Rivian Forums Owners Club - R1T Pickup and R1S SUV Forum

The Rivian Owners Forums are now back online! The forums were offline for awhile as can be seen by the legacy threads and member communications, but hopefully we can begin growing again and be a great outlet for all current and future Rivian owners without being force fed ads all in your face as other forums out there do.

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    Rivian’s Awesome Electric Trucks Will Be Cheaper Than We Thought

    Of all the new vehicles coming down the pike, few have our engines revved quite as high as Rivian’s R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck. Which is kind of ironic, because the two Rivians don’t have engines; as you likely know by now, the carmaker’s vehicles will all be purely electric, just like Tesla...
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    Any news from fully charged live in Austin

    Some photos from the event. Pictures courtesy of Christine over on our Rivian Owners Facebook Group page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/516264912233785/). Some comments she made: Per Rivian staff at the Fully Charged event in Austin this weekend: • The buttons on the back of the R1T may look...
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    Amazon just spilled more details on its Rivian electric delivery vans

    Amazon and EV partner Rivian are pulling back the curtain on their electric delivery vehicle, detailing some of the design and platform choices for what’s expected to eventually be a 100,000-strong fleet. Amazon announced it would be using a custom electric vehicle for future deliveries...
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    Amazon-backed Rivian will integrate Alexa into its electric pickup and SUV

    Rivian will integrate Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa into the R1T pickup and R1S SUV, the company’s first electric vehicles that are set to debut at the end of the year. Rivian said Monday it plans to also extend the Alexa integration to 100,000 electric delivery trucks that Amazon has...
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    Tesla, Rivian, industry firms form alliance in fight against CA’s revoked emissions privileges

    Electric vehicle manufacturers Tesla and Rivian have teamed up with industry-related companies to form the National Coalition for Advanced Transport (NCAT), a group that will join the fight against the State of California’s recently revoked rights to create its own environmental emissions...
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    Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian as part of going carbon neutral by 2040

    Amazon will be stepping up its efforts to reduce its climate impact, CEO Jeff Bezos announced on Thursday. The company will be ordering 100,000 electric delivery trucks from Michigan’s Rivian as part of this commitment, Bezos said. The commerce giant will seek to meet its goal of becoming...
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    Rivian lands $350 million investment from Cox Automotive

    Rivian, the adventure-minded electric automaker that plans to produce a pickup truck and SUV, has raised $350 million from global automotive services company Cox Automotive. The two companies said Tuesday they will also “explore partnership opportunities in service operations, logistics, and...
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    Rivian R1T and R1S will offer four roof options

    A man holding a reservation for the Rivian R1S SUV took to Twitter to ask the EV maker whether the glass roof he's seen on the demo R1S will be a sliding or fixed roof. The company responded with the news, "We will offer multiple roof styles including electrochromic glass (which turns from...
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    Rivian and ‘Free Solo’ star Alex Honnold team up to build solar microgrid with used EV batteries

    Rivian, the once secretive company that made its public debut in November with an electric pickup truck and SUV, plans to give its batteries a second life and put them to work in a solar microgrid project in Puerto Rico. The automaker is teaming up with The Honnold Foundation, an organization...
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    Rivian R1T poised to make an appearance at major US outdoor trade show

    Rivian recently announced its upcoming attendance at Outdoor Retailer’s Summer Market in Denver, Colorado, continuing their embrace of the outdoor adventure community and the company’s “electric outdoor adventure” narrative. “Our team is headed back to @OutdoorRetailer next week—this time with...
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    Rivian R1T and R1S will feature vehicle-to-vehicle charging, says CEO

    Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe recently shared some new insights about the R1T pickup truck and the R1S SUV in an interview with auto publication The Drive. During his interview, Scaringe discussed Rivian’s battery technology, the company’s plans for the vehicles charging systems, and the media’s usual...
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    Rivian debuts a pull-out kitchen for its electric pickup truck

    Sometimes you need scrambled eggs. And with that thought, today at the Overland Expo in Flagstaff, AZ, Rivian announced a major accessory for its electric pickup: A camp kitchen. The unit slides out from the Rivian R1T’s so-called gear tunnel that lives between the bed and cab. The kitchen...
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    Rivian is setting the stage for a test drive program for the R1T and R1S

    Rivian appears to be setting the stage for the introduction of a test drive program for its first two vehicles, the R1T pickup truck and the R1S SUV. Such a program will bode well for Rivian, as it will give potential customers a chance to experience the company’s vehicles firsthand. The first...
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    Rivian patent application hints at 900V fast charging capabilities

    A recently published Rivian patent application titled “Configurable Battery Pack for Fast Charge” describes a method of switching between battery pack connection types to allow for both 450V and 900V fast charging without the need for specialized components. The invention was filed in both the...
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    Local Unions Raise Concerns Over Out-Of-Town Workers At Rivian Plant

    If all goes as planned, in a few years Rivian will be one of McLean County’s largest employers. Around 1,000 employees at its Normal manufacturing plant will be cranking out Rivian electric vehicles and skateboard platforms for other automakers. But for now, local unions say Rivian isn’t being...
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    Inside Rivian: we visit the pioneering 4x4 electric car brand

    Close your eyes. How do you imagine the typical launch of a new car brand? Maybe the Freds-in-sheds approach? You know, the low-volume British sports car Next Big Thing, dreaming of nibbling into Porsche's market dominance from a lock-up in the Home Counties? Or at the other end of the spectrum...
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    Ford Motor to put $500 million into electric vehicle startup Rivian

    (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it will invest $500 million in U.S. electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive LLC, joining Amazon.com Inc in backing the potential rival to Silicon Valley’s Tesla Inc. Ford said it will use Rivian’s “skateboard” - a chassis that bundles electric...
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    VIDEO: Look Inside Rivian, The Electric Auto Company Based In Michigan That Amazon Invested In

    A lot of focus is on the Detroit 3 when it comes to coverage around here. Of course there is — they employ thousands and thousands of people directly and through dealers. Not to mention, the companies and the dealers dump tons into advertising. And let’s be honest. Detroit is a company town...
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