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Rivian Servicing & Repairs?

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Solar charging on a scale to replenish the battery for driving isn’t practical.

Let’s say you have the 180kwh pack. That’s 180,000 watt hours.

6 100wh panels would cover the entire car and more (and weight about 200lbs). So even in the best conditions it will take 300hrs or assuming at least 12hrs of daylight a day, 25 days to fully charge.

That’s a best case scenario. In reality expect half that efficiency and plan about two months to fully charge.

If you’re using solar on your house and only topping off the battery after a few days then sure. But portable. Not there yet.
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Didn’t Rivian recently start talks with GM? Maybe they will handle service, AND use the “Skateboard” for their Silverado.....
 

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What GM is up to with Rivian is very murky. Reports are that GM is investing in Rivian in the current funding round that is being led by Amazon. However, purely as a financial investment, most analysts don't see it as the best use of GM's capital. GM itself has stayed mum publicly to date. So speculation is that GM may be considering using the Rivian platform for some of its own products, or may be hoping to become a major supplier to Rivian, or some combination of both. I haven't seen anyone suggest a service angle to the relationship, but that's as tenable as any of the other speculation.

From the GM perspective, making its idled factories available for Rivian production could bring some advantages, but Rivian is going to have plenty of capacity at its Normal, IL plant for the foreseeable future.

GM's head of global manufacturing recently moved to Amazon, but whether that's part of a deck reshuffling related either to GM's or Amazon's aspirations in the EV space is anyone's guess. More likely is that Bezos just put a big bag on money on the table to get her for his own fleet strategy.
 

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I will be 69 or 70 when I get my R1T. If Rivian establishes service centers they might be in Billings 300 miles east or Spokane 200 miles west. If 2 or 3 others in Missoula purchase Rivian perhaps we can form a local users group and meet for breakfast once a month or something.

There will be some local car dealers with electric car lines by then for Mercedes, Buick, Cadillac and Nissan. The local Mercedes dealer who handles my GMC thinks Mercedes may not allow him to use his electric mechanics on non Mercedes vehicles. Mayhaps Buick will not apply the same restrictions. It is nice to know troubleshooting can be handled wirelessly. My GMC has some of that included and a more with an advanced extra cost version. The car even checks my tire pressure and alerts me when a tire gets out of range.
I will be 74. I used to think that was old. Now I am thinking, why not, I bet this thing will run rings around my Jeep Rubicon, and be a decent road trip machine besides. And it might be better at avoiding trees along the trail than I am.
 

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I will be 74. I used to think that was old. Now I am thinking, why not, I bet this thing will run rings around my Jeep Rubicon, and be a decent road trip machine besides. And it might be better at avoiding trees along the trail than I am.
I relayed that sentiment to the youthful Rivian reps at the NY pre-order invite last week. I told the gal "Zab" (I'm sure her summers are endless, her life indestructible) that I was 66.
I said Rivian's decision to release the end of next year, that's a freakin' LONG time for us.
 

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I noticed Rivian is now referring to the 2021 Rivian, and not the 2020. So, I think first deliveries will be in 2021. And even then, I suspect they will only make a few thousand the first year. I wish they would have given me a number when I order one so I know where I was in the queue.
 

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I noticed Rivian is now referring to the 2021 Rivian, and not the 2020.
Well that sucks, to put it bluntly, but I'll have to admit that's not that all surprising given how hard it is to build and produce a new vehicle(s) from a "clean sheet." That said, I still only see references to 2021 for the 105 kW battery packs, Mexico and perhaps overseas. I haven't read anything where this would apply to the 180 and 135 kW R1T and R1S which are targeted for late 2020. Do you happen to recall the source(s) that were referring to a 2021 delivery for both EVs and all battery packs?
 
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Of course, all the other manufacturers will sell the next years model in the fall. So, maybe they will be coming in late 2020 but be labeled 2021.
 

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I took delivery of my 2019 Volvo XC40 in June 2018, they started manufacturing around December 2017!
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