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  1. Rivian Adventure RAN Network adds 5 new charging sites along Blue Ridge Parkway

    I just completed a roadtrip from Maryland to the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. I used all of these charging stations except Meadows of Dan. Great experience! I hit a couple of EA chargers as well. The RAN experience was soooo much better.

  2. Electrify America burns a Rivian down

    I agree that it's silly to get panicky about charging at EA stations. They are very safe. Accidents can and will happen, though, even if they are pretty rare. I don't have all the facts, of course, but it does seem pretty likely that this problem originated with the charger. There are two...

  3. Frame Comparison : Rivian R1T vs. Ford F150 Lightning -- Munro Teardown YT

    The first clean-slate BEV truck that Ford/Model e builds will have a frame that looks a lot like the R1T's frame. My main take-away from this analysis isn't that there's anything shoddy about the R1T's frame (far from it); but that's it's complicated to manufacture (and therefore expensive)...

  4. Musk: Tesla Cybertruck will be waterproof and can serve as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes & calm seas

    "The Cybertruck can serve as a boat anchor." There. Fixed it.

  5. Broken tonneau, cracked roofs, pooling water, keys not working....taking delivery now seems like a joke.

    Yep, me too. You might want to consider a natural bias: People who have stuff break tend to complain about it. People whose stuff is working just fine don't tend to log onto a forum and say, "Hey, FYI, all is well." This tends to make people reading these forums think that all experiences are...

  6. Would you buy now (yes) or wait (no): Poll

    Your mileage will vary for initial quality. Got mine in March; haven't had any issues. Go ahead and buy it now. You have a good warranty. Any issues you may have down the road will be repaired for free.

  7. Steady flow of new customers?

    Rivian said they were expanding capacity of the Normal plant from 150K to 200K. Don't know what the breakdown will be between R1's and EDV's (currently 65K/85K). It would be cool if they split it 100K/100K. I've also heard that they're planning to build batteries and motors in the Normal plant...

  8. Steady flow of new customers?

    It seems that Rivian is receiving roughly 4,000 more orders per month at this point (they went from a net-90K to a net-98K, quarter over quarter, while delivering somewhere around 4k vehicles, I believe; so, 12K new orders during the quarter, or ~4K per month - all rough estimates). If Rivian...

  9. Munro to help Rivian with production speed

    I don't really recall too much that was critical from the Munro team during the R1T teardown. There were plenty of times when they said something to the effect of "Why use three screws here when one would do?" I don't know that I would characterize that sort of constructive suggestion as...

  10. Nomad: $900 alternative camp kitchen for the bed

    You can replicate the functionality of the camp kitchen on Amazon for a few hundred bucks: two-burner induction grill, five-gallon water storage container, collapsible camp sink, electric kettle, coffee maker, mess kits, etc. It will all pack up pretty small, won't take up the whole gear tunnel...

  11. We are way too obsessed with range

    Agreed, BoisVert. I think your approach works for 95% of us (including me). There are some folks for whom range limitations are a real issue (they drive long distances daily; live in the boonies; drive to the boonies on the regular; tow long distances often). I respectfully submit that those...

  12. Why exactly is it so cumbersome to use the multitude of charging networks?

    Agreed. Bank/ATM interoperability is an obvious parallel. It'll come, I think; it'll just take time.

  13. Why exactly is it so cumbersome to use the multitude of charging networks?

    Same here. I haven't used every charging network out there, but I've always (so far) been able to just insert a credit card, get authorized and start charging. Which networks don't accept credit cards at the charger?

  14. PSA: Possible Major Security Issue With Rivian Alarm System

    Slight modification here: If no valid "unlock signal" is received, the screens should remain dark. The door locks will disengage when you pull on them twice. This is a safety issue so that someone doesn't get locked inside without a key. So, after smashing a window, a bad guy could physically...

  15. PSA: Possible Major Security Issue With Rivian Alarm System

    I read the second spoiler. My question is, has anyone confirmed that, if the Gear Guard alarm is on and a window is smashed, the alarm doesn't go off? There's a big difference between "window left down" and "window smashed." If the window is smashed with the alarm function turned on and nothing...

  16. PSA: Possible Major Security Issue With Rivian Alarm System

    Yeah, I'm not getting it either. If the window is open in any vehicle, you would have a similar level of access. Once you get in the cabin of any vehicle, you can pop the trunk, root around in the glove box, whatever. I guess if you have a locking tonneau cover/tailgate setup in a legacy ICE...

  17. Comparing your R1T to your previous truck (1500 Limited in my case)

    Things I miss about my RIdgeline: 1. The swing-aside tailgate was the best! 2. The flip-up back seats were damn handy. 3. The bed extender allowed the bed to be configured a few different and useful ways. It was nerdy and a bit too small; but a good truck. The Rivian waaay faster, cooler...

  18. Alex on Autos calls out Rivian for line cutting

    Okay, I guess I shouldn't have mentioned Kyle. People seem to be all bent out of shape about Kyle for some reason. I don't care about Kyle. Let's forget that Kyle exists. In general, people who are receiving trucks super quickly are getting them because they are orphaned vehicles. If Rivian...

  19. Alex on Autos calls out Rivian for line cutting

    Clickbait silliness. I haven't seen any indication that anyone is "cutting the line." Some people who are flexible on their configurations and happen to be in the right place at the right time are getting their trucks super quickly. That's not some sort of sinister thing. If you are willing to...

  20. Missed opportunity, solar tonneau and hood?

    It is expensive. And the amount of square footage of photovoltaics that you could fit on the roof and bed cover wouldn't be enough to make much of a dent in the R1T's battery pack. Not really worth it.


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