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Tank Turn-Anyone heard more about this?

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Tesla exaggerates everything. Rivian tells us nothing.
Go back to the Cybertruck's release date and compare how many updates Tesla has provided on it vs Rivian on the R1T and R1S. I don't think that's a fair assessment.
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@DuckTruck that's both awesome & hilarious!
Skyote,

Any time I can make someone chuckle or smile, it makes me a happy boy. Life is too short as it is..

Hoping to hear your take on the High Mountain Sawatch.

Thanks for the note!

BTW, I just now caught this while going back through this thread. Would've responded earlier, had I seen it sooner.

Be well!
 
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Absolutely a tank turn - like maneuver.
Yeah, that thing was spinning like the hands of a clock around the center spindle at the end of the video. For something that will only leave the roadway when somethingā€™s gone seriously wrong, Iā€™m not sure who thought this feature is right for that car. That said, maybe Michelin and Goodyear talked them into it to better their prospects for selling replacement tires to these owners every 3,000 miles.
 

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HELLO doing donuts in an empty snow filled parking lot have just been taken to a new LEVEL!
 

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If you find pavement partway through the 360, for example, you're in trouble.
Probably not as much as you think. One of the engineers in the winter video mentions that one of the coolest things about the drivetrain is you can remove torque just as quickly as you can add it. With so few spinning parts there is far less rotational momentum behind each of the tires than youā€™d have in a traditional drivetrain. You could probably stop the wheel in a fraction of a second once it encounters more resistance than expected/allowed, and emerge (relatively) unscathed.
 

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Of course a patent application doesnā€™t meant that itā€™s incorporated into the product. In fact, this is a publication of the patent Rivian applied for in Dec. 2019... so no guarantee this is in todayā€™s product.
Of course, we havenā€™t heard anything to indicate it isnā€™t... but the published application is not absolute proof it will be on vehicles delivering SOON.
 

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Tank turn.. meh... make it an upgrade option and lower the starting price a couple grand. Or put in the big stereo system
 

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Tank turn.. meh... make it an upgrade option and lower the starting price a couple grand. Or put in the big stereo system
Tank turn is all code, not including it would not lower the price.
 

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Tank turn is all code, not including it would not lower the price.
tell that to tesla buyers who paid extra for heated seats "code" because the car came with them, but not turned on to meet a lower price point

https://electrek.co/2020/02/15/tesla-rear-heated-seats-model-3-ota-upgrades/


take me out of k turn, tank turn, and any other turning shenanigans, drop the price a grand or 2... i'll buy them later if i want or need them. give me an awesome stereo instead
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