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[nickaburns88]

 

[nickaburns88]

 

[mike_scout]

The Rivian CEO just did an interview on the Decoder podcast.

Among other things he explained why Rivian does not support CarPlay; arguing that the user would need to jump out of CarPlay to open the frunk.

To me this highlights the problem of not having physical buttons for things like opening the frunk and instead having to navigate through touchscreens or away from a screen you are actively using (whether it’s a CarPlay app or something else).

Also as an excuse for not supporting CarPlay this is a very weak argument because even if buttons have to all be on touchscreens there is no reason why CarPlay can’t exist alongside other screens or UI. Or why certain controls couldn’t also be inside a CarPlay app.

The new CarPlay allows for more complex composited screens so Now Playing data and controls for a podcast could exist right alongside controls for the car. But really what’s needed most is more physical buttons.

Opening the frunk should not only be a physical button but there should probably also be a purely mechanical way to open it in case the electrical system is completely shut down.

Didn’t Rivian have an early software bug where users couldn’t open the center console until the software was updated?

Any system that can be paralyzed by a software flaw needs to be redesigned with redundancy and other safeguards. Physical buttons should be considered essential.

I guess he has not heard of wireless Apple Carplay.

 

[J Alynn]

I guess he has not heard of wireless Apple Carplay.

And reasons for knobs, toggles and switches

 

[nickaburns88]

 

[J Alynn]

Hey-thanks for posting here and following the trend. Easier to find a year from now. Good read, saw it earlier today on line

 

[nickaburns88]

I thought the steel and air suspension comment was interesting (21:00).... Also the interview with John..

 

[J Alynn]

Well I don’t like this date !!

 

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

Which date? We said 2027 at the reveal event.

 

[J Alynn]

Which date? We said 2027 at the reveal event.

That’s what I heard but read their date of 2028. Just wanted to be sure they didn’t know something we didn’t

 

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

Ah, I missed the headline. Saw the copy that said 2027.

 

[LastDayScout]

Good write up on a story many of us know.

We Drove 700 Miles in an Original International Scout to Deliver a Brick — MOTORTREND

We Drove 700 Miles in an Original International Scout to Deliver a Brick

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[shnngns]

That’s what I heard but read their date of 2028. Just wanted to be sure they didn’t know something we didn’t

Production starts in 2027 with deliveries in 2028? Maybe that's what they meant?

 

[oldgeeksguide]

Production starts in 2027 with deliveries in 2028? Maybe that's what they meant?

Or they start shipping in 2027 but it’ll be the 2028 model year. Jamie said 2027 and he knows we’ll hold him to it

 

[shnngns]

Or they start shipping in 2027 but it’ll be the 2028 model year. Jamie said 2027 and he knows we’ll hold him to it

I would be okay with that!

 

[61ih80]

Or they start shipping in 2027 but it’ll be the 2028 model year. Jamie said 2027 and he knows we’ll hold him to it

BINGO! We have a winner!

 

[Chaparral]

This is one of the best videos to come from the reveal event.

I learned a lot of new information not covered elsewhere.
Also some great interviews with the Scout Community.

 

[Bodie]

This is one of the best videos to come from the reveal event.

I learned a lot of new information not covered elsewhere.
Also some great interviews with the Scout Community.

Love the dad with the re-gifted Scout.

 

[J Alynn]

This is one of the best videos to come from the reveal event.

I learned a lot of new information not covered elsewhere.
Also some great interviews with the Scout Community.

This segment was great. Take time to watch because I was at reveal and she still got info we didn’t get to see.
I saw on her video the outlets on the Terra are in the inside sidewall of bed area. I didn’t realize that. She also covered some good tech stuff and future proofing and planning.
Check it out. Thanks @Chaparral for posting this or I probably wouldn’t have watched. There are some absolutely terrible blog posts from the event which turned me off so glad it was posted here.

 

[GreenHarverster304]

This is one of the best videos to come from the reveal event.

I learned a lot of new information not covered elsewhere.
Also some great interviews with the Scout Community.

Agree that this is one of the best YT coverage of the event. It also includes some in-depth look at the public-private deals for the manufacturing plant that ultimately made this possible. It took some real three-dimensional chess of market analysis and deployment, design, engineering, production planning, government tax incentives, etc etc. all to come together. If the pre-Nov 1 reserve orders hit numbers close to what I think they are, all the folks at SM are deservedly popping champagne this weekend.

Edit: another post from the same channel:

A recap but with some insights that I do not remember from the other segment, such as SM needs to capture a little less than 2% of the SUV market to be successful.