Rivian R1T Electric Pickup Revealed

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The basics.

4 motors
Up to 826 lb-ft torque
11,000 lbs towing
Up to 400 mile range
0-60 as low as 3.0 seconds
Water fording depth: 1 meter
45 degree climb gradient


Starting at $61k after Federal tax credits.

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Why can't the big 3 or even Toyota build an electric truck? All you have to do is work on the electrical drive train components and you have a product. Rivian has to make the whole thing and they beat all of you to market. Take the new silverado for example. Why can't that be plug in electric? You already have a 2.7L 4 cylinder for the truck, just do a Volt like setup and run 50 miles electric and use the engine when needed. All the truck posers (myself included) can just drive to work and home depot on battery.
 
Interesting that it's stated to be able to ford one meter of water. That is my concern with electrics and hybrids. Even one foot of water is quite a bit and could result in a big blue flash.

It would be interesting during flood times.
 
They could make one anytime they want to... but why would they? They make huge money selling gasoline powered trucks.

Look at the Volt.. which was just canned. All that R&D money down the drain. I bet they didn't make a dime on that car.
 
Not to mention who's going to buy an electric truck? Freezing your butt off in Alberta winters, range anxiety/wild variences, waiting ages for a refuel, poor value and questionable reliability are antithetic to what truck buyers are looking for.

Seems everyones getting drunk on futurefetishism, either that or they see the draconian regulations coming down the pipe and are making impracticable decisions. The grid supply is a here and now deal and cars aren't the only things it needs to power. Deferring/storing production peak to off peak is just as problematic as charging batteries- inefficient and cumbersome. Imagine being able to only fill up your gas tank between the hours of 7PM and 7AM and at a rate of an oz/10 minutes?? It's ridiculous. NO ONE wants that and no one is prepared. Battery tech still isn't that great. Politicians and sci-fi greenies can pound their fists as hard as they want, the world can't just transform in a day, a year, a decade to make EVs practicable for everyone. The hype is insane. We'll see if Rivian still exists in 10 years.
 
What I would want to see is local governments purchasing EVs for their use. So far I haven't seen or heard much of that. Also company fleets like UPS, FedEx, post office etc.

The initial cost is likely the barrier. If they can sell them for the same as gas powered vehicles then there could be sales.
 
The government is going to have to try them first. As stated above, USPS and others have short, daily fixed routes that SHOULD be able to handle an EV (obviously not a $60K+ crew cab pickup)-if it works for them, maybe it has a future(?)
 
When a new F150 Lariat is pushing $70,000 now, this kind of pricing seems acceptable. However, my 2009 Lariat 4x4 was $34K after negotiation and well less than $40K out the door. Adjusted for inflation, that would be under $50K today. Which clearly can't be done. Prices are as of this moment about 40% higher than they were, with inflation taken into account.

Nor are you getting more for your money with an expensive EV. You get less range and far less real world towing prowess. Sure, it has the torque to pull a locomotive. But it can't pull your RV trailer very far.

A 200KWH battery (which as of now does not exist) will make 100HP for 2 hours.

Unfortunately, most people are utterly unaware that it takes 125HP to tow 8000 pounds at 65 MPH. So even with that big 200kwh battery, towing a modest RV will be limited to about 104 miles to complete depletion.
 
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PimTac said:
Starting at $61,000 after federal credits ?

Sell it on its own merits and consumer demand. Let's see how it sells.
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Ford Lightning and Cybertruck will level all these overpriced competitors

If Rivian and Lordstown would have released 5 years ago there might have been a chance
 
Rmay635703 said:
If it’s not for sale before it may as well be unicorn farts.

First to market will own the town, if Fords $35000 EV truck they have teased for 10 years is first Rivian and others will be DOA even if they are better
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Rivian already has trucks on the road. Amazon bought some, and they're going to buy a total of 100k in the coming years. So while the R1S and R1T aren't quite out yet, Rivian does have some commercial EV's on the road and in service.
 
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