Rivian Software Wishlist

As a coder, creating new features is sexy, fixing bugs is not. But as a user, I want bugs fixed before new features are worked on! What we did - make a % of each coder's salary dependent on the number of customer cases / issue related to bugs i their section of the code.

We charge our R1S at home and at our cabin. Would be nice if I could set more than one "home" location for scheduled charging so it's honored at both locations.

Right now it will turn on the climate control at a high temperature (135? I forget) to protect the screens. It would be nice if this was configurable to protect accessories or other items in the cabin. For example, my starlink mini or other computer hardware if left in the truck in the desert will not work if the cabin gets too hot even after returning to it due to it still being too hot. It would be nice if you could adjust this setting to a lower value (e.g. 110) depending on what you have in the truck.

Would love to integrated weather band radio like in my land rovers

When arriving at a destination and the vehicle goes into park, end the navigation (and move to the next destination). Continuing to navigate me to somewhere I clearly just was when I get back in the car isn't ideal. I'm sure there's some level of location approximation required given large parking lots etc, but Tesla and others have this figured out fairly well as a reference point.

How about a neutral red screen for when it's dark and you want to preserve your eyes instead of the looped fire animation?

This would go beyond track mode, or at least expand upon it. It would be similar to what the Gen 2 trucks have now. Ideally it would configure the truck to provide the quickest acceleration times. It could pre-heat the battery pack if necessary, configuring traction control, and power delivery for the quickest launch. The cooling mode for the drivetrain could be optimized as well for repeated launches so power wouldn't fade if running at the drag strip. The speed limiter would be raised as well to 130 mph so the Gen 1's trap speed isn't artificially capped showcasing its true potential. As a bonus, variable front to rear user adjustable power bias could be a nice addition as well and potentially added to Gen 2 trucks. That might be a stretch goal but optimizing the launch for the Gen 1 trucks like the Gen 2 and raising the speed limiter for the Gen 1 trucks would be great start for the drag strip.

I would like to see a lane keeping assist that is independent of the Driver assist which also has cruise control and one that doesn't turn off whenever you nudge it to avoid a pothole or object.

add a summon mode like tesla for parking spots

R1T keeps locking and unlocking as I’m near it. Would be nice to be able to set an unlocked timer in the app. Open Rivian app, after pressing the unlock button, you can adjust an easy timer wheel to set how long it stays unlocked for, no timer added will cause the Rivian to behave like it always does and lock when it detects you’ve walked away)