Farewell

[SeaGeo]

Hold on now. We can’t cite to Reddit only when we want to lol. Everyone here says that the Rivian Reddit is a mess and full of complainers that do not represent the average Rivian experience.

Same for Volvo.

The EX90 Reddit has been a unique shit show of experiences, which coincidentally match the experiences of the people I know with the vehicle. The EX90 rollout is a large part of the reason they got a new CEO last year. It bums me out, we loved our XC60 and had high hopes for the EX90, but by and large, the launch and software has been an absolute train wreck.

I recently asked a friend how their EX90 has been recently after hearing that Volvo pushed some big software updates to fix issues, and this was his response:

"Stable(ish), but not bug free. Volvo makes Rivian SW look flawless. Ask me how many times the vehicle has driven forwards while in reverse."

And that was a huge leap forward from what he experienced earlier in 2025, which when I asked him in May I asked if his experience was consistent with the EX90 subreddit's, and he response was:
"great car, software ruins it. We were in a hurry to go somewhere one day and it was just brick."
or "you should drive an ex90, the seat belt chimes go crazy for hours for unoccupied seats."

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[Hereforthesnacks]

The EX90 Reddit has been a unique shit show of experiences, which coincidentally match the experiences of the people i know with the vehicle. The EX90 rollout is a large part of the reason they got a new CEO last year.

I recently asked a friend how their EX90 has been recently after hearing that Volvo pushed some big software updates to fix issues, and this was his response:
"Stable(ish), but not bug free. Volvo makes Rivian SW look flawless. Ask me how many times the vehicle has driven forwards while in reverse."
And that was a huge leap forward from what he experienced earlier in 2025.

Wtf. Driving forward when in reverse????

 

[SeaGeo]

Wtf. Driving forward when in reverse????

That was my response as well, lol.

 

[Dark-Fx]

That was my response as well, lol.

Even my Fisker Ocean never did that.

 

[Cal]

I’ve always felt these type of farewell posts were like stopping by your recent ex’s parents house and telling them why you left their son.

I loved my Lightning but never considered telling the Lightning forum I was moving on. Kind of none of their business and I doubt they would care.

 

[RivAW]

Traded my Rivian for Silverado RST ev. Only things i miss are all the awful suspension sounds, terrible steering (many alignments service appts) and other nagging issues. Couldn’t take it anymore. Shame. I hope it works out for you all.

The fact you felt you had to come to the forum and post your "goodbye" says it all....

 

[2kwik4u]

Chevy is notoriously concerned with their customers needs.

This, quite honestly, is the only reason I haven't sold/traded/ditched mine. For as many issues as it's had, and my constant agitation with it, Rivian customer service has been far better than any other brand I've ever experienced. I can only imagine how pissed I would be if I had these issues with a GM.

I had a '12 Ford Focus with a ton of issues as well (It didn't even have the POS DCT transmission), and the Ford customer service was hot garbage. Weeks in the shop, no loaner, no communication, lots of visits with issues unresolved. Rivian is the polar opposite. Good communication, loaner vehicles (or a rental), issues (although many) are resolved before delivery back to me (some returned after driving), and a general feeling that they give a crap about me as a customer.

I'll take a few complaints in a vehicle if I get good customer service. Learned that lesson with boats years ago, and there's some really strong similarities in production numbers between the two. The dealership almost makes a bigger difference than the brand or features.

 

[battincd]

Same here. Traded my '22 R1T for a Silverado EV Trail Boss. Favorite vehicle so far. I loved my Rivian but like the OP got tired of the noises, clanks, HVAC floods and having to wait 2 months for service. This forum has completely turned south over the past 3 years with haters. Be happy someone found a vehicle they like and it's an EV. Get over it.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Same here. Traded my '22 R1T for a Silverado EV Trail Boss. Favorite vehicle so far. I loved my Rivian but like the OP got tired of the noises, clanks, HVAC floods and having to wait 2 months for service. This forum has completely turned south over the past 3 years with haters. Be happy someone found a vehicle they like and it's an EV. Get over it.

Lol. So why are you even here? I don't frequent the Silverado forums, did you guys post something about this thread there?

 

[COdogman]

Same here. Traded my '22 R1T for a Silverado EV Trail Boss. Favorite vehicle so far. I loved my Rivian but like the OP got tired of the noises, clanks, HVAC floods and having to wait 2 months for service. This forum has completely turned south over the past 3 years with haters. Be happy someone found a vehicle they like and it's an EV. Get over it.

 

[Jonger1150]

At this point I'm more confident Rivian will survive than GM continuing EV trucks.

Well.... everything will be EV only when Chinese tech trickles its way over to the US.

Imagine a 1000V 350wh/kg battery with MW charging.

All that can exist today in one vehicle if they really wanted to.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Well.... everything will be EV only when Chinese tech trickles its way over to the US.

Imagine a 1000V 350wh/kg battery with MW charging.

All that can exist today in one vehicle if they really wanted to.

I'm waiting for the inevitable demise of J3400.

 

[McLovin]

This seems as good a new direction for this thread as any.... what boat do you have??

2006 MB Sports B52 V23:

 

[Mousetrap]

2006 MB Sports B52 V23:

Now we're talking, love it!

 

[Kaiju]

Well.... everything will be EV only when Chinese tech trickles its way over to the US.

Imagine a 1000V 350wh/kg battery with MW charging.

All that can exist today in one vehicle if they really wanted to.

So while technology continues to advance you may want to pump the brakes there a bit. The most pressing issue with EV batteries is cooling during charging, which is a factor of energy being dumped into it over time and as far as I'm aware there isn't any earthshattering technological breakthrough lurking in that particular area. It tends to work against energy density too actually. There's some part of '1 MW charging' that's just a marketing gimmick because while the peak rate might actually be 1 MW, it's a question of how long it can hold it. Once the battery is heat soaked the charging rate has to drop to be in line with how much the cooling system can shed. So while you can speed the run-up to the thermal limit, ultimately you only save a couple minutes over a 350kW charger. It's the same reason why charging rates on 800V systems aren't fantastically better than 400V ones. Better, yes, because they can support a higher initial charging spike, but they can't sustain that either. Maybe when someone makes a practical solid state battery.

Some of the design considerations that make strides in fast charging work are also antithetical to markets like the US, where people demand much larger vehicles with much larger batteries for their trombone repair businesses that city drivers generally don't care about, which limits cooling ability by making the battery pack denser. Then the cost and difficulty of putting multi-megawatt installations will keep that from being common long after it may be a sales feature in cars, especially where the local grid has to be upgraded to support it.

All of that stuff is a reason why you have some makes like Nissan switching down from 800V to 400V. It costs a lot to have that capability that is very rarely actually used.

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