New Rivian Service Center Map - Including Future Locations

[Lizardo]

They started to build SA office after May

Oh? Do you know where?

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[rivian1800]

Oh? Do you know where?

No clue, sorry

 

[bd5400]

I hope the one shown for Milwaukee is as far west is as possible.

If there is any accuracy to the map location it is planned for West Allis

 

[Guy]

I hope that by the time my order is built and arrives that this center is open. Having to drive 100+ miles to Richmond, VA isn't ideal. You'd think that a center in the suburbs of Washington, DC would have been no brainer. At least, Northern VA!

Totally agree and they did have a temporary center for the first few months. It was a poor decision to let that temporary site close months before a permanent replacement opened because Richmond to Brooklyn is a huge area and population to cover. I am very glad they put this map out and the build out through to, I assume end of 2024, is good.

 

[moosetags]

I totally appreciate your frustration, but it’s pretty clear Rivian is applying sound business sense by prioritizing service center location build outs based on where likely $80,000+ Rivian buyers are concentrated.

This absence on the Florida panhandle doesn’t appear to be solely a Rivian conclusion. For example, “luxury adventure” maker Land Rover‘s US website shows they have 18 Land Rover dealerships in the state of Florida today and none of their dealerships are located on the panhandle —- and this is a well-established vehicle manufacturer. Their site indicates the closest Land Rover dealership to Destin Florida is in Mobile AL, about 100 miles away.

Yet, there is currently a new Porsche Dealership under construction on US 98 in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.

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[RoadRunner]

See what I said in #16. The same applies to New Mexico, where Rivian service centers are prohibited by law.

Come on Rivian? You mean come on New Mexico, join us here in the twentieth century ...

Rivian could quite easily do what Tesla did in NM, and open a service center on Pueblo land to get around this ridiculous law. They know this, they have been contacted by multiple reservation holders in NM suggesting they do this, and yet they seem to have no plans to do so, and no real lobbying effort to get the law changed.

They could literally open a center right next to the Tesla location which is about 13 miles from downtown Santa Fe if they really wanted to. Or a multitude of other locations - there is Pueblo land all over NM, with at least 3 different Pueblos conveniently located right off I-25 between ABQ and Santa Fe. Some of the Pueblos have casinos, gas stations, liquor stores etc. Any one of them would likely welcome a business arrangement with a high end eco-friendly car company like Rivian. Rivian just doesn't seem to care enough to put any effort into it.

 

[Lizardo]

Find it interesting, but didn't see any SC in South or North carolina?

 

[emoore]

Find it interesting, but didn't see any SC in South or North carolina?

They can’t.

 

[Lizardo]

They can’t.

Why not?

 

[VSG]

Why not?

Read the thread.

 

[emoore]

Why not?

Ask the state governments why they can’t. It’s their laws.

 

[JeffADK]

Surprised/glad to see two in central New York.

Upstate NY is good, but I think that Rochester and Albany would give much better coverage, and be able to cover northern NY and much of Vermont to boot. Of course, I'm being completely impartial here.

 

[VSG]

Rivian could quite easily do what Tesla did in NM, and open a service center on Pueblo land to get around this ridiculous law.

"Easily"? It took Tesla 18 years to open up a service center in New Mexico, that's how "easy" it was. When you have built a multi-billion dollar automobile manufacturer from the ground up, then you can tell Rivian what is "easy". Until then, consider that maybe, just maybe, there are some details you don't know or understand about the situation.

I think Rivian has shown that they can do the near-impossible by getting this far, and because it's their business to run I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they're doing what they can and doing it in what they think is the best sequence for them. Whether you agree with what they're doing or not.

Why don't you just fix the "ridiculous" law yourself? Clearly if everyone in New Mexico agreed with you that would be easy too: Schoolhouse Rock- How a Bill Becomes a Law

 

[RoadRunner]

"Easily"? It took Tesla 18 years to open up a service center in New Mexico, that's how "easy" it was. When you have built a multi-billion dollar automobile manufacturer from the ground up, then you can tell Rivian what is "easy". Until then, consider that maybe, just maybe, there are some details you don't know or understand about the situation.

I think Rivian has shown that they can do the near-impossible by getting this far, and because it's their business to run I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they're doing what they can and doing it in what they think is the best sequence for them. Whether you agree with what they're doing or not.

Why don't you just fix the "ridiculous" law yourself? Clearly if everyone in New Mexico agreed with you that would be easy too: Schoolhouse Rock- How a Bill Becomes a Law

Dang, looks like I hit a nerve!

Tesla showed them how to do it. Clearly none of us know all the details and it's not as easy as opening a pop-up halloween store, but seriously how hard could it be? They are opening service centers all over the country, they can to figure out how to do it on Pueblo land if they want to. It's not like this is some impossible task that's never been done before. And if they've decided it is impossible or will take 18 years or whatever, they should just say that and refund all our deposits. As always their communication sucks.

You can give them all the benefit of the doubt you want - I'm not going to since they took deposits from people in NM for years, and then suddenly decided to just stop selling vehicles here indefinitely due to lack of a service center, with no plan or timeline for opening one. When they announce they have a plan or are at least working on a plan, I might give them the benefit of the doubt.

As far as fixing the ridiculous laws here (which again, isn't even necessary with the Pueblo land workaround), I'll get right on that as soon as Rivian puts me on their lobbying payroll. In the meantime I'll write a sternly worded letter or two to my state legislators, which will likely have no effect. And I'll wait patiently for the new 4Runner I ordered 2 weeks ago which should be delivered from Japan in 2-3 months. And hope maybe someday Rivian will care enough to figure out how to sell and service their vehicles in NM.

 

[duessell]

Upstate NY is good, but I think that Rochester and Albany would give much better coverage, and be able to cover northern NY and much of Vermont to boot. Of course, I'm being completely impartial here.

Syracuse is the best place to open snow mode research center.

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