[eHauler]

Over 50 questions were answered in a recent call with a Rivian Guide and notes from the entire Q&A can be found here. A final version of these notes will be available soon from the person that put them together.

PDF: https://www.rivianownersforum.com/a...f.1844/?hash=f08c7d819b5eb91a95480a44fe480efb

 

[CommodoreAmiga]

I wonder if they were authorized to disclose this information? Or if the soon-to-be-guide may become a almost-was-a-guide?

 

[eHauler]

I wonder if they were authorized to disclose this information? Or if the soon-to-be-guide may become a almost-was-a-guide?

Who knows. Very soon we'll find out how much truth there is to this. I think the info dump here is quite valuable and helps to draw correlations. See anything interesting in this version of the notes?

 

[CommodoreAmiga]

Who knows. Very soon we'll find out how much truth there is to this. I think the info dump here is quite valuable and helps to draw correlations. See anything interesting in this version of the notes?

I like the confirmation that test drives will occur prior to experience centers opening, and that preorder holders will be prioritized.

I find it odd that some of the answers are very noncommittal. For example, they don't know how the gear tunnel will open? "maybe buttons"? Really??? Rivian has demo'd this in recent videos, so I find it shocking that a "guide" wouldn't know how it will work.

And then they say that there are no lights in the gear tunnel? All the photos I've seen show LED illumination in the tunnel. It would be crazy, imo, not to include that. The tunnel is wide and low, so without lighting it'll be hard to get your stuff in the dark. I seriously doubt the accuracy of this claim -- which calls into question the validity of the entire document, imo.

 

[lefkonj]

Great amount of detail there, thanks for sharing.

 

[EyeOnRivian]

#35 - I believe in the video where RJ laid down in the cargo area of the R1S, the second row seats are a 40/20/40 split, not 60/40.

 

[JimmyEV]

#35 - I believe in the video where RJ laid down in the cargo area of the R1S, the second row seats are a 40/20/40 split, not 60/40.

It does look like 40/20/40 but it's hard to tell since they're already flat.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1369692750686392335

 

[helloaaron]

It does look like 40/20/40 but it's hard to tell since they're already flat.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1369692750686392335

In the Rivian Guides video, it’s clearly demonstrated by RJ himself as 40/20/40.

 

[FirstStateR1T]

Nice to get some feedback! Didn't early prototypes have bed lighting under the rail area? Is this still a thing? Maybe I missed it...

 

[eHauler]

In the Rivian Guides video, it’s clearly demonstrated by RJ himself as 40/20/40.

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It could also be seen in real world photos of the prototype but from the rear with the seats folded nearly flat (3 degree rise)

 

[TommyT3]

Was curious about the 2nd row split (60/40 vs 40/20/40), so I asked CS today. Her answer is pretty definitive that it is 60/40.

 

[inkedsphynx]

The Rivian guides video isn't that old.. no way they changed the seating configuration in that time, right? I'm going to trust my eyes on this one.

 

[SANZCO2]

Was curious about the 2nd row split (60/40 vs 40/20/40), so I asked CS today. Her answer is pretty definitive that it is 60/40.

I think the response would have been more accurate as

It is 60/40 for sure??

I am sure the documentation on the web site still says 60/40 but clearly in the demonstration above from the guides video it is not.

I am going to ask as well in an email and see what they say.

 

[Wildabeest]

And if you’re going to have a fold down center armrest, put a friggin cup holder or two in it!

 

[SANZCO2]

And if you’re going to have a fold down center armrest, put a friggin cup holder or two in it!

On the R1S they do but it is not the seat folding but a drop down that comes out of it. Or at least in the renderings form my configuration.

 

[eHauler]

On the R1T the rear doors have enough space for a big water bottle.