Travis Ketchum

Clear-eyed Rivian and EV insights so you can fall in love with the electric future. Recovering tech founder. Stay curious.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

I recently took the @Rivian R2 on a 3,496 mile road trip.

Here's the truth about how it did 👇

🍿🎥: https://t.co/cJlkULAgOp

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@turtledome It’s only a great deal for people who:

- Use unlimited
- Keep their mini connected 12 of 12 months

The mini has normally been a deal due to:

- Low initial entry price
- Start/stop service ~$50 per 30 days

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@LankLindnos This was referring to the entry price as I'd imagine most Mini users are not lighting up service 12 out 12 months.

But thanks for being a prick 👊

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@ChadMoran @R0BBIE I'm solidly in the infrequent camp as well.

Do you pay for service all year?

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@LankLindnos I'm referring to the price of entry for the hardware, as I (maybe incorrectly) assume only a minority of users keep continuous service enabled 12 months out of the year.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@lowcountryev Honestly that would probably have been preferable given my production needs for the month.

I don't gamble much, but what little we did do came out to a net zero loss.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

Surprise, surprise. Vegas did me dirty.

🤒 😴

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@ChadMoran @R0BBIE I'd be really curious what the network hold rate is.

I would've assumed that the standby mode was to counter people often only buying a month at a time, and being a big enough issue to turn "off" into a few bucks.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@ChadMoran Yes, but the price of entry will be a hell of a lot lower. Do most people with Minis keep service on 12 months at a time?

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@stalman The crude methods now do a surprisingly decent job at a rough cut, but yeah a direct MCP for Final Cut would be 👌

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@theOGLindy There is no underdog or cinderella story in college football anymore.

Minshew magic with Mike Leach and Gardner Minshew back in 2018 doesn't happen today.

Instead, programs like ours are saddled with untenable debt, really bad football, and no fucks given.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@Gjeebs Congrats to the organization.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@spyderms @RivianTrackr Dang, sorry dude. I have so much I need to record here in the month of November so the timing is quite poor.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@sherwinmdev That's the right approach.

It's just unfortunate that Tesla takes every opportunity to press as hard as possible to soak every penny possible out of every customer.

Behavior like that really leaves a sour taste for many.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@RivianTrackr Went to Vegas for a friends 40th.

Started having a sore throat and cough yesterday, trending worse.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@dmwilsonh @Hilbe @RivianTrackr @R1Stephanie @Mikekantorski @Rivian Congrats! ✌️

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@loganthefirst @UnofficialDF There are a few options, Tesla just doesn’t make them

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

@aldozampatti @itskyleconner https://t.co/kySrkvDQMV

[Wassym Bensaid @WassymBensaid]

And negative SoC at arrival for @itskyleconner 😉

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

Some solid updates, likely dropping in the coming days.

Being able to dictate custom arrival battery % targets for chargers vs destinations is huge.

Road trippers know you can (and should) push the arrival state of charge much harder when you're hitting a reliable charger!

[Wassym Bensaid @WassymBensaid]

Big Navigation upgrades coming to Rivian R1 and R2 with the 2026.41 OTA:

⚡️ Alternative routes
⚡️ Audio for Waze and Google Maps alerts
⚡️ More alerts: road incidents, lane closures, objects on the road
⚡️ Traffic signs and stop signs on the map
⚡️ Configurable arrival charge at charging stops and destination