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News on Powered Tonneau coming to the gear shop?

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Yes, it closes just like any other option you would install. I did not come up with this idea, someone on the forum was selling them for $400 and I picked one up.
Oh, I get it now. I thought you had installed the PTC mechanism but were able to roll it in and out manually. Thanks.
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Rivian has a lot of "we owe you's" to fill with PTCs before they can even think about selling one in the shop. If I took delivery of a truck and was waiting for a PTC to be activated/updated and someone in the shop were to get one, I'd be cranky enough to speak to a lawyer about this.

I think the better option is to look at the aftermarket area for a cover. You can pay about 50% of the cost of a manual cover from Rivian and have it delivered before Xmas. I've took delivery of my R1T when the PTC wasn't even an option and bough an aftermarket cover and have used it every day since for the past 1.5 years.
 

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Would be a real kick in the nuts for them to offer it in the gear shop before fulfilling existing owners' MVPAs.
What about those of us that took delivery 1.5-2 years ago same never had the option to add it to our configuration? You think everyone that has taken delivery since then should have priority over us?
 

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I hope they make it a Gear Shop option soon (and fullfill their obligation to owners with non-working or pre-purchased PTC's), because I'll be one of the first in line to get one!

I skipped over several new in-stock R1T's and a couple demos trying to get the PTC. Finally my guide said "...good news, we just heard that the PTC will be available in the Gear Shop towards the end of the year (2024), so you can just have one retrofitted around that time!" Well, here we are...

I'm sure they will be expensive, but dammit, it's a cool feature.
 

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What about those of us that took delivery 1.5-2 years ago same never had the option to add it to our configuration? You think everyone that has taken delivery since then should have priority over us?
I think someone who has already paid for something should have priority over someone who hasn't.
 

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I think someone who has already paid for something should have priority over someone who hasn't.
Sure that’s fine. But I ordered August 2022 with the impression I was getting the PTC, only to have it removed by the time I was able to configure in February 2023.

I want to order one so that I can at least get in line. As it stands now someone who orders their R1T tomorrow still gets in front of me in line. I don’t care if it says back-ordered on the gear shop and I have to wait six months, I just want some mechanism to get in line before gen3 comes out and they no longer manufacture the part compatible with my vehicle.
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