MKBHD Review: The R1T is an Incredibly Fun Full Electric Pickup

[Trekkie]

My take on that is as he was using the map talking about it lagging and I thought it looked fine in the video.

Speaking as a Tesla owner, the lag he's referring too is the time to update when you zoom in/out on that map. Today, the Tesla interface is super smooth and zooming in and out with pinch gestures is amazingly fluid. That was the 'lag' I was seeing.

It's not the 'hit a button and wait for menu' lag but more the responsiveness of the map.

It's been so long since I used an original tesla map, but they grew leaps and bounds with updates over the years with updates. While not ideal, I do expect some future updates will solve some of those. It's an interesting math problem, especially since they're using the unity engine for development, it's a matter of polygon sizes, sub polygons, neat stuff for programmers to solve.

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[Driveout]

This video seems to be from a non truck guy. That gives us a point of view that most here will not align with as we are the drooling early adopters that after exposure to the design and projected features (even though some were dropped to hit a price point) led us to place a $1,000 deposit on what was a cool idea and some pretty display models. One major focus of the Rivian engineers was/is the adventure capability not well represented in this video with the 6 inch rut and barely nosing up a dirt mound for a photo op. Give me 24 hours... No offence intended to the reviewer it's just not in his normal wheelhouse. Overall a glowing, feature rich, report. Can someone explain how turning radius is related to torque vectoring?

 

[sevengroove]

Can someone explain how turning radius is related to torque vectoring?

Sending more power to the outer wheels during a turn? That’s my (a someone’s) guess.

 

[AltaTruck]

On flat terrain, exactly what is the measured distance for the turning radius?

 

[runwithscissors]

On flat terrain, exactly what is the measured distance for the turning radius?

No idea but it's tight, did my test drive the other day and was impressed with the quick u-turn performed several times. The guide made it sound like the 4 motors contribute to that but I have no idea, I'm an EV newbie.

 

[Cactus]

No reviewers seem to mention that Rivian’s have knee airbags. That maybe why there’s no room for a glove box?

Lack of a large glove box on passenger side is a head-scratcher for me too. It can't be that expensive and other vehicle manufacturers manage to stuff an airbag into the center of the steering wheel, so space shouldn't be an issue...
Anyone have a guess as to why no decent size glove box?

 

[ajbrutman]

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[Dbeglor]

Lack of a large glove box on passenger side is a head-scratcher for me too. It can't be that expensive and other vehicle manufacturers manage to stuff an airbag into the center of the steering wheel, so space shouldn't be an issue...
Anyone have a guess as to why no decent size glove box?

No physical manual anymore, there are cubbies beneath each seat. Probably the combination of those two things (what else would you put in there?). On the other hand, I wonder how much cost they actually save by not having it, or what is gained by not having or lost by having it.

 

[Riventures]

. Can someone explain how turning radius is related to torque vectoring?

During a tight turn with four independent motors, you can send positive torque to outer wheels and negative torque to inner wheels. During a U-turn, all wheels get positive torque, but outter wheels get multiples of inner wheels, front wheels get higher torque than rears. During a Tank-turn, inner wheels actually get negative torque.

 

[CommodoreAmiga]

Lack of a large glove box on passenger side is a head-scratcher for me too. It can't be that expensive and other vehicle manufacturers manage to stuff an airbag into the center of the steering wheel, so space shouldn't be an issue...
Anyone have a guess as to why no decent size glove box?

Probably a combination of the relatively small/minimalist dash, no tunnel connecting center console to dash, and the large drunk means they need to put some of the HVAC components somewhere.

 

[Friscorays]

Bummer about March 1, 2022.

 

[Temerarius]

Probably a combination of the relatively small/minimalist dash, no tunnel connecting center console to dash, and the large drunk means they need to put some of the HVAC components somewhere.

Yeah, I suspect they smooshed HVAC and other bits in there.

 

[Diddy123]

Lack of a large glove box on passenger side is a head-scratcher for me too. It can't be that expensive and other vehicle manufacturers manage to stuff an airbag into the center of the steering wheel, so space shouldn't be an issue...
Anyone have a guess as to why no decent size glove box?

I was thinking of all the things I have in my current glove box. Turns out not having a glovebox is excusable.

-flashlight: now in the door
-tire pressure gauge: now shown in the UI and/or compressor area
-registration/insurance: now on my phone
-manual: now in the UI
-pen: will move to tiny seat cubby
-sams club card: now on my phone

 

[DaveA]

"The most fun I've ever had driving a truck and if you put a gun to my head right now and said Cybertruck or Rivian I would honestly pick the Rivian. It is sick. It is so fun.... I've never gotten more looks and questions about anything I've driven ever.... Jesus Christ this truck is fast. It is wild. It is hilarious that a truck can be that fast and I don't want to describe what I did on the highway in too much detail but it shouldn't be able to do what it does on the highway. It is awesome."

Annoyed that he didn’t know the RAN network is along major highways/routes and is reserved for Rivian vehicles only (initially) and the waypoint network is for National/State Parks/Shopping centers etc and open to everyone. ?‍

 

[SeaGeo]

Lack of a large glove box on passenger side is a head-scratcher for me too. It can't be that expensive and other vehicle manufacturers manage to stuff an airbag into the center of the steering wheel, so space shouldn't be an issue...
Anyone have a guess as to why no decent size glove box?

Probably a combination of the relatively small/minimalist dash, no tunnel connecting center console to dash, and the large drunk means they need to put some of the HVAC components somewhere.

If you look at the skateboard configuration with the parts on there, I could see there not being a ton of room and wanting to maintain leg room for something that they decided doesn't provide much value. I'm guessing it was more of a design decision rather than a cost cutting one.

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