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Yes, I have been aware of that for months. EV trucks/SUVs and newer ICE trucks have evolved and blurred beyond the classic "if it has a frame, it's a truck. If it's unibody, it's not a truck." Rivian R1 has been described as a unibody and frame because it's not a traditional frame. Traditional...

I've had waze do this multiple times.

That right there is the issue with your post - your post contains mostly SUBJECTIVE OPINIONS, not objective opinions but you present and argue them as fact which will stir people up. Your list is filled with "I want", "I don't want", "I need", etc. - at least 17 times. That is not an objective...

Considering that Rivians are a true SUV with real towing capacity, off road chops, etc. and not a bubble crossover SUV on a car platform like the Y, why would you expect the ride to not be truck like? This is the exact same comment that was posted countless times when the R1S came out - "Why...

I posted this in another thread last year: In April of 2023 Wassym said "in the next few quarters" aka "s00n" Based on this, I'm unilaterally adding a third entry to Oxford dictionary definition of "soon": soon (s00n) /so͞on/ adverb in or after a short time. "everyone will soon know the...

By that logic, Rivian should also have a CD player and a cigarette lighter in the socket.

There are a few things we can infer/guess at based on Rivian's employment web site. Regarding "Why isn't software feature X shipping on R2?", the Rivian employment web site has over 50 job openings related to vehicle software development. Even more if you add in full stack and IT positions...

Good point. I guess I just assumed there was some sort of emergency stop functionality in these driverless vehicles.... No?

It's a Rivian engineering hardware and software design failure to consider this one in 5 million edge case! They could have prevented this by monitoring the seat belt web extended length and latch status. If the web is extended and the seat belt is not latched, lock the gear tunnel from opening...

Yahoo Autos - A cautionary tale for all users of any level of autonomy - it can and does fail with potentially disasterous results. "According to Slade, the car initially tried to do the sensible thing and merge out of the closed lanes. When that didn't pan out, it apparently gave up on...

@NinjaWrap gets it. @tgrick seems to feel that writing software for a vehicle is like building a monolithic app. It's not even close to that. Writing software for a vehicle is as much, or more, a network systems/application integration project as it is coding an app. Effective error handling...

I don't have Toyos, but I compared Michelin LTs vs non-LTs on my Suburban years ago. The LTs were great in snow and when towing the boat with the Suburban fully loaded. But the LT ride was rougher and noisier due to the stiffer sidewalls. The LT is a heavier tire, so efficiency suffered as well...

OpenEVSE allows you to turn charging on and off from the app. I've been using my OpenEVSE for 3 years with zero issues. It just works. Buy it as a kit and assemble it yourself, or buy it assembled. https://www.openevse.com/

Making a statement like that without actually researching the current technology that automotive tech manufacturers are using tells me all I need to know about you and your employees. Neither you nor he would have gotten past the initial interview at my industrial controls and automation company...

I said $37. Take some time to actually research the spec differences between what you saw (basic functionality designed for cheapest cost) vs. what automotive spec is. Your $1 chip is guaranteed not to support HD FM or have a DSP. You are comparing stale bread to fresh apples. Rivian could...

I'm glad that an appeal worked out for you. With the combination of recalls and NHTSA investigations in this area, my opinion is that Rivian should initially assume that this was their issue, not look for warranty denial excuses. It's disappointing it took an appeal to get this resolved.

Yes it is more. We know that the R1 is an SDR (Software Defined Radio) because of the way it tunes, scanning and displaying only stronger channels dynamically, supports HD FM, etc. etc. That's not a $2 chip. NXP is a supplier of automotive chips, so using them as a typical supplier, their HD FM...

And I'm kinda surprised at this comment, considering you are a ham. As a ham, you certainly know that the vast majority of average people have little to no interest in making the effort to pass an exam or learn how to use two way radios (no matter how simple GMRS is) but still go hiking...

I'm predicting 26.