Rivian R1S SUV, R1T

[edkwon]

Got invited to a Private event last week to preview the upcoming Rivian 3 row SUV at their Venice showroom, open to all customers who put down a pre order deposit for a vehicle. I'm really impressed with what I saw. They let us poke around and check out everything in their two demo vehicles. Fit finish and interior quality is definitely a step above anything Tesla has produced (but it better for the prices they are asking). An incredibly handsome vehicle IMHO and makes me excited for when my number comes up in the factory build queue a few years from now.

Hopefully by then their software will have gone thru several iterations of refinement from all the R1T truck owners on the road as well as the early releases of the R1S SUV 👍🏼

 

[GRtak]

Well, if you absolutely, positively, have to get snipped today.

 

[GRtak]

Kinda cool!

 

[NecroJoe]

Lights: kinda lame. The owl, though? That's cool as hell, and would want that all year.

 

[jack_christie]

Some reports of a daily 'vampire' battery drain of about 2.5%!

 

[jack_christie]

Rivian shares fall as supply chain snarls hamper production forecast​

recall of more than 12,700 vehicles

Rivian shares fall as supply chain snarls hamper production forecast

Rivian Automotive Inc on Tuesday forecast 2023 production well below analysts' estimates as it grapples with lingering supply chain bottlenecks, and announced a recall of more than 12,700 vehicles, sending its shares down more than 8%.

www.reuters.com

 

[edkwon]

Sharing some photos from yesterday's R1S test drive. AFAIK all R1S customers who have a pending order deposit were offered the chance to schedule an early preview test drive.

Got set up in a quad motor Adventure package R1S, got a pretty full walk through of the SUV as if we were taking delivery of a new car and then set off for a local test drive, combined local and freeway driving.

First driving impressions: overall it's as nice as I've expected, very smooth, luxurious, drives and handles much better than a vehicle this size should. The air suspension has two modes (normal and sport) and normal is perfect for regular driving. Sport suspension is definitely stiffer and makes the ride more bouncy, noticeable in the front seats but gets worse for backseat passengers, so recommended not to engage sport with rear passengers unless you want to make them car sick.

Interior sound insulation is impressive, especially since it came equipped with 20" Scorpion A/T tires and I couldn't even hear them inside the cabin, compared to my Telluride where I can still hear tire noise from my Falken A/T tires.

Got to try launch control once on an open straight line stretch. Ridiculously fast for a vehicle that size and maybe slightly faster than my Taycan 4S in a straigh line launch.

Overall inside and out it feels worth like the $80-90k price tag.

 

[jack_christie]

Stock down 90%+

 

[jack_christie]

Rivian pickup's side is one huge panel. The bed isn't separate so huge repair costs $30k+, if it needs replacing:

 

[GRtak]

Rivian pickup's side is one huge panel. The bed isn't separate so huge repair costs $30k+, if it needs replacing:

This was a known potential problem. Chevrolet will have a similar problem with their new EV Silverado.

 

[gaasc]

Yeah. This is neither shocking not new. It's the same problem every ute that has tried to carve a space in the market has faced.