Rivian R1S

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Look what I picked up yesterday! The Rivian R1S Launch Edition! I ordered it in May of 2019 and waited patiently for nearly four years! I only have 24 hours of time with it and so far I'm thoroughly enjoying it! Zero regrets!

This is my first EV and it's a beauty! Now I'll need to plan my long trips in order to find chargers. My new rule of thumb - round trips of 300 miles or less, take the Rivian! More than 300 miles, take the Tecnam!
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Okay, I have to admit, that's a sharp looking ride! Congrats!
 
Just a personal opinion. The airplane is beautiful, that EV, not so much ... o_O
 
I think R1S is the best EV on the market. In fact, it could be the best overall car on the market. And I am a Tesla guy.
So amazing. Congrats.
 
Congratulations! Cool SUV. I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

After you take it on a cross country drive, let us know your charging experience. Right now that seems to give Teslas the edge for travel because other charging networks are reported to be much less reliable. Hopefully that’s changing, with Tesla Superchargers gradually opening up to other marques, and other charging networks pressured to improve reliability by the IRA act. Good luck and have fun regardless.
 
It still looks like a 1970 International Scout with allergies...

Interior pictures please.!!
 
FastEddieB said:
Congratulations! Cool SUV. I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

After you take it on a cross country drive, let us know your charging experience. Right now that seems to give Teslas the edge for travel because other charging networks are reported to be much less reliable. Hopefully that’s changing, with Tesla Superchargers gradually opening up to other marques, and other charging networks pressured to improve reliability by the IRA act. Good luck and have fun regardless.
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You are spot on!
 
I like it!
I've been driving an Audi E-Tron for almost 3 years now. Except for Audi's pathetic navigation and phone application I have enjoyed it. Several longish road trips without issue.

1 minor heads up about the abetterrouteplanner
it uses crowd sourced mapping data. In my experience it works well for trips on major roads, interstate, but falls apart on smaller roads through towns. It's plan for me on a trip was based on driving 80 MPH or whatever I had set as a max through a small town's 35mph zones.
 
Congrats on the EV.

I hope you have better luck than the Know You Know folks…

 
Brad W said:
I like it!
I've been driving an Audi E-Tron for almost 3 years now. Except for Audi's pathetic navigation and phone application I have enjoyed it. Several longish road trips without issue.
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Amusingly, Audi had me asked me about ten years ago to come in and be interviewed about my electric vehicle interest. I was expecting one of the early EVs, but it turned out they had me drive a Tesla S around followed by an ICE Audi A8. All through it they are filming me as they pelt me with questions about my experience with both cars. I got the sense that they were considering an electric A8.

I did get a load of Audi swag out of it (a jacket, a pen, a water bottle, and some other stuff).
 
My daughter just traded in her E-Tron for a much more practical KIA Telluride.

They live almost 200 miles away and they just had a baby, so stopping somewhere enroute is a big no-go.

Until EVs can go a minimum of 900 miles without a charge, they just won't work in this part of the country.
 
That interior is nice! For a second I thought your center screen was bubbling but I see that’s a protective film. Bubbling (LCD leak) is a problem with the older Model S screens. My instrument cluster was replaced years ago because of that. Good luck with your new car.
 
I really like the Rivian R1S from what I've seen. If I were buying an electric SUV today, it would be the top pick for us.

We're looking to use our current fleet for 2-3 years and then see what's on the market across gas, diesel and electric and probably do a fleetwide update.
 
IK04 said:
My daughter just traded in her E-Tron for a much more practical KIA Telluride.

They live almost 200 miles away and they just had a baby, so stopping somewhere enroute is a big no-go.

Until EVs can go a minimum of 900 miles without a charge, they just won't work in this part of the country.
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Lol, 900 miles per charge? The answer will probably never in our lifetimes. However, they'll probably have some 400-500 mile capability with 30-minute fast charging to 80% at some point in the next decade or two.
 
MountainDude said:
I think R1S is the best EV on the market. In fact, it could be the best overall car on the market. And I am a Tesla guy.
So amazing. Congrats.
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I am a Tesla guy also. The R1T is a amazing truck. The R1S however has some issues especially handling and economy. Read a few of the recent reviews. Most reviewers are puzzled over how they could produce such a great handling truck and poor handling SUV.
 
NealRomeoGolf said:
Yeah no kidding. Mine doesn't even go 400 miles.
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Pffft. I get 600 and small change regularly out of my 5.0 F150.

