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When you make the entire body out of thick stainless steel instead of lighter materials you have to save weight somewhere

Was just thinking about how the R1T specifically is probably the smallest portion of Rivian's revenue now and looking into the future. I wouldnt' be surprised if Rivian sold less R1T this year than EDVs. I think I read something recently that Ford had delayed their only competition for the R1S...

I don't have to imagine to come up with a worse car buying experience. Literally every car I've bought was a worse experience than that. I'd take being rushed out the door in 20 minutes over sitting in a chair talking to the finance guy for an hour and a half.

They need to have at least an option for ventilated seats.

Apparently someone in my neighborhood has one now. Naturally they had to post in the neighborhood Facebook page that they would be down by the pool for anyone who wanted to come and take pictures with it 🙄

Anyone else notice Frank Beamer photobombing the video? I'm really pumped about those steering wheel controls. Hearing how impressive they are by everyone who has tested them makes me want them right now.

Absolutely agree with this. Most gas cars only get 300ish miles of range also, but the ubiquity of gas stations and relative quickness with with you can refill them makes that mostly irrelevant. Adding 70-80 Kwh in 5 minutes is probably far off if it's even feasible, but if you can get charge...

BYOC (bring your own calipers)

Ding ding ding. Competing with Chinese EV manufacturers isn't a competition between two auto manufacturers. It's a competition between an auto manufacturer and the government behind the second largest economy in the world. It's not a fair comparison. The CCP is willing to do whatever it takes to...

The R1 height listed (78") is in highest and includes the shark fin. The prototypes of the R2 shown don't have a shark fin, and it seems unknown whether they will have one or not. Either way it would make sense that the height advertised doesn't include a shark fin. It's probably about 5"...

I'm mostly concerned because I am 6'5, so what seems like plenty of room to a normal size person can be cramped for me. I find the R1 cabin to be very spacious and love that aspect of it. One thing I did consider with the R1 vs R2 is that when comparing dimensions between R1 and R2, it shows...

were you able to sit in it at all or did they have similar rules to other locations about that? I'm curious about how headroom compares against the R1S as that is something that I really like about my R1 and is really hard to gauge from videos.

Well MKHB got a private look in Laguna before the reveal too and was able to sit in it, what was surprising to me is that Alex didn't really appear to have "special access" as there are random people milling about and looking at the R2 during his video. It made me wonder if they are not being...

I think that's a ridiculous prediction honestly. I expect them to nest the top trim R2 right under the entry level R1 at around $75k. I did think it was interesting that they let him get into the vehicle and interact with it though. It wa illustrative seeing him sitting in the back seat and...

Is a reverse limestone. With Limestone we knew what it was called but not what the hues were supposed to be or what it looked like. Now we know all that but not what it's called.

Honestly, you'd be hard pressed to get all the parts that you need for a EV conversion for $25k. I wouldn't be shocked to see some of them get bought up by people who want to do a JRE like conversion. I think of something like an XJ or older 4Runner that could be a pretty cool vehicle with the...

I wonder if you'll start to see some crowdsourced software mods once they close shop completely and there is no longer a warranty to void. I would think there is potential for some pretty interesting stuff that you'd be able to side-load onto your OS. At that $25k price point for some pretty...

This Bright Flash by M83 gets me EVERY. DAMN. TIME. Driving with M83 playing could almost be considered an occupational hazard

I have found that calling is the absolute best way to have a good interaction. I've never had an issue with getting someone on the phone when calling and they are always polite and helpful. Its obviously easier to lob an email or 2, but I highly recommend trying to call them.

Well you're obviously not a golfer.