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I Didn’t Expect Tesla FSD V14 to Be This Good

Tesla FSD V14 From a Rivian Owner’s Perspective

I honestly didn’t expect this. I haven’t spent real seat time with Tesla Full Self-Driving in years, and as someone who daily drives a Rivian, I figured FSD V14 would be interesting but probably still rough around the edges. I was wrong. While I’m out in California for Rivian’s Autonomy & AI Day this week, I decided to rent a 2026 Tesla Model Y with FSD through Turo and really put it through its paces. After logging over 100 miles…

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Rivian R1S in the rain

Why Some Early Rivian Owners Are Losing Patience With Software Fixes

A Reddit post making the rounds this week has struck a nerve with a lot of Rivian owners, and it highlights a frustration that’s been bubbling under the surface for a while. The post, titled “The Wet Handshake: Rivian’s Ignoring of Long-Term Bugs Is Getting Old,” comes from an owner with two R1 vehicles. It references RJ’s early comment that the R1 represents Rivian’s handshake with the world, and argues that, at least on the software side, that handshake doesn’t…

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Gen 2 R1S Tri Interior

Rivian Rolls Out 0.99% APR Financing for R1 Tri Motors Through December

Rivian just rolled out a new December financing offer aimed at buyers looking at Tri Motor R1 models. For a limited time, very well qualified buyers can lock in 0.99% APR for 60 months on select new Tri vehicles, which is one of the more aggressive rates we have seen from Rivian. The offer applies to new 2025 and 2026 R1S and R1T Tri vehicles with a qualifying down payment. To take advantage of it, you will need an approved…

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Rivian R1T Headlights Gen 2

Rivian Tops Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Survey for Third Straight Year

For the third year running, Rivian has landed at the very top of Consumer Reports’ Owner Satisfaction by Brand survey. According to the latest results, 85% of Rivian owners say they would buy their vehicle all over again, which is higher than any other brand surveyed. That puts Rivian ahead of well known brands like BMW, Subaru, and Tesla. It is an impressive showing, especially for a relatively young automaker that is still scaling production and expanding its service network.…

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Rivian Mobileye

Rivian Reportedly Removes Mobileye Hardware From New Gen 2 Vehicles

Back in August, Rivian quietly shipped one of the more important software updates we have seen in a while. With update 2025.26, a friend of the site, u/mpshizzle on Reddit, spent time testing Gen 2 behavior and noticed something interesting. Rivian appeared to have fully transitioned to using its own in-house autonomy hardware, even though Mobileye hardware was still physically present in those vehicles. Fast forward to today, and we are now hearing that shift is official on the manufacturing…

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