Snazzy Labs: I Drove the Cybertruck Killer - Rivian R1T First Look Review

[Trekkie]

One of my favorite of the recent ones, he spends a lot of times showing the features, and confirms that the gear guard is 'sentry mode 'like as well as showing the cable system, and the four (!) key options you get.

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[svet-am]

Thanks for posting this. I posted in a different thread that there is a bit of an easter egg in this video. At approx. timestamp 26:15, he says someone from Rivian told him that there are 40,000 pre-orders.

 

[Babbuino]

I liked the video. My only complaint is with the click bait title. If Rivian announced the R1T before the CT and its now going into production before the CT, and the R1T is the CT killer.... then the CT was DOA? [They aren't even going after the same market ?]
I guess adding Tesla in titles gets the clicks.

 

[JeremyP]

I'm glad to hear that a full day of driving trails used only about 20% of a charge.

 

[dixosw]

Great review. Thanks. I tend to agree with pretty much everything.
Most people mention the screen response time is fine, but as a Tesla owner I think everything I've seen shows the Rivian screen looking laggy. So, if I compare to my Subaru, it's great. But Tesla really raised the bar with having a zippy display, at least in newer vehicles. I appreciate Rivian will be adding more software features OTA, however adding more software doesn't usually make existing software run faster. I'm hoping they work on optimizing existing code as well, and get the screen response to Tesla-level without requiring a hardware upgrade. I think they'll do just fine, but putting almost all controls into a display means that display really needs to rock. Sounds like they are aware of it and are working on it so I remain optimistic.

 

[linkwpc]

Good review! I like the way he did it.

 

[sevengroove]

Also the guy who had the Launch Green R1T! The color looks great imo. It looks worse right next to Forest Green but an excellent color in isolation.

 

[Gator42]

lots of good pics of the Launch Green/Forest Edge combo.

I'm switching to FE!!!

 

[kylealden]

lots of good pics of the Launch Green/Forest Edge combo.

I'm switching to FE!!!

This was my takeaway as well! FWIW Quinn posted on Twitter to vouch for that combo:

 

[bowhunter]

He has been answering questions on Reddit. I haven't read through everything yet, but one takeaway is that he expects R1S deliveries to be quite a ways out yet based on his conversations.

 

[Gator42]

Easily the best review of that CO press junket. Lots of good insider info the others didn't mention...

...and LAUNCH GREEN!

 

[SANZC02]

He has been answering questions on Reddit. I haven't read through everything yet, but one takeaway is that he expects R1S deliveries to be quite a ways out yet based on his conversations.

I saw that as well but not sure how that relates to the factory tour this week (article) with manufacturing chief Erik Fields. That being said, still very likely and possible no R1S vehicles will be delivered prior to January....

 

[Friscorays]

Bummer about March 1, 2022.

 

[sevengroove]

I saw that as well but not sure how that relates to the factory tour this week (article) with manufacturing chief Erik Fields. That being said, still very likely and possible no R1S vehicles will be delivered prior to January....

After reading the AMA, I now wonder if they left out the year on purpose in the article … December 2022?? Jk. But still, excuse me while I go cry in the corner.

 

[yizzung]

Thanks for posting this. I posted in a different thread that there is a bit of an easter egg in this video. At approx. timestamp 26:15, he says someone from Rivian told him that there are 40,000 pre-orders.

Yep. Caught that too. Also said they are confident they’ll deliver all of their (40K) preorders by EOY 22. ?

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