The Worlds first *REAL* Electric Truck! - Everything You Need to Know!

so right now we are in the mountains of colorado and behind me i have a rivien r1t the world's first production electric truck i will tell you everything you need to know about this vehicle after we finish climbing this mountain let's get started so full disclosure i have had a rivien r1t on pre-order for about three years now i've had my eyes on this truck for a very long time unfortunately this truck is not mine rivien invited us out here to test their trucks and as you've seen we have put them through a lot off-roading in an electric vehicle is a pretty crazy experience normally you would expect loud engine noises from a souped-up 4x4 or side by side but on a 100 electric truck with electric motors on all four tires this thing is absolutely silent so normally i drive a toyota tacoma with the off-road package very capable machine but even with the off-road package i would be nervous taking it on this road look at this this is straight up with massive boulders the nice thing about this electric truck is that there is no differential holding down to reduce my ground clearance right now we are off-roading through like this cavern thing trying to keep these sides of the truck away from the rock walls this is cozy look at that we are at like a 45 degree angle right now good thing we folded in the mirrors you can see we've totally folded them in i'm really glad that zach is driving there's the wall i don't think mike could do this to be honest and the crazy thing is like it is so quiet that is crazy you don't hear the engine revving up wow that was crazy now we're leading your way oh this is nuts it is it's a little bit hard to keep momentum but good job man sides of the car still intact it did not damage the truck on this part of the trail good clarification as we're off-roading you can tell this is not a normal trail but there is a lot of protection for the components underneath we have carbon protecting the motors and the suspension as well as a metal protective cover for the battery which is super important because these boulders are massive combined the dual front motors have 413 pound-feet of torque while the two rear motors have 495 for a combined over 900 pound-feet of torque very impressive and they are totally quiet the only things we are hearing is nature as well as the crunch of the rocks underneath our tires wow the rivien r1t does have a front trunk you know cargo space where the gas powered engine would normally be and normally with a gas-powered vehicle the hood being open would be a sign of distress but here with rivien having the hood open just means you're having a good time and accessing the stuff you brought with you along the trip so we're going down kind of a steeper stretch right now and instead of like in a gas powered vehicle you would let the engine compression kind of slow you down instead of riding the brakes the whole way but in this electric rivian i'm able to use the regenerative braking to slow me down in the exact same way so i'm not riding the brake and the regenerative braking is actually adding power back into my battery the electric motors are acting like generators when we go downhill so we will have more fuel or battery life at the bottom of the hill than we had when we started at the top using the weight and momentum of the truck to charge up the battery while going downhill basically gives us free energy the rivien has a range of 314 miles on a single charge which is good since there is currently no charger in sight it has a zero to 60 mile per hour in just three seconds which is also pretty fantastic now instead of buying a sports car for a midlife crisis we can get faster acceleration a new electric truck and then get right back to working with it for the next 50 years because retiring is something only our parents get to do all these riviens are made right here in the usa the rivien has an independent four-wheel air suspension system which controls the ride height while a hydraulic roll control and damper system helps control the body on and off road and as you can see it's doing a pretty good job very quietly the entire system is electronically controlled with accumulators that act as remote reservoirs for the hard hits while we're off-roading obviously we raise the suspension up to clear the boulders but if we're on the freeway or a regular road we could lower it down to be more aerodynamic being aerodynamic is really important when you're above like 35 45 miles an hour that's when it really starts to slow you down and eat up some of your battery life and being lower to the ground decreases the wind so it's nice to have both options so right now we're about to go up a pretty steep incline and we're going to turn on the front cameras which are right here so we can see what's going on right in front of the vehicle so as we crest this hill we'll know what's on the other side it's hard to tell on camera how steep this is but seriously it is steep and can't rocky see the road in front of us there we go but now we can't you can see the screen but we can't see the road in front of us it's so shaky okay there's a yeah don't go up there yeah there's a cliff good thing we had the camera that clip makes the video i have the best steady hands in the world so i know i'm known for durability tests and this was not intentional at all but we've been off-roading for about five hours or so through some pretty incredibly rough terrain and it just so happened that my tire is the one that got sideswiped by a rock and went flat we are in the middle of nowhere most electric vehicles do not have a spare tire in the back but this one does lucky us in order for us to get in tire changing mode we do have to raise the wheel height to max and then get into a special tire change mode after that which raises the body away from the tire enough to give us room to work the tire change mode as well keeps the vehicle from leveling itself while we're working on it because obviously we're going to jack up one corner that's not a wimpy spare this is a