I’m happy for Rivian AND Tesla. Rivian made a functional real world truck that grounded Tesla with competition. They’ll make each other better and they also have the Amazon delivery vehicles which is great stability. I could see Amazon charging stations where they can charge trucks of theirs as well too like how Costco did gasoline which seemed weird but now is so normal.

Had the R1S for a month. It’s an amazing vehicle, best all around car I’ve ever owned!

@leoncardinal2035

6 ай бұрын

Minus the charging

@GoodGameOKC1

3 ай бұрын

​@@leoncardinal2035gasoline free now?

@user-hs9mt3tl7x

2 ай бұрын

Bought Rivian stock. Keep going down and down😢😢😢

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

@@GoodGameOKC1 ^This^

I just got my 2023 R1s and I just love it. It's the best vehicle I have ever owned period!

@coolhawk2003

7 ай бұрын

Tell the batterys fail. I say sell it befor 90000miles just to be safe

@Neojhun

7 ай бұрын

@@coolhawk2003 What makes you think the Battery will fail, especially anything close to 100K miles? The battery should be easily able to do 250,000 miles.

@zinerva6631

7 ай бұрын

@@coolhawk2003 The battery has a 175,000 warranty.

@andrewchewter1646

6 ай бұрын

I feel the same way about my R1T

@dertythegrower

6 ай бұрын

​@@coolhawk2003 you are repeating gen1 battery myths.. prius and tesla batteries have been lasting with average use 7 to 10 years... and can be expensive but if you recycle them its still cheaper to replace than time refueling normal diesel etc

I love this car it’s high quality And their Vans are everywhere

@tedmoss

7 ай бұрын

Electric vans have been running around for over 100 years. See for example, Smith Electric Vehicles.

I love my compass yellow R1S! It's such a fantastic car. I loved my Tesla Model 3 Performance, but the Rivian is better for my lifestyle. No complaints! I do look forward to seeing the R2 platform, the migration to native NACS, but I am sad the compass yellow is no more. I now have a collector's item.

The guy shaking his head no but saying yes they should open their chargers to everyone has me laughing a little 😭

@leoncardinal2035

6 ай бұрын

Travelling with these shiny gadget filled lemons will be a nightmare!

Thanks for the video, man. I am also one of the early reservation holders, and I am expecting to get the R1S delivered in Feb-Mar. I already signed the binding purchase agreement and my state has the EV credit also. I can't pass this. Plus, there really aren't many options as of now in terms of decent size 7 seat EV SUVs. EV9, the top trim costs about $76000 + dealer premiums. If I wasn't the early reservation holder, then I would have passed on this, though.

We will be receiving our R1S next week, we cannot wait! Very excited.

@superspeed1

6 ай бұрын

What's your initial thoughts?

@gardenrailroading

6 ай бұрын

We love it, getting 2.5 miles per KWhour so far.@@superspeed1

@wchandler2010

2 ай бұрын

How has your experience been so far? I’m thinking about picking one up off the used market.

@gardenrailroading

2 ай бұрын

@@wchandler2010 We are loving our "Blue" R1S. With our charging at home primarily, we are averaging 80 MPG-Equivalent! Here in Washington State we pay just under $0.11 per Kwh.

9:01 Wow ya know what, the squared headlights look amazing on that concept

I'm trying to watch and learn more about the Rivian, buy keep getting distracted by the hat🤣🤣🤣🤣. Seriously, what the hell?

Though I planned to customize an RS1, the list of available now builds is very comprehensive. So it’s a mere 10 days from ordering to delivery for me. Luckily I have a Rivian space in NY to experience before ordering.

This is best EV pickup and SUV ever! 😍

@tedmoss

7 ай бұрын

Well it was until the Cybertruck.

@portcybertryx222

7 ай бұрын

@@tedmosscybertruck is crap

@Clickbait540

3 ай бұрын

@@portcybertryx222what do you think about the cybertruck now portcy?

