The Electric Vehicle (EV) discussion thread (Merged)
The unusual design draws you in but the gear tunnel and the huge frunk keep you there. I usually keep all my emergency gear in there. Spare clothing and blankets, recovery boards, first aid kit, kinetic ropes, etc. I bought a new rifle recently and found the tunnel to be the perfect place to store it.
On the downside, it’s a unibody on top of a body on frame. A very unusual design from an engineering standpoint. That design makes them expensive to repair after a car collision but also make it the safest truck in the world.
When I initially got my R1T, there were maybe 500 in all of Colorado. I constantly got excited stares. People would crowd the truck and ask questions. Most folks thought it was a Chinese vehicle and were blown away when I told them it was an American car company out of Illinois.
Now, almost three years later, these things are EVERYWHERE in Colorado. Especially around Boulder. It’s still not as common as Tesla Model 3 or Y but they are WAAAAAYYYY more common than Cybertrucks or F150 Lightnings.
That said, I plan to trade mine in for a Scout Terra when they finally come to market. That’s a more traditional truck design. Very similar in look to the Rivian but the bed is totally separate, and significantly larger. It also has a fixed rear axle which will let it have a differential locker for off roading. It also helps that it’s using the Zonal Architecture that VW is licensing from Rivian to reduce costs but also greatly speed up the time between design and manufacturing.
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i have never seen a Rivian vehicle before, or honestly even heard of them. coincidentally i got behind one just now.
i dig the look of this pickup.
(Don't worry, I was behind him in a construction zone so I was stopped for a good 10 minutes..)
now I'm gonna pretend i never heard of a woman with a nice butt in yoga pants..
The unusual design draws you in but the gear tunnel and the huge frunk keep you there. I usually keep all my emergency gear in there. Spare clothing and blankets, recovery boards, first aid kit, kinetic ropes, etc. I bought a new rifle recently and found the tunnel to be the perfect place to store it.
On the downside, it’s a unibody on top of a body on frame. A very unusual design from an engineering standpoint. That design makes them expensive to repair after a car collision but also make it the safest truck in the world.
When I initially got my R1T, there were maybe 500 in all of Colorado. I constantly got excited stares. People would crowd the truck and ask questions. Most folks thought it was a Chinese vehicle and were blown away when I told them it was an American car company out of Illinois.
Now, almost three years later, these things are EVERYWHERE in Colorado. Especially around Boulder. It’s still not as common as Tesla Model 3 or Y but they are WAAAAAYYYY more common than Cybertrucks or F150 Lightnings.
That said, I plan to trade mine in for a Scout Terra when they finally come to market. That’s a more traditional truck design. Very similar in look to the Rivian but the bed is totally separate, and significantly larger. It also has a fixed rear axle which will let it have a differential locker for off roading. It also helps that it’s using the Zonal Architecture that VW is licensing from Rivian to reduce costs but also greatly speed up the time between design and manufacturing.