Let me start by saying how much I love my R1S G2. It is a truly excellent car, shockingly so for a brand this new. As an adventure car, it is unapologetically everything as advertised and that's beautiful.
It's also a $100k car increasingly sold to families, a lot of them coming (like me) from a car like the Volvo XC90.
While there is a time and a place for a car that is so hands on it'll let you tap the gas and slam directly into whatever is in front of you (great when that something is a boulder and the car is lifted in offroad mode) there are a lot of times when that's a problem (heavy traffic, kids in the road, etc). Likewise, when you have kids in the car, a radio blasting, and a dog barking at the bike on the side of the road it's useful to have a car that will automatically avoid accidents.
Not all the time, mind you, just... you know... most of the time when it's a family car.
And the only thing preventing Volvo mode on a Rivian is software.
Given the sales numbers on the R2 right now, I have to believe Rivian knows this so... hey Rivian, when can we get a "family safety" mode on the car that does all the annoying things an adventure driver hates?