R1T Spotted Testing in Europe - Spain

[bd5400]

Someone posted on Reddit that they came across this R1T testing in Spain recently. Pretty neat to see, though I haven’t heard any news in a while about European production.

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[IThinkFreely]

McDonald's for lunch in Spain? Must have sent a midwest tech with the truck.

 

[steelwheels]

What is mounted on the wheels in these pictures?

 

[canikony]

What is mounted on the wheels in these pictures?

I've seen similar setups on other vehicles here in the US but the vehicles are usually marked either by the DOT or some other research firm to analyze the road condition. They're also usually nothing fancy, like a prius or something else thats boring lol. It would be weird to use the Rivian to do this so part of me feels like this is not the case here.

 

[bd5400]

What is mounted on the wheels in these pictures?

They look like wheel force transducers for measuring road load in testing.

Example:
https://www.mts.com/en/products/test-system-components/swift-evo

 

[crashmtb]

They look like wheel force transducers for measuring road load in testing.

Example:
https://www.mts.com/en/products/test-system-components/swift-evo

And it might not actually be testing by or for Rivian. It could be a competitor benchmarking.

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