@portcybertryx222

3 ай бұрын

@@Clickbait540 still crap. Rusting, SS body isn’t holding up well, usual Tesla issues like panel gaps, can’t off-road well, poor range. It has good innovations but as a package still sucks.

@Clickbait540

3 ай бұрын

@@portcybertryx222 that’s what u used to think, but… what do u think about it now, portcy?

The big issue for me is price and charging while towing. I just don't want to constantly have to drop my RV every 130 miles. Get some truck friendly, pull-in charging stations!

Much love for Rivian. Best EV’s on the road and looks amazing.

@miskatonic6210

7 ай бұрын

We found ourselves a Trump voter...

I've had the R1S for about 2 months and have taken a few long road trips. The vehicle is great, fun to drive handles well and the power!!! Now, the charging is another topic. It's very hit or miss and can be very frustrating, I think bekng able to use Tesla chargers will take off some of those issue in certain locations.

The Compass Yellow is a launch edition color thats why they stopped making it, not because it wasnt popular lol.

I love my R1T the best truck ever. Maybe there is value in saving a ton of money on my 90 plus commute to work just stop talking about the things you have no idea about. Test drive one and then talk. Driving experience is out of this world.

Shit you made it in life if you drive this thing and have a house in one of those nice white neighborhoods in America.

@vollste

6 ай бұрын

And in debt up your arse in the process…no thanks!

@MrACDude

Ай бұрын

Yes I made it in life. I worked two jobs for 25 years, worked 7 days a week for a long time and then only 6 days a week. I bought used cars and fixed them on the driveway. Yea, I made it in life with a lot of hard work! So thankful for the opportunity in the USA!

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

Any neighborhood can be nice in the US. They don’t and usually aren’t all white. It’s those who take pride in where they live, maintain their yards and keep up on maintenance that is needed on the home that matters. Assumptions of it being race-based when red lining isn’t persistent any longer. Your comment seems to be imbued with a tinge of jealousy. That’s how I read it, anyway.

The autopilot and adaptive cruse control have never failed on my model S. Tesla has superior software.

Funny thing is most Asians I know won’t drive a gas American car, but they will drive an EV American car. 😂

Guy at 7:30 “It’s not a G wagon” clearly never been in one..

I talked him into selling me one earlier after the test drive. Translation. I grease his palms and got the rat bastard to give me somebody else's truck. Its sort of funny when the do it to each other.

From the guy that "CT is too big for my garage", CT is only 6" longer than a R1T. Which maybe thats his max

boutique experience buying something so expensive from a company that may not exist in a few years

They are unquestionably too expensive, but that's where they currently need to be priced to make a profit. The wife really wants one, and we're lucky enough to be able to, but I don't see them succeeding until they're able to sell them cheaper

@Rx100Vx

7 ай бұрын

They are introducing the cheaper R2 model early 2024

@Paul-cj1wb

7 ай бұрын

@@Rx100VxThey already introduced it, and the R2 won't be available until 2026. We'll be into 2024 soon, and a couple of years goes by real fast. However, they are already selling the lower priced 2 motor R1 versions. And they will only be getting cheaper.

@Rx100Vx

7 ай бұрын

@@Paul-cj1wb no the R2 has not been introduced yet , it will be in early 2024. Apart from all this they also have thr commercial vehicles which they can now sell to other customers ( apart from Amazon ).

@tedmoss

7 ай бұрын

But they don't make a profit!

@Rx100Vx

7 ай бұрын

@@tedmoss no car company does in the first 2 years of its production. It’s a capital intensive business . If not everyone would do it .

A buy

Rivians will drop to $50-60k range next year. Dudes got rip being the Jones

Wait until you get a dent in the rear panel of the pick-up. Check you insurance premiums before you buy one of these, total shock!

@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403

7 ай бұрын

Are you referring to the fact that from the back to the front, it's all one piece? I've only seen one person talk about this. Yeah, that's nuts.

2 or 3 times the cost of the base model. I hope its way better .

