from the R1T Max (quad) to the S about a year ago, initially with the 21" wheel/tire combination. After it became apparent that it would be quite a while...

Link to what I find to be a well-written, interesting and insightful article in The Atlantic. I've excerpted some of the piece below, but recommend that you read it in its entirety - it's not very lengthy. There is a paywall, but readers get five free articles per month. Electric Cars Are...

The Commonwealth of PA is already one of less EV friendly states and looks set to bolster that status when the new road-use tax becomes law. The road use tax was proposed earlier in the year and was passed in the PA Senate, has now cleared the House Transportation committee and is set to be sent...

For two days running, I have gotten an error message (below) stating that the my Rivian account was not immediately accessible and the webpage needed to be refreshed. Clicking the "Refresh page" button brings up the usual welcome page, but only for a few seconds before reverting to the error...

It appears that the area that the Brooklyn SC covers has been expanded to include Delaware. I've used the question mark and the qualifier "appears" because this is based on what I recently learned regarding delivery. My delivery address is Wilmington, DE which, until recently at least, meant...

Links to a couple of recent articles on data collection and cybersecurity relative to essentially all new vehicles. It appears that much of this is unavoidable, but that doesn't make it less uncomfortable. If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare Bad news: your car is a spy. Every...

Our R1S reservation is presently configured with the 21" wheels & tires, mostly because they offer the best range, and our off-roading consists of very occasionally towing our small teardrop down some gravel or fire roads for a few days of boondocking. With the limited choices in 21" tires, I'm...

I think we all know that road maintenance is funded by a tax on motor fuel, one that is obviously not paid if you drive an EV. I also think that most who own EV's (or are waiting for delivery for one) are fine with paying some kind of additional tax for road maintenance. That said, I hope that...

We're a one car household and were planning to have the R1S simply replace our Kia Telluride as our sole vehicle. We understand that there's always a risk of a car being OOS for an accident or some kind of extended service and are fine with making do with a rental in that event. Rivian is a new...

The backstory for this question: I'm a bicycle rider and every year look forward to the doing the [Des Moines] Register's Annual Great Ride Across Iowa, aka RAGBRAI. This week-long event traverses Iowa from west to east, over a different route each year. Most of the 12,000 or so riders camp each...

Rivian tells me that my R1S may be delivered late this summer or early fall, so I want to get my home charging system sorted out. Is anyone using the Emporia charger? One of the solar websites that usually has reliable info recommended it, and at $400, it seems like a decent value. The least...

Edit: Revised for incorrect terminology I'm surprised that deliveries of the Rivian EDVs for Amazon are so few in number. I wonder if this bodes ill for Rivian making its 25k vehicle delivery production target? Amazon says it has ‘over a thousand’ Rivian electric vans making deliveries in the US

Quite an interesting article about using an EV in a rather remote area of North America. I had no idea that the province of Quebec with about 8,500,000 residents already has 3,500 chargers, of which nearly 20% are 700v fast chargers. As the article says: "That’s almost twice as many fast...

I found this article on the precarious nature of rail in the US quite interesting. I frankly had no idea that US railroads were in such rough shape, and seem to presently be hanging by just a thread. I have no idea how dependent the auto industry is on rail freight but suspect it's quite a bit...

Edit: Added hyperlink Has anyone installed the ConnectDER/Siemens meter collar for charging? The unit is quite literally a plug-in at the meter socket, so installation is a breeze. I had a hard time getting cost information, but think it's about $400. The collar uses a propriety plug however...