Hopeless fuel economy because we installed short gears to help the poor acceleration because of the huge, roaring tires. Steering with more play in it than Bill Shakespeare. Which in the past has meant deciding where we stand in the Eternal Off-Road Compromise: the better a vehicle performs off-road, the worse it will be on-road. When maxed, this provides 370mm of clearance.Įventually though, all dirt roads must end. Adjustable air springs can raise or lower the chassis by up to 165mm on the fly. Even if something does scrape the floor, it's just the floor. This is extremely good news off road, because obstacles that would normally require a little jig to get round, lest we smash a differential to bits, now can be driven straight over without a care. No locking differentials, no transfer case, no fragile, essential mechanicals dangling down waiting to get bent on a tree stump. But from there, things get deliciously unfamiliar. It's clearly a "real truck" from any angle, which is important in America – based on my research in mall parking lots. The two integrated tow hooks on the front bumper are the biggest indicator of its true off-road capabilities (they're rated to stay attached even when dragging the R1T out of mud up to the door handles) and there's a trailer hitch too, neatly hidden behind a panel out back. The vertical headlight stacks – Rivian calls them Stadium Lights – looked wrong at first but I'm surprised how quickly my brain normalized them.
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A full width glowing white LED bar spans the nose in lieu of a traditional grille, with a matching full-width taillight out back. A good size then – but a better design, mating familiar truck proportions with bold, almost jarring futuristic styling cues. About the same amount smaller than the iconic F150 in a similar spec. Size-wise, the R1T is a bit bigger than a standard European pick-up such as the Ford Ranger, a little wider, and at 5.5 metres in length about 300mm longer.
In the US there have been announcements from pretty much every major carmaker for electric versions of their current truck, but until now not a single fossil-free version has rolled off an assembly line.
That’s right, while Tesla's Cybertruck is still a concept fantasy, here’s a real, honest-to-god, production electric truck, built in Normal, Illinois. What, someone has beaten Tesla to building a production electric truck?
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