I was watching the Kim Java interview on the Scout Traveler and there was no mention of the roof sun shade slider. I also did not see any portion sticking out that would let you know that there was one. I am currently driving a Rivian R1S and I came from driving a Tesla Model Y and Model 3. This is a major pet peve of mine that car manufacturers are taking bad cues from Tesla. Having a glass roof is miserable without a slider. There is absolutely zero execuse why there isn't one as a standard offering. No one should have to buy a third party product to put into place and take down when they want protection and when they want to see the outside.
Rivian's second generation R1S dynamic tinting is a poor substitute because the person has to buy a higher tier vehicle to get the option to buy that as an add on. Even with the dynamic tinting there are still people who purchase third party products to put a shade up. A slider is a standard solution that should be included with every vehicle.
If you make a product better than the competition then people are inclined to purchase and stick with your product over the competition. Tesla does not care about creature comforts or practicality of use. This is why the competiton can overtake Tesla. They are to busy forcing autonomous driving onto people instead of catering to the needs and desires of people who actually want to drive their vehicle.
In the previous interviews that I had watched a sunshade slider was mentioned. There isn't one mentioned here in Kim's interview. There is the version which will have a rag top but that is a different story and completely fine as it is.
Also, wasn't this glass roof supposed to open up? Not just the version with the rag top, but the glass should open up! I drive people around in the Rivian R1S and they are always asking to open the roof but it doesn't open. Please learn from the Hyundai Ioniq 9! They currently have a three row suv which has a sunshade slider for the glass roof, as well as the ability to open up.
I love the lighting but can the lighting be changed? Please, don't pull a Rivian and only give 8 theme colors to choose from! I would like to have indepenent lighting zone color controls please! Even cooler would be to have lighting controls for the exterior as well! You wouldn't believe but the first generation Rivian R1S Quad which I am driving does not have footwell RGB lighting. I had to install third party lights for the footwell areas in the front and under the front seats!
Also, where are the rails for stepping into and out of the car? The ground clearance is crazy high on the Traveler so something that people who I pick up always complain about is that there isn't a step. Rivian tries to provide the solution of raising or lowering the suspension but the issue is that the suspension air compressors overheat in leveling off the car and absorbing the bumps as I drive around. I may have it lower and raise quite often and it will lock me out of being able to adjust the suspension height when it is overheated. The issue is that when the Rivian R1S is in the lower suspension height it still rides rough on the soft setting. The suspension has to be raised to the normal ride height to be soft.
Below are pictures of the glass roof in the Kim Java interview.
Rivian's second generation R1S dynamic tinting is a poor substitute because the person has to buy a higher tier vehicle to get the option to buy that as an add on. Even with the dynamic tinting there are still people who purchase third party products to put a shade up. A slider is a standard solution that should be included with every vehicle.
If you make a product better than the competition then people are inclined to purchase and stick with your product over the competition. Tesla does not care about creature comforts or practicality of use. This is why the competiton can overtake Tesla. They are to busy forcing autonomous driving onto people instead of catering to the needs and desires of people who actually want to drive their vehicle.
In the previous interviews that I had watched a sunshade slider was mentioned. There isn't one mentioned here in Kim's interview. There is the version which will have a rag top but that is a different story and completely fine as it is.
Also, wasn't this glass roof supposed to open up? Not just the version with the rag top, but the glass should open up! I drive people around in the Rivian R1S and they are always asking to open the roof but it doesn't open. Please learn from the Hyundai Ioniq 9! They currently have a three row suv which has a sunshade slider for the glass roof, as well as the ability to open up.
I love the lighting but can the lighting be changed? Please, don't pull a Rivian and only give 8 theme colors to choose from! I would like to have indepenent lighting zone color controls please! Even cooler would be to have lighting controls for the exterior as well! You wouldn't believe but the first generation Rivian R1S Quad which I am driving does not have footwell RGB lighting. I had to install third party lights for the footwell areas in the front and under the front seats!
Also, where are the rails for stepping into and out of the car? The ground clearance is crazy high on the Traveler so something that people who I pick up always complain about is that there isn't a step. Rivian tries to provide the solution of raising or lowering the suspension but the issue is that the suspension air compressors overheat in leveling off the car and absorbing the bumps as I drive around. I may have it lower and raise quite often and it will lock me out of being able to adjust the suspension height when it is overheated. The issue is that when the Rivian R1S is in the lower suspension height it still rides rough on the soft setting. The suspension has to be raised to the normal ride height to be soft.
Below are pictures of the glass roof in the Kim Java interview.
