⚡ EV Move Over Tesla: Rivian R1T Electric Pickup

[Gone_2022]

Interesting strategy cotton

 

[v6buicks]

Acquaintance with his brand new R1T was unable to trailer his motorcycle over 100 miles.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

I’m amazed it fit in the back without the rear tire being off the tail gate. What kind of bike?

If 300-400lbs I can’t see the range being impacted that severely. If so, ???

 

[Stink Star]

Yea something definitely doesn’t add up there. How does towing a motorcycle drop the range by 2/3?

 

[v6buicks]

Enclosed trailer. It's one of the KTM adventure bike things so it's not small, but not massive. I'm surprised it fit back there too.

 

[Gone_2022]

Little surprised on that. Given it’s a truck and Rivian like Tesla was designing them to be able to tow things I’m kinda surprised. If this was a model y or ford Mach E or whatever I would say yea prob. But not for the truck. Not good

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Well at least when the truck ran out of juice he could just unload the bike and ride the rest of the way home.

 

[v6buicks]

Little surprised on that. Given it’s a truck and Rivian like Tesla was designing them to be able to tow things I’m kinda surprised. If this was a model y or ford Mach E or whatever I would say yea prob. But not for the truck. Not good

I am too, but also not at the same time. I have to remember that Rivian is new and with being new comes with huge risks and hurdles. It's currently the only attainable electric truck which is why people are curious. It also looks decent. However, marketing it as a truck when it can't really do truck stuff might bite them in the ass. Its a bold move that has to be made to get relavent though. If they built a car with similar quality, Tesla and the mainstream manufacturers would likely just eat them alive.

 

[Spivitz]

 

[Pro Stock John]

Their SUV should do well unless it's crazy money. I think some folks just driving something nobody else has. And with those different headlights their trucks/suvs will get a lot of looks.

 

[Gone_2022]

I am too, but also not at the same time. I have to remember that Rivian is new and with being new comes with huge risks and hurdles. It's currently the only attainable electric truck which is why people are curious. It also looks decent. However, marketing it as a truck when it can't really do truck stuff might bite them in the ass. Its a bold move that has to be made to get relavent though. If they built a car with similar quality, Tesla and the mainstream manufacturers would likely just eat them alive.

They are no slouch if a company though as far as tech and the people they have been recruiting. I am kind of surprised this wasn’t tested out or addressed in some way. I realize there are limitations right now with technology, but getting less than 100 miles towing something not crazy heavy seems like a big whoops and oversight.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Spotted in FRG on Rt 14. There was 3 or 4 on the trailer.

 

[RedBeard]

How Far Can You Tow With an Electric Truck?

We hitched a 9,000-pound trailer to a 2021 Rivian R1T EV pickup to find out how towing affects range.

www.motortrend.com

 

[Mook]

 

[Pro Stock John]

Cliff notes I'm not sitting through a 18 minute video of him talking.

 

[Mook]

I didn't watch it.

 

[Pro Stock John]

Haha I did watch some parts, I will bill you for my time.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

How Far Can A Rivian R1T Pull A Trailer Versus a Toyota Tundra?

Electric trucks sure can pull, but can they go the distance?

www.thedrive.com

"With all said and done, the Rivian achieved a 153 mile trip in 2 hours, 45 minutes at an average speed of 55.6 mph. It used 91% of its battery to do so, suggesting a total range of around 168 miles if the battery was drained completely. Notably the Rivian did not go into a battery-saving mode at any point during the test, with full power on hand to pull the trailer all the way to the end.

In contrast, the Toyota Tundra was able to stretch its legs far further. Running the same 153 mile circuit, it used just over 10 gallons of fuel, or 32% of its total tank capacity. Extrapolating out, using its full tank capacity, the Tundra could rack up a healthy 473 miles without running out of fuel."

 

[Outlaw]

I didn’t know these are built in Bloomington/ Normal. I was driving through there today and saw three separate hot shot rigs with three RT1’s on each truck. Went from not knowing they were in production yet to seeing nine of them today lol.

 

[Outlaw]

Also, the fucking slide-out kitchen with dual burner electric cooktop and sink is pretty cool.

Quad motor with 400+ range battery is $100,000 tho. Dual motor not available until 2024.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

That didn't take long, bet that guy was pissed.

 

[Pro Stock John]

They look great in person, don't see many of them in Chicago.

 

[frank]

Friend of mine down here just received his truck he had in order from two years ago. He said so far he has liked the truck and no issues really as of yet. Will snap a few pics next week at lacrosse practice.

 

[Mook]

Ive seen a few around town. I dig em.

 

[RedBeard]

I've seen at least a dozen here by me. The Out of Spec youtube guy just took delivery of his and mentioned he wants to do a meet up around here to show it to people so I'm keeping an eye out for that.