2025 Rivian R1S Dual Standard- The good, bad, worst and best after 3 months and 3500 miles!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- My genuine no holds barred review of our 2025 Rivian R1S Dual Standard. The good bad best and worst.
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Thank you for this review. Have you tried using "Hey Siri, text my wife...." or "Hey Siri play...."? If the phone is paired and connected to the car's Bluetooth, there is good chance it works. Please confirm, thank you!
I have tried that and if I’m using my watch it’s ok, or if I have my AirPods in it’s the best solution I’ve found so far. Just want Rivian to come up with something, no matter how basic, to tell me who’s texting me and let me respond if needed.
R1T owner. Agree if you have Carplay and now you don't, It is tough not to have it. Although Rivian never promised Carplay and they will never have it based on the fact that they want to control the software stack so they can integrate whatever they want to add from a software standpoint with faster, leaner, controllable in house infrastructure. They are continuing to roll out fantastic software upgrades that allow for a richer and more value add experience that their competitors other than Tesla, who also controls their stack. Hopefully they will be integrating a texting solution sometime within the next half a year or year. The new upcoming release with allow for tri-venting of the A/C-heat-fans. The thing I am most looking forward to in this release is the ability to see motion cam on the app. Game changer. Love my Gen1 R1T!
Thanks for the info; we're picking up our R1S in a few days (to replace our minivan). Our rooftop solar will cover both our ev's and heating/ cooling with mini- supplies. It's great to have your own power plant!
Super cool, congratulations and enjoy it! They’re amazing machines!
Voice to text is coming, just FYI, but also, you can just say Hey Siri, send a text. Works fine for me when my phone is on the charger.
Sending a text isn’t my issue, it’s knowing who sent one to me without taking my eyes off the road.
@@True_Dad Ah, got it. I don't read texts while driving. To me, if its important, you will call. If not, then it can wait.
Android Auto would be slick, or some texting/messaging capability for sure. Also wish Audible/Spotify apps could download content for offline use. Wouldn't matter if it had the phone compatability but given Amazon it's unlikely.
lol the worst thing about the Rivian is the unsafe condition yuo ingage in lol. You want safe? stop looking at your phone when your driving. By the way you can turn on feature in settings that will let others know you are driving based on you movement speed.
Hey Siri, read my messages..Hey Siri replay yes...
that is not the definition of "efficiency", efficiency is the amount of miles you can drive with a fixed amount of energy. if you can drive 350 miles with 75 kw of energy, likes a model Y, then your vehicle is efficient. But if you must use at least 100kw of energy to drive 350 then your vehicle is NOT efficient compared wiith other EV's.
you are talking about convenience and not using mineral fuels to power your vehicles. A gas car could be more effficient than your rivian if it could drive 600 miles when spending only 5 gallons of gas. So yeah, completely wrong word and expression to use.
Incorrect. Comparing a model Y to a Rivian isn’t reasonable. Comparing a Rivian to anything in its class is reasonable, and yes, it is comparatively efficient. An R1S is exponentially more efficient than a Land Cruiser or Tahoe. An R1S and model Y do different things. I did not say that “the R1S is the most efficient vehicle.” I said it’s extremely efficient. It is, regardless of there are more efficient vehicles.
@True_Dad @True_Dad dude you need to rewatch your own video. In the video, starting at 23:28, You claimed that because you can charge your 3 evs at home using solar panels and so your rivian is super efficient.
That's what I was referring to, when I say that is not called efficiency, that is called convenience.
The model y example was just to shown you how the word ***efficiency*** is supposed to be used. Not to claim that a model y is more or less efficient than an r1s. You missed the point completely.
Your r1s is NOT efficient just because you can charge it from your solar production. That's just convenience and cost savings.
@@jonathanley5864I literally at no point said “efficiency is using solar to charge or offset my energy use.” I said my favorite thing was its efficiency. As a result of that efficiency, its energy consumption is covered by my existing solar panels. Not sure why you’re so hyperfocused on the semantics of that one specific word. I make it pretty clear that it’s amazing that the vehicle is so efficient that its use is covered by my panels, that was a surprise to me. I expected to be using a lot more energy. It is efficient, therefore I don’t use more energy than my panels create.
What is your lifetime miles per kilowatt hour average so far over the 3600 miles you have driven?
It’s pretty low for an EV, at 1.6 mi/kwh, so approximately 64 mpge- which is amazing for a vehicle like this
@@True_Dad Oh dang 1.6, you must drive fast... That vehicle is supposed to be 2.6 and has been proved at highway speeds of 70mph. Surprised it's so low for you.
@@darinbrazil5496 it’s done a lot of freeway and mountain driving at 75mph in standard height, I never use auto or low. Plus I’ve towed with it and always have it loaded up with family. On top of that it spends a lot of time with pet mode on for my doggo or to stay cool on the hot days so that when I get back to the car in the parking lot it’s not too hot. Basically whatever any car is supposed to get for it’s minimum mpg or energy consumption, my typical uses will always crush it below that, unfortunately.
@@True_Dad ah ya it's probably the dog mode and idle AC use driving down your efficiency. Enjoyed your review.
Just got my 2025 R1S the other day. I'm no audiophile but the standard audio is pretty terrible. It sounds muffled and is painful to listen to for longer periods.
No offense but it is pretty idiotic to say it is a safety risk to not be able to text via speech when you openly admit to being a distracted driver by texts. This is the problem with drivers these days, all easily distracted by phones. Doesn't matter if you have to look at a phone or not, the phone is absolutely taking attention away from the road.