Is the all-electric Rivian R1T a dream truck for Adventurists?

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After spending the better part of the last decade operating completely out of the spotlight, US-based automotive startup Rivian has finally debuted its first electric vehicle: a five-passenger pickup truck called the R1T. Announced on Monday at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the R1T is positioned as a dream truck for outdoorsy types, combining the utility of a Ford Ranger or Toyota Tacoma with bleeding edge technology — all while putting out zero emissions, meaning owners can help reduce the harm being done to the natural world the company’s vehicles are meant to explore.

A big part of Rivian’s long, meticulous road to this debut has been all about making sure the R1T (and a sibling SUV scheduled to be revealed on Tuesday) offer top-of-the-line specs when it comes to performance and range. The result is a quad-motor electric pickup truck capable of up to over 400 miles of range that’s able to reach 60 miles per hour in three seconds, putting Rivian’s first offering in rare air typically reserved for Teslas and supercars.
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/26...electric-pickup-price-specs-la-auto-show-2018
 
Pretty interesting vital statistics on this model in comparison to similar class trucks (Ranger and Tacoma). Also, that hefty price tag (by itself startling) for the entry level model is not too terribly off the mark for similarly equipped high-end models of the same class of trucks, or for more customized builds with similar capabilities to the Rivian.

Exciting times as technology matures and comes to market...
 
TangoBlue said:
Exactly. Screw that - I will have no patience for the return drive home in the future. I much rather holo-deck the experience, jump in the ion-shower, and then go about my inter-galactic business.
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I'd take the holo-deck experience over driving a 1.5 hour shuttle/shuffle when all I really want is to be on the river!
 
I am not a big fan of the looks of the R1T, but like the direction the technology is going. There does not seem to be much talk of Rivians SUV, the R1S, it has the same front end and much of the specs are the same but everything from the apillar back is changed. To me, it really helps the looks and is far more interesting to me.

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Having someone competing with Tesla will also force them to step up their game even more and compete on prices.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/2...HZF4_UCNwN4a94dnDBqsKjqXAWM4l4cQWozAefxlqS2FU
 
BlkWgn said:
I am not a big fan of the looks of the R1T, but like the direction the technology is going. There does not seem to be much talk of Rivians SUV, the R1S, it has the same front end and much of the specs are the same but everything from the apillar back is changed. To me, it really helps the looks and is far more interesting to me.
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Yeah, the shape is alright. If they changed the headlight/DRL situation, it would look pretty darn good IMO.
 
BushHead said:
When you're able to plug these vehicles into your standard on-board solar panel system and fully charge them in less than 3 hours... they will start to get my attention. Until then.. meh...
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Haven't crunched the numbers but I don't think that will ever be possible. Considering the amount of energy needed to move 5000 lbs of steel, plastic, etc., 400 miles and the theoretical maximum of solar energy per square foot of solar panel. So I'm with you. But if charging stations become about as common as finding a gas station with diesel? The charge time goes down a reasonable time that gets into the realm of filling up a tank? Then yeah they got me.

Although. While it is easier to carry extra gas the equivalent of charging and electric vehicle from solar panels for an IC engine vehicle is drilling for and then refining dead dinosaur juice into gas. Or making your own corn squeezins and refining it into ethanol.
 
Well.. maybe in 20 years we'll have real Tesla towers or somesuch and the batteries will just continually charge all the time...

or we can just have a charging antenna and not need batteries at all.
 
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