OT - Rivian R1T electric truck

[many_styles]

Originally Posted by Louis

I hear what you're saying, but if I ever get a truck (right now if I really need one - which is around once every 5 years or so - I rent it) I'll expect it to do both things - haul toys and at least have room for a full sheet of plywood. As a single guy, I'll trade a "crew cab" for space in the bed just about any day.

My idea of a pick-up (but with more rust):

Ok, that’s a dope truck too. Love the color!


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[verticaldoug]

To add to what Pasadena wrote:


Amazon is an investor in the company and has 100,000 delivery van order which is suppose to start being delivered next month with 10,000 scheduled for next year.

https://insideevs.com/news/539567/ri...-delivery-van/

Ford is 12%
Amazon is 20%

[Louis]

Originally Posted by pasadena

Rivian's approach to their charging network tied to national parks is intersting and good.

I don't know much about EVs, but this suggests to me that the various manufacturers will have proprietary charging locations. That's insane, and if it's true EVs will never be competitive compared to IC. They absolutely have to standardize.

From what I've read Levels 1 and 2 charging are generic, but Level 3 is not. That's like saying that if I want to put more than 5 gallons of gas in my Impreza I have to find a Subie gas station. Nuts to that.

[SlowPokePete]

10/10 on being ugly.

SPP

[JWB475]

If anyone is familiar with Doug Demuro, he recently reviewed a Rivian on his youtube channel. It has some pretty cool features, I came away impressed...

https://youtu.be/CYrunRy8hmw

[peanutgallery]

Rivian...I'm not buying it

As a work truck....designed by people who can only envision what a work actually is...as they've never actually had a job requiring a work vehicle

if this is what actually puts amazon in the hole, I am all for it

Originally Posted by verticaldoug

To add to what Pasadena wrote:


Amazon is an investor in the company and has 100,000 delivery van order which is suppose to start being delivered next month with 10,000 scheduled for next year.

https://insideevs.com/news/539567/ri...-delivery-van/

Ford is 12%
Amazon is 20%

[FriarQuade]

Originally Posted by jkbrwn

And as always, until Rivian have a Tesla sized fast charging network, the truck is worthless for outdoorsy people who want to use it for traveling.

This is the biggest failure the auto industry has ever had. Why the charging infrastructure isn't standardized like the options that preceded it is completely and utterly asinine. It's going to set electric cars back decades as a result.

[adub]

Pointless

[jkbrwn]

Originally Posted by FriarQuade

This is the biggest failure the auto industry has ever had. Why the charging infrastructure isn't standardized like the options that preceded it is completely and utterly asinine. It's going to set electric cars back decades as a result.

Literally. I just purchased a brand new ICE car with zero regrets. I recently drove from NW New Mexico back to LA in one hit. I looked at how much longer it’d have taken in a Tesla. 4 hours. 4 freaking hours. And that was with the super charger network. Imagine traveling with any other EV. Would be so painful.

[saab2000]

EVs aren’t (yet) for regular long road trips. But they will be.

EV technology is perfect for delivery vehicles as Amazon envisions them. Mail too.

Glad I invested in Tesla early on. Tempted to buy into Rivian as well.

Anyway, the overwhelming majority of pickups aren’t work trucks. They’re status symbols and get used once in a while to carry a few bags of mulch all the while getting 12 MPG. The Rivian will handle this duty fine, along with other daily driver tasks most folks have, all while being able to be charged at home overnight.

[charliedid]

I like it.

[pasadena]

You are confusing Rivian's RT1 pickup with the Rivian Fleet commercial van.
Amazon starts to take delivery of it's 100,000 Fleet vans in 22. They will be avail for everyone else in 23.

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

Rivian...I'm not buying it

As a work truck....designed by people who can only envision what a work actually is...as they've never actually had a job requiring a work vehicle

if this is what actually puts amazon in the hole, I am all for it

[54ny77]

does it come with skinny jeans?

[b33]

The auto industry is insane right now - Tesla at a trilion and they can't manufacture in a timely fashion and their quality control is still so sub par. Even compared a Tesla plaid to a Porsche Taycan - it's not even close. The fit and finish and quality to detail and the quality of parts in the Porsche are so much higher (oh but the plaid goes 0 to 60 faster - and it's also the least fun car to ever drive)

As such in October I purchased Lucid @ $22 it's $50 after hitting $60. I purchased Ford at $12 it's $20 (150k Bronco orders - only the 3 has sold 150k in less than a year for Tesla). I'm thinking of Rivian since it came down, but the F150 Lighting looks equally as awesome - shorting Tesla.

While I'm making money there loving driving my V8 BMW 750 and V8 Range Rover - both plenty fast cars that are a blast to drive.

I saw Doug D's review of the Rivian - who wants to bet that he's not going to sell his Land Rover Defender for a Rivian.

[54ny77]

That guy is nails-on-a-chalkboard annoying.

His reviews are the equivalent of listening to a teenage girl talk about the latest Justin Bieber release.

Originally Posted by b33

I saw Doug D's review of the Rivian - who wants to bet that he's not going to sell his Land Rover Defender for a Rivian.