Rivian sensors and software are slow in my experience with both Gen1 and Gen2 R1. The rear cross traffic alert often misses people and vehicles and when it does warn me, it is almost always after I've already seen the person or vehicle.
RCTA on my previous 10+ year old Toyota vehicles made it...
Rivian Assistant worked great for us. Obviously nowhere close to perfect but it's miles ahead of Alexa in terms of conversational intelligence.
However, having to lose Amazon Music is an absolute deal breaker. We'll have to grudgingly switch back to Alexa until Rivian gets its act together and...
Is there anything it can do without Connect+?
The story says the below, so I wonder if there's some capability coming for us non-Connect+ folks at some point?:
Connected experiences that require the cloud, including the full capabilities of Rivian Assistant, are in English only and available...
Agree with most commenters. Shit happens and that's what insurance is for. OP needs to made whole for whatever their vehicle was worth at the time of the accident (i.e how much ever a 2023 R1T with 30k miles is worth on the market). Rivian should make additional amends, within reason, to...
Headscratcher why they went back to a conventional AC for the R2 launch vehicles when they had a couple of years from Gen 2 R1 to learn lessons and refine their heat pump design.
It's what you need to wear when consuming food or drink of any kind when doing a launch in a Rivian, so as to protect one's shirting. Sometimes I can't believe the kind of questions that get asked on a so-called Rivian forum. How can anyone not know that? /s
iX3 looks awesomenand great tech, but I'm not sure I see it yet as a direct competitor to R2. iX3 pricing begins where R2 ends. Sure, there will be some overlapping cross-shoppers, but I feel it will be a small fraction of buyers.
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Can you please also clarify in your post that the Standard R2 is RWD and the Premium/Performance are AWD? Similarly the Model Y Performance is AWD? Makes it easier for folks who are looking for direct comparisons.
Agreed they're very different vehicles, as I've already stated. However, my worry is that there would be a lot of folks who're going to be assuming what I'm assuming and will cross-shop the R2 vs the MY. Whether the R2 can command a 5k price premium will remain to be seen. I was really hoping...