A 36 gallon tank helps with that, but like the 1000NM ramge airplane, I end up with a 3-4hr bladder being the limiting factor. But one latrine stop (no gas) between San Antonio and Destin, FL is pretty nice range.
 
I always thought that the way to make electric vehicles practical is they all have to use the same battery pack. Design the vehicles so that the battery pack could be just dropped out and exchanged for a fully charged one at service stations. Just like filling up with gas, except it would be a quick battery exchange. There could be a service charge for each exchange, and that would go toward keeping all packs fresh. This way nobody would ever have to buy a new battery pack when theirs is old.
 
TCABM said:
Pffft. I get 600 and small change regularly out of my 5.0 F150.

A 36 gallon tank helps with that, but like the 1000NM ramge airplane, I end up with a 3-4hr bladder being the limiting factor. But one latrine stop (no gas) between San Antonio and Destin, FL is pretty nice range.
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But is it a Buccees?
 
Batteries are still the achilles heel of electric vehicles. There needs to be some fundamental breakthrough in battery technology to make these things practical outside of a city grid. And a $30K battery pack replacement is a complete, utter, no go for me.
 
SoonerAviator said:
Lol, 900 miles per charge? The answer will probably never in our lifetimes. However, they'll probably have some 400-500 mile capability with 30-minute fast charging to 80% at some point in the next decade or two.
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The new iconiq Hyundai does 360 miles with 18 min 80 percent charge. So probably another 5 years and that will be normal.
 
falconkidding said:
The new iconiq Hyundai does 360 miles with 18 min 80 percent charge. So probably another 5 years and that will be normal.
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That's not quite right. The Ioniq 6 (note the correct spelling) has 340 miles range (EPA estimate). It can go from 10% state of charge to 80% state of charge in 18 minutes. Working out the math, that's 70%*340miles = 238 miles in 18 minutes.

BTW, the Lucid Air can charge 300 miles of range in 20 minutes.
 
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asicer said:
That's not quite right. The Ioniq 6 (note the correct spelling) has 340 miles range (EPA estimate). It can go from 10% state of charge to 80% state of charge in 18 minutes. Working out the math, that's 70%*340miles = 238 miles in 18 minutes.

BTW, the Lucid Air can charge 300 miles of range in 20 minutes.
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You might as well have stated that in Mandarin to me.
 
Jeff767 said:
I am a Tesla guy also. The R1T is a amazing truck. The R1S however has some issues especially handling and economy. Read a few of the recent reviews. Most reviewers are puzzled over how they could produce such a great handling truck and poor handling SUV.
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That hasn't been my experience yet, I guess time will tell...
 
My Excursion will squeeze out 700+ miles on a tank of diesel, but that takes about 41 of its 44 gallons. Not exactly winning the fuel mileage award, but I have done it once on a run from Appleton, WI to Pittsburg, KS with no stops. Of course I was the only one on that particular trip so I didn't have to deal with people needing bathroom breaks. While the range was handy for that one trip, I haven't come remotely close to running that far in a single run since. It is nice to only fill up every 2-3 weeks though.
 
Don’t put too much faith in the ranges that these manufactures are advertising.Some of these models (especially Tesla) don’t make their EPA ranges. These real world numbers aren’t even in the cold. Go ahead and take off another 15 % if you’ll be around freezing temps.

https://insideevs.com/reviews/443791/ev-range-test-results/

Then of course, unless you’re driving a Tesla, be prepared to not get the advertised (Level 2/3) charger speeds or even expect the fast charger to work. And at $.43 per KWh, you won’t be saving over gas on a road trip.

https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a43017311/electric-vehicle-charging-network-problems/
 
texasclouds said:
Looks cool. Anyone done a diesel swap yet?
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I sold my diesel Jetta TDI after I bought my Tesla. Does that count?

My record for a tank on the Jetta was 715 miles. That was all highway and hypermileing, though. It would go a long way, though. Most of my gasoline cars would be around 260 miles between fill ups on daily driving, 300ish on a road trip.

Velocity173 said:
Don’t put too much faith in the ranges that these manufactures are advertising.Some of these models (especially Tesla) don’t make their EPA ranges.
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It depends on how fast you drive. My Model 3 makes it's EPA range at about 55mph. It exceeds it at 45mph.

That's why the EPA range figure is useless. It depends on what type of driving you're doing. For daily driving, nobody cares what the highway range is. Most wouldn't care what the range is at all because you do all your driving each day then plug in at night never even thinking about range. The only time you care about range is on highway trips and that's not what EPA range measures.
 
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