All discussion of Rivian Automotive

[Cosmacelf]

Rivian is going to sell slightly modified (right hand drive) chassis skateboards to EAVX / Morgan Olson for use in Canadian postal delivery step vans.

Rivian extends its reach into the commercial vehicle space, enters partnership with JBPCO

Nice to see an EV manufacturer really catering to the fleet market. I wish Tesla would create a separate division to do this. Fleets need smaller batteries but generate higher emissions per mile travelled due to idling. Police cars and ambulances are the worst for idling.

I do get frustrated at Tesla for not expanding as quickly as the market demand is. Elon appears to have an engineers sensibility of wanting to get everything as efficient as possible. Hopefully after they’ve figured out the unboxed process they can open the floodgates of factories and models?

 

[mongo]

Nice to see an EV manufacturer really catering to the fleet market. I wish Tesla would create a separate division to do this. Fleets need smaller batteries but generate higher emissions per mile travelled due to idling. Police cars and ambulances are the worst for idling.

I do get frustrated at Tesla for not expanding as quickly as the market demand is. Elon appears to have an engineers sensibility of wanting to get everything as efficient as possible. Hopefully after they’ve figured out the unboxed process they can open the floodgates of factories and models?

The Rivian chassis has a 100kWh LFP pack, so it's going to handle a decent sized route, even in Canadian winters.

After they solve unboxing, they'll probably have extra resources, but to be clear, unboxing is nearly the complete opposite of two stage manufacturing. For that, you need a completely structurally independent rolling chassis that body builders can add to freely.

 

[Linkmeup]

Rivian Update 2024.07.02 prepares for Tesla Supercharger access

Rivian released software update 2024.07.02. Rivian update 2024.07.02's release notes prepares R1 owners for Tesla Supercharger access.

www.teslarati.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1767345023987921172

 

[voyager]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1767434254718210507

 

[Buckminster]

 

[SalisburySam]

Rivian Update 2024.07.02 prepares for Tesla Supercharger access

Rivian released software update 2024.07.02. Rivian update 2024.07.02's release notes prepares R1 owners for Tesla Supercharger access.

www.teslarati.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1767345023987921172

So, exactly how does a software update improve “…our roomy entry and exit experience?” I’d like some of that for my Model 3.

 

[Knightshade]

So, exactly how does a software update improve “…our roomy entry and exit experience?” I’d like some of that for my Model 3.

Easy entry- Tesla has had it for years- but many owners disable it since (at least back in 2018 when I got mine) it could not reliably maintain seat position and it would drift a bit over time.

 

[RoBoRaT]

So, exactly how does a software update improve “…our roomy entry and exit experience?” I’d like some of that for my Model 3.

This:

 

[buckets0fun]

This:
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The seat always finds a new position that it thinks is the saved position it is trying to return to.

Let’s see if /this/ update /finally/ fixes it.

 

[SalisburySam]

Easy entry- Tesla has had it for years- but many owners disable it since (at least back in 2018 when I got mine) it could not reliably maintain seat position and it would drift a bit over time.

Yes, thanks for the reminder. My 2018 Easy Entry still works well so happy about that. Without reading (or listening) closely, the Rivian announcement sounded like the exits get bigger with a software update. Really wanted to see that.

 

[Linkmeup]

Rivian Owners Can Now Charge Their EVs at Tesla Supercharger Stations

Less than a month after Ford, Rivian rolled out Supercharger support so that owners can finally charge their EVs at Tesla chargers across the US and Canada

www.autoevolution.com

 

[buckets0fun]

Rivian Owners Can Now Charge Their EVs at Tesla Supercharger Stations

Less than a month after Ford, Rivian rolled out Supercharger support so that owners can finally charge their EVs at Tesla chargers across the US and Canada

www.autoevolution.com

Moot point, no adapters have shipped from rivian to their ownerbase. A few more weeks left for that.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Moot point, no adapters have shipped from rivian to their ownerbase. A few more weeks left for that.

You can buy third party adapters that work from A2Z and Lectron. I have the A2Z one.

 

[buckets0fun]

You can buy third party adapters that work from A2Z and Lectron. I have the A2Z one.

Not sure I want to play dcfc with 3rd party adapters. Official support would imply official adapters. Like Ford has already shipped to their ownerbase.

 

[Mengy]

Moot point, no adapters have shipped from rivian to their ownerbase. A few more weeks left for that.

It's hardly a moot point, there are third party adapters. This is very good news for Rivian owners.

 

[buckets0fun]

This is very good news for Rivian owners.

I know. I cannot wait to block tesla owners, with my Rivian and trailer.

 

[MP3Mike]

Like Ford has already shipped to their ownerbase.

I don't think Ford has actually shipped adapters yet, certainly not all of them. People that have ordered have been given expected dates as far out as September.

 

[Cosmacelf]

I don't think Ford has actually shipped adapters yet, certainly not all of them. People that have ordered have been given expected dates as far out as September.

Right. It's wild how long it is taking to build these adapters. How big is Ford's EV base anyways? 70,000? So maybe 10,000 a month are being made. I don't have enough experience in small manufacturing to know if that's a small or big number. Surely more than one manufacturer can be spun up by Tesla?

Is Tesla themselves manufacturing these? Anyone know?

 

[RoBoRaT]

It's hardly a moot point, there are third party adapters. This is very good news for Rivian owners.

You can buy third party adapters that work from A2Z and Lectron. I have the A2Z one.

Ordered one from A2Z today ($167.45 US, shipped), we’ll see how soon it’ll get delivered.

Tom from SoC YT channel with positive review:

 

[Mengy]

Gali from Hyperchange does a good job here describing the problems with Rivian as a business despite having a good brand and products: