Hey Guys,
I had a Rivian R1S and I loved it. However, the car was totaled in a car accident and I got mine before the price increase for a quad motor and did not want to shell out 50K more for the same suv. So I have my preorder in for the Scout. Some cool features that the Rivian had that I am hoping Scout will do is Siri compatibility. By this I mean, I could talk to my iwatch and say "open trunk, open front hood, etc," and the R1S would respond accordingly. Useful for when kids are walking to car in their soccer gear, and I am still to far away for my iphone to unlock by proximity. Also, on the Rivian app, I could look up an address and send it to the car. Useful because the R1 did not have apple car play so my calendar events with location would not automatically pop up on navigation. The other useful feature that the Rivian had was that I could attach an external hard drive to the usb c drive, and the car's cameras would function as dashcams when driving. The car would automatically delete older videos if the hard drive was full. This actually helped us win our case against the people who hit my car, because the car's cameras showed that we were stopped at the red light, when the car behind us hit us. They had claimed that we had slammed on our brakes. Luckily, I just pulled up the rear camera on the center console and showed the officer the footage directly, and he cited the other driver at fault right at the scene. Our insurance company said that was a big deal for us in our defense. I am hoping the scout can do something similar.
I had a Rivian R1S and I loved it. However, the car was totaled in a car accident and I got mine before the price increase for a quad motor and did not want to shell out 50K more for the same suv. So I have my preorder in for the Scout. Some cool features that the Rivian had that I am hoping Scout will do is Siri compatibility. By this I mean, I could talk to my iwatch and say "open trunk, open front hood, etc," and the R1S would respond accordingly. Useful for when kids are walking to car in their soccer gear, and I am still to far away for my iphone to unlock by proximity. Also, on the Rivian app, I could look up an address and send it to the car. Useful because the R1 did not have apple car play so my calendar events with location would not automatically pop up on navigation. The other useful feature that the Rivian had was that I could attach an external hard drive to the usb c drive, and the car's cameras would function as dashcams when driving. The car would automatically delete older videos if the hard drive was full. This actually helped us win our case against the people who hit my car, because the car's cameras showed that we were stopped at the red light, when the car behind us hit us. They had claimed that we had slammed on our brakes. Luckily, I just pulled up the rear camera on the center console and showed the officer the footage directly, and he cited the other driver at fault right at the scene. Our insurance company said that was a big deal for us in our defense. I am hoping the scout can do something similar.
