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It is software. They could easily just have the toad be powered and essentially be driving itself with steering from the tow vehicle. This toad could help with acceleration and braking which would essentially turn the tow vehicle into a hybrid.

Posting a screenshot of your conversation with a low level customer service representative is not evidence that they won't offer flat towing. The CEO stated otherwise. Also, there is nothing about the electric motors that would prevent flat towing. It is the software.

Again, your claim is unverifiable until Rivian says otherwise.

why is this even being talked about? Does anyone have any evidence that Rivian is not going to make them flat towable after they stated they would?

Why would they have to disconnect the motors from the wheels? Why would they want to?

The official word from Rivian is that it will be towable. I would go with that over a rumor on a forum.

Because of the limited range when towing, I have decided not to buy the pickup and instead build a Ford F550 based expedition vehicle and get the R2R instead as long as it is flat towable. I am going to live in the expedition vehicle full-time. I am really hoping they will have a way to tap...

For me, it is less about the configurator and more about not being open and transparent about missing self stated deadlines.

We have photos and videos of those things. We also have photos and videos of Nikola's "working" prototype.

I get their emails.

We don't know if Rivian is only just struggling with planning and communications, now do we? And the comparison is Nikola's failure to meet its own deadlines and Rivian's failure to meet its own deadlines.

The how doesn't matter, they should be far more transparent in communicate it in a manner that everyone can see and reference it.

Why? We know about as much about Rivian as we do Nikola.

It doesn't matter, because they didn't revise that. If when they realize they couldn't meet that deadline, they needed to revise it and let people know. With all the lies from Nikola and other start-ups, any lack of transparency makes a company such as their look very very bad.

I am really losing faith in Rivian. They are making promises and not keeping them. Tomorrow is the last day of summer, and still no configurator.

That doesn't mean much. The rolling resistance is the smallest impact on range. An 11,000 low profile trailer will have considerably less impact on range as a travel trainer with solar panels and air conditioners on the roof.

The weight has the smallest impact. The drag is huge. How fast were you going?

It says 440V in the subtitles. Also, they filed a patent showing the use of a 450V battery that could be charged at 900V. It is really simple. You just have two 450V packs in parallel to operate the vehicle, then switch them to series for charging. It wouldn't be 440 miles while towing. We...

440V, not miles.