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RivianTrackr Software Wishlist Top 5 Requests

When I first launched RivianTrackr, I launched it with a Software Wishlist where owners could submit feature ideas and vote on them to see what features owners want the most. The RivianTrackr Software Wishlist currently has over 600 requests with over 17,000 upvotes on requests. In this post, I wanted to take a look at the top 5 upvoted features that owners would like to see come to their Rivian vehicles. Any request that has been actively announced by Rivian…

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Ex-Apple Hardware Engineer Joins Rivian as Sr. Director of Battery Engineering

Rivian has brought on board a new Senior Director of Battery Engineering and he comes from the fruit stand. Jeff Alves spent the last 11 years at Apple working as the Director of Hardware Engineering and helped ship the first Apple Watch by leading the charging system development. Jeff was also involved with the now-canceled Apple Car project. Now, Jeff joins the amazing team at Rivian bringing his experience from Apple to the battery engineering team. Jeff joins Jonas Reinke…

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Rivian Q2 Results: 9,612 Produced and 13,790 Delivered

Rivian announced today the official production and delivery totals for Q2 2024 which ended on June 30, 2024. Rivian produced 9,612 vehicles and delivered 13,790 vehicles during the 3 months. The original estimation for 10,000 vehicles which Rivian exceeded. Rivian once again reaffirmed its guidance for 57,000 vehicles produced in 2024. During Q2 2024, Rivian shut down its Normal, IL factory for retooling. No vehicles were produced during this time as the factory ramped back up with Gen 2 vehicles…

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