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Given the volume of what's being written about both EX60 and iX3, I asked Gemini to sum it up in a brief comparison. Based on this review, the iX3 aligns more closely with what I want in a daily driver. Add to that the more than one-year wait for the P12 EX60 in the U.S. to get a CATL battery...

Funny! Never knew of anything called Zune but the fax was truly nostalgic. BTW, my Sirius lifetime subscriptions are much closer to 30 years old than a mere 20. Since you are clearly more up on this than am I, please "Dick and Jane" this for me.... Start with no Siri. I tried CarPlay out of...

Leasing for 36/39 months at this point in history makes a lot of sense as by ~2030, we should start to see solid state batteries from a few OEMs and that effect will deteriorate the resale of the "old tech" vehicles now being sold.

5-6k miles away by KLM! But, even there, it would be a year or more to wait! I'm getting to the stage when I don't even buy green bananas anymore!

@TexasBob Thanks for sharing. EX60 was very high on my list. I liked a lot of what I was seeing, but: The Europeans are being told P12 is more than a year away. Once the US site allows Americans to order and get in line, it would seem that would be at the back of the line to be even longer...

Ah, I see, thanks for explaining. I have no such collection nor interest in finding and assembling one as I'd never achieve the variety and scope as Sirius has and even if I did, I'd have to engage with my phone every time I get in the car to search for it rather than just start the car and...

How did the problem stop existing?

Not interested in P6 or P10 as only P12 battery was being sourced from CATL who has implemented the new NP 3.0 (No Propogation) standard. P10 and P6 come from Sunwoda who has not made any same announcement that I can find. It was P12 or nothing for me at Volvo, and now with no Heather Bronze...

https://www.volvocars.com/us/?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23033368519&gbraid=0AAAAADnHk7rQ-vpbqff5Q3I105Nfz0If8&gclid=CjwKCAjw8arQBhB9EiwAfIKdQoaJEOj2AJBB-AJzXepUuKsAo7v9DV0Yrqy3S8EXTJDNSW3MOTHgVxoCEaIQAvD_BwE No P12 for order (Europe has it with an acknowledged delay) No Heather...

I think much of the answer to your consternation is in your own question. First, about 33 million Sirius XM subscribers are in the U.S., so, yes, many people listen to Sirius XM. But, the fact that you even know what "digital compression artifacts" means enough to use the term and that you have...

You are more foregiving than am I. If it's not a handsfree/no-phone touch/no data on my phone just start the car and hear Sirius each time, it doesn't work for me.

The more I read, the worse it sounds. This would need to get resolved before I could keep a future R2 on my list.

That seems to highlight the confusion. I just asked AI about this and it said that Rivian will not require me to buy a data plan just to use Sirius. They are allowing the connection. This is where it gets messy. I don't want to have to use/touch my phone to open a Sirius app every time I get in...

Absolutely! Had this one back in Michigan as my winter car/grocery-getter and it was bullet proof and incredible in the snow with their unique AWD system. Very high on CR ratings.

They do not get data from dealerships. It comes from vehicle owners in the general population. CR data comes only from subscribers. The characteristics of the two samples are not the same and the survey questions are different, but both methodologies are proper. Separately, once can buy...

Good info and thanks. Something changed, as I also just asked AI and the $14/month answer I got once before from a Rivian person no longer seems to apply. I would have no need for any data plan in a car, so I was surprised when they previously told me I needed one for Sirius. Glad to know this...

When I asked Rivian how I would connect my pre-paid lifetime Sirius subscription I bought back in the 1990s (and have transferred from car to car since), they said a data plan would functionally work and that convenience is $14/month forever. I would have to pay Rivian to listen to my now...

What is the issue with "legacy tech"? Isn't much of the industry now planning to return from all screens to bringing back "legacy tech" of knobs and buttons again for next gen models? Automotive News and other industry papers are reporting such. Newer isn't always better if the prior system was...

This may be a helpful comparison for actual costs, but for the use case of a kid trying to get to a job, the concern I would see is time lost, not dollars spent. One may spend less on any EV for relatively less invasive problems than ICE vehicles encounter, but the frequency of having to do...