Never travel with ev especially pulling a camper it's annoying to charge so much

A seasoned Honda and Toyota owner goes EV. There's no way he's going to get anywhere near as many miles on this heap as he's been used to with the ICEs. My guess, he'll swear off EVs soon.

@trumpisastump9382

4 ай бұрын

My guess you will swear of ICE vehicles soon.

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

@@trumpisastump9382at least by 2030 when no new cars in the US will be sold unless they are an EV.

Vehicles are for getting from A to B. This is all it is about! BIG lies and big fail! Hello from -30 C Canada!

what a yobo

Rivian drivers here are older, 40 and up. This video solidified it 😂

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

Your point is? What does it matter?

@joeeoj6187

Ай бұрын

@@sigepbro95verified once again

Grille looks like a cartoon character

@Neojhun

7 ай бұрын

Sadly I think that was the intentional design goal. It's such a silly design.

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

@@Neojhunor one that is unique and doesn’t conform to the traditional standards that makes it stand out in the market. I really love the front end. The frunk has a drain plug as well, so you can drain melted ice water after the party.

The poor suckers that want to be first to get a electric model from a start up...

@Clickbait540

3 ай бұрын

And they paid the price

easier when rivian goes nac

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

Or just get an adapter.

@HabitualFixation

Ай бұрын

@sigepbro95 for now yes.

f I bought a Rivian I would tell everyone how good it was just to keep the company in business and not look bad when they go under. I am waiting for the Cybertruck.

@trumpisastump9382

4 ай бұрын

Are you trying to keep Tesla in business and not look bad when they go under???

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

Who would want a Pontiac Aztek mixed with a Delorean? They look so terrible like a pixelated 80’s digital image. It looks so dumb.

They were just recently rated in the top 10 by consumer reports to be least reliable with a super low score I think 23 out of a 100.

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

Please share your link.

And it’s already lost $30k in value

@lsmeteor4652

7 ай бұрын

You’re not paying attention. He said it’s Rivian that is losing $30K, not that the value of the truck went down that amount

Apparently the #1 takeaway from this video: Women don't own Rivians.

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

They do.

In 3Q23, Rivian lost $1.4 bill. Rivian delivered 15,564 vehicles. Rivian would have to raise the price of each vehicle by $90k just to break even. Doesn't matter if Rivian buyers are happy with their purchases. The question is would buyers be willing to pay enough per vehicle for Rivian to at least break even? So instead of paying around $90k per vehicle, would Rivian buyers be willing to pay around $180k? or $200k per vehicle? Because that's what Rivian really needs to be charging

@manuelias86

7 ай бұрын

Rivian needs to drop their production cost and add micro purchases. For reference, It wasn’t until 2020 when Tesla finally dropped their production cost enough to become profitable for each car sold and they weren’t hiking up their prices before that. You probably don’t want to scare your customers with too much price variation until you are stablished. Personally, I think RIVIAN was way to ambitious starting with 3 different products from the get go without optimizing each line, so they are struggling now since they have to optimize production for 3 vehicles instead of 1. However, they seem to be doing a good job ad reducing costs quarter by quarter.

@awashkowitz7156

7 ай бұрын

Go back to school and learn about economics. This was the dumbest comment of the day…so you’re either a troll looking to push a false anti-Ev narrative or you are entirely ignorant about economics of scale

@robyoung878

7 ай бұрын

All start-up companies lose money initially from R and D and tooling costs. Eventually they sell enough vehicles to start turning a profit. Rivian is projected to turn a profit by end of next year. Once that happens profit margins soar

@luckylenny

7 ай бұрын

@@robyoung878... Rivian has never said they'll be profitable... ever!!!

@TheSandipDev

7 ай бұрын

So basically you don’t understand what fixed costs and variable costs are? You must be a tesla owner

Insofar as the general shift to electric cars is concerned, I call bullshit... its a prime example of a centrally planned, government mandated novelty. Why? Batteries and the electrical grid. Battery efficiency drops dramatically in cold weather. Presently, there are rolling brownouts merely because people run their home air conditioners! What happens when electric cars are sold in really large numbers? Just when will we double or triple our generating capacity? I don't see people lining up to have coal-fired or nuclear generating stations built in their backyards. BTW, China has a monopoly on materials for battery production. Let that sink in. To the manufacturers and their engineers, I give them all A+'s. They are implementing, with success, the whimsical dreams of some bloviating governmental bureaucrat, owned by the Chinese, who is worrying about a crisis that doesn't exist. I could go on for about as long as it takes to charge an electric car, but...

