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I think they will hit it. They have been pretty consistent all year that they think they'll hit it. Probably 16-17k R1Ts, 3k R1S and it will come down to how many Vans they have made this year.
I paid $9.00 to ship something with the Postal Service yesterday and realized the USPS has detailed tracking of a $9.00 package, where Rivian can't provide any insight into the location of a $90k vehicle. I have VIN 111XX and was feeling equally frustrated with the communications, especially seeing higher VIN get delivered. The good news is that I was just notified today that I could schedule delivery in California. Hopefully yours will be very soon.
Seems like a pretty clear path to me. The expectation was that they would make 10k vans and 15k of the R1 series. Since we are at roughly 12k R1Ts for the year and 600 odd R1Ss, then they would only need to make about 3k more assuming they hit the Van numbers. Even they only make 5k vans, they would only have to make 8k of the R1 series vehicles in the 4th quarter to hit 25k. I am hopeful that they will exceed 25k vehicles for the year.
The postal service has had 50 years to get to their level of detailed tracking and they still fail all the time. Let's see what Rivian is able to do in 50 years.
When in the Rivian app it also confirms and ask you if you want to wait and pay instead of paying at that moment. I help off until the day before to ensure the delivery was happening.
Similar situation with me. I received communication that I should complete the 8 step process, including financing and insurance. I've told me guide that I'll complete those steps once I'm able to schedule delivery. I'm not willing to pay for insurance and "start" my loan until I'm able to schedule my delivery. The app shows that mine is "preparing vehicle". When I've asked my guide she keeps telling me it could be any day and I need to continue to check the app to schedule delivery, once it becomes available. She either can't or won't provide additional details. Fortunately, my financing and insurance are both ready, just need to know when.
Geeze that suks, I hope you get better news s00n. I'm not sure people are going to put up with this type of service once more options become available. IMHO the truck is worth sucking it up for, even with the terrible communication and service you have received. Wishing you luck
I just picked up my R1T. It took about 1 month from VIN assigned to actual picking up the truck from South San Francisco service center.
Ford thought my Lightning was in production for over a month, and didn't provide any idea other than "it shipped," before I got a call from the dealer that it was in and ready. USPS, UPS, and FedEx are quite literally organized around the efficiency of the delivery process and are entirely in control of their chain of custody. And even then, FedEx has successfully temporarily lost every package they've delivered to me since early 2020 for at least a week. A car manufacturer is not in control of the transportation system like the shippers are. This is a very apples and oranges comparison where the price doesn't matter.
I wonder if yours broke while it was there, and since they aren't currently fixing them, they decided to provide it to you without a half janky tonneau.
