Vehicle connectivity is a core feature of Rivian vehicles. If you choose to disable all vehicle connectivity, it will prevent data from leaving the vehicle, but it will also limit or disable certain functionality in the vehicle (e.g., navigation, lane keeping assistance, and over-the-air updates, which provide new features, better performance, safety enhancements, and bug fixes).
To disable all cellular connectivity of the vehicle in Canadian vehicles, use the toggle in the “Data and Privacy” screen of the vehicle’s Settings menu. For non-Canadian vehicles, you may reach out to Rivian Service to request that we disable the eSIM card in the vehicle through a service appointment. Note that disabling connectivity will have no impact on any Rivian subscriptions you may have (e.g., Connect+) -- those will need to be cancelled separately.
My car doesn’t require internet connection and does this thing where you have to go over 60kmph to activate the lane assist. Ensures you’re only using it on highways as residential streets don’t go that high.
Back when I had my Tesla, Autopilot was great in bumper to bumper traffic for that exact reason. Didn’t have to focus on creeping forward 2 feet at a time, didn’t have to worry about brakes vs acceleration, just let the car inch itself along behind the car in front.
When it was totally stopped on a temporarily closed highway for an hour, Netflix was great too. And A/C without burning a ton of fuel sitting there.
I had a VW car back in 2016 that had lane assist feature that worked really well. Needless to say, car had no Internet connectivity of any kind and it only worked at 60km/h and above.
So yeah why the fuck would such a feature on modern cars require internet connectivity? It doesn’t. But if they tell you it does you will most likely keep your car online.
I truly hate capitalism now. Or rather, late stage capitalism.
You probably need map data to know if you’re on a highway (when lane keeping is allowed) or on surface streets.
It will probably cache relevant maps when heading into a low service area.
Just a guess. I don’t drive a Rivian.
My car doesn’t require internet connection and does this thing where you have to go over 60kmph to activate the lane assist. Ensures you’re only using it on highways as residential streets don’t go that high.
Not with that attitude.
That makes it impossible to activate when in a traffic jam, where it would be really nice (especially combined with adaptive cruise control)
Back when I had my Tesla, Autopilot was great in bumper to bumper traffic for that exact reason. Didn’t have to focus on creeping forward 2 feet at a time, didn’t have to worry about brakes vs acceleration, just let the car inch itself along behind the car in front.
When it was totally stopped on a temporarily closed highway for an hour, Netflix was great too. And A/C without burning a ton of fuel sitting there.
I had a VW car back in 2016 that had lane assist feature that worked really well. Needless to say, car had no Internet connectivity of any kind and it only worked at 60km/h and above.
So yeah why the fuck would such a feature on modern cars require internet connectivity? It doesn’t. But if they tell you it does you will most likely keep your car online.
I truly hate capitalism now. Or rather, late stage capitalism.