@Neojhun

7 ай бұрын

What a bunch of insane nonsense. All you did was copy a paste an outdated overused script. Nothing copied there has any functional accuracy to how EV works in the real world. "double or triple our generating capacity" is not necessary as BEVs do not consume power during the peak hour times where capacity needs. Electric Grid are NOT running at 100% capacity 24/7, you fail to understand basics. You are just here to defy engineering facts to push political angeda.

@Neojhun

7 ай бұрын

"centrally planned" Like OPEC Plus??? Good like refining your own 92 Octane in enough quantities to commute in car. Meanwhile people are sleeping on the potential of VAWT + Solar Thermal ontop of Solar PV.

@Neojhun

7 ай бұрын

"Battery efficiency drops dramatically in cold weather" In - 4C Freezing weather with PRE HEATING on Level 2 AC power. Range loss is about 12% to 20% depending how long you drive. When the total range of 250 miles plus that is still pleanty useable. Thus why BEVs are popular in the ARCTIC CIRCLE. Here are the FACTs, not political agendas.

@Neojhun

7 ай бұрын

"China has a monopoly on materials for battery production". AUSTRALIA Is the biggest Lithium & Iron Supplier to EV Industry. China weirdly just SOLD Off many Lithium Processing Assets one of the buyers being Albemarle Corp headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina. Your outdated statement clearly has no relevance to what is happening in the real world.

@Neojhun

7 ай бұрын

"I could go on for about as long as it takes" no you can't. You have no clue what you are talking about and all you are doing is Copy and Pasting outdated overused political scripts. You have zero thoughts on this engineering system.

JD Powers really 😅 Yuppies/liberals with thier unrealistic facts and talk. Tow an Airstream cross country vs a ICE truck 😢

@Neojhun

7 ай бұрын

Even a mildly modified Model 3 75kWh Dual Motor can tow a 26ft 6000lbs AirStream for 90 miles. These Rivian have a 135kWh battery.

@ginog5037

7 ай бұрын

@Neojhun 90 miles out of 2500 mile trip. How long will it take to charge that 90 miles?

@trumpisastump9382

4 ай бұрын

What the F is an "...unrealistic fact...". That is an oxymoron (I'm sure at least the "moron" part is familiar to you).

One word for Rivian: Fad. Won't be here in 10 years.

@honesty_-no9he

6 ай бұрын

Wrong.

@Omar-ml3lh

6 ай бұрын

Live for today, Brother. The next day or next 10 years isn’t promised to anyone.

@midlifecrisisadventures3872

5 ай бұрын

Dumbest comment I’ve read on the internet in awhile. Well done.

Ask them in a few years after they realize their costly science experiment has no value.

@esquiredan2702

7 ай бұрын

Lol how’s your horse-drawn carriage holding up?

@miskatonic6210

7 ай бұрын

​@@esquiredan2702Way better.

@lot2196

7 ай бұрын

​@esquiredan2702 Ask the guy who was charged $40,000 to repair a dented bumper.

@justbecause9645

7 ай бұрын

@@lot2196 Not true.

@jeremyr6844

7 ай бұрын

Some of the most efficient, fast, comfortable, and capable vehicles on the road. And hole their value better than almost any car. They’ll be just fine.

electric sucks!!

@tleo3333

6 ай бұрын

I drive EV for 5 years and no stinky gas cars in my garage. No problems at all and I save a lot of money on gas and time on not going to stinky gas stations.

@sigepbro95

Ай бұрын

Do you heat or cool your home with a fireplace and open windows? This comment is so 1895. It’s time you made your way into the 21st century.