full-size ready-to-rock off-roading spare tire that's a nasty gash in the sidewall oh man double velcro straps man this is more of a tour than we ever anticipated today wait don't need to jack it up first no you have to break these looks this is why i'm changing the tires so when changing your tire if you jack the truck up first and then break the lugs the tire will just spin so leaving the tire on the ground while we change the lugs makes it a whole lot easier this right here is part of what was capping the spare tire and it's very useful because the truck is so high off the ground that we can use it as a platform for the jack and then down here we have to find a spot to mount to the frame pop this piece of plastic out it'll just dangle down set this and it's really nice because we're on a sandy road right now so it'll give it something to press on as well as this block so right here since we're changing the tire this is the air canister for the suspension changes the ride height that way to just get a close-up look at that while we loose while we release the last lug nut and these are the front calipers for the rivien r1t and they are much larger than the rear calipers calipers on all four tires there are six pistons inside of this caliper that compress against the rotor here to slow you down most of the stopping power is always done with the front of the vehicle it also uses the regenerative braking to slow the vehicle down as well which puts energy back into the battery with 835 horsepower we need brakes this big line up the lug studs so all the lugs are hand tight then we can drop her down final touch needs the center cap ruby and logo right here these are big old tires let's check out that rock this edge is what got it right there at least it was a big rock if we did need to air up the spare tire you know after they've been around for a while they kind of air down the rivien r1t does have a built-in air compressor our tire is brand new so we don't need to fill it up but this guy right here is the air compressor now it's back to driving the riven is capable of forwarding water up to three feet deep obviously we don't have any three feet deep streams around here the motor and batteries are sealed and protected it's nice knowing everything's watertight jiggles out all these people right there is detecting everybody it's like a little dance party with digital people what that's awesome and now it's time to talk about the specifics of what the truck has and what the insides look like since this is an electric vehicle i think it's only fair that we talk about power first so obviously we have electric motors on all four tires and the battery right here in the center which makes the whole truck have a super low center of gravity but with all of that battery power we do have extra power outlets right here we have two in the back one right here in the gear tunnel which i'll talk more about in a second and a third 110 volt right there underneath the center console in the back which is nice because rivien has positioned this as an adventure vehicle you know a vehicle that you take on adventures and having electricity is pretty cool while we're back here at this storage tunnel this opens up to allow a bunch more cargo space inside and actually opens all the way through the vehicle to the other side put something in one end come out the other and we've actually stuck dan dan actually went through the the tunnel by himself and you can also stand on top of it like it i'm pretty heavy and it's strong enough for you to get on here to actually reach up to your racks or whatever stuff you have on top of here so this is a really cool feature rivien's not messing around with durability and i know you're dying to see the inside of the truck but i'm not done with the outside yet so the truck bed is four and a half feet with a tailgate up and when the tailgate's folded down there is a ton more room for full size sheets of plywood but one little interesting tidbit is that the rivian logo is inlaid as the texture to the bed liner hopefully you can see that on camera but all of those little designs are rivian logos so as the tailgate comes down this flap lays flat so that you can slide things in without hitting that big crevice in the middle and as you saw earlier very conveniently there is a spare tire underneath the bed and i'll talk more about these in a minute but there is also pre-installed cargo rack mounting points that can go on either the truck bed or the roof and that'll be good for holding bikes or even like a rooftop tent i know when i installed the roof rack on my tacoma it took me hours and was very permanent drilling through the top of the roof so it's nice that rivien has made everything detachable and modular and underneath here where we'd expect the engine to be there's a little button it opens up no engine just a whole bunch of storage space right here is an emergency exit button as well as some 12 volt power and underneath here we have some more storage for like the charging cable and some uh locks the iconic headlights are also here in front we have the low beams and the high beams hidden right inside of here along with a really bright led bar that kind of mimics what's going on in the back back here we have the same aesthetic with the huge led beam across the tailgate and of course as i mentioned earlier we have the air compressor as well as different tie down points around the edge of the bed rivia knows that there's no point in making an electric truck unless it's super capable the rivien r1t is slightly larger than my tacoma but can tow 11 000 pounds with the included tow hitch for reference my tacoma can tow about 6 000 and that was before i put the lift on it now it's much less than that and what i found with towing when using other electric vehicles using that full capacity does decrease your range by about half so when you load it up just something to plan on the charging port is located right here it is using the j1772 and also the ccs for the super fast charging right here and like i mentioned previously i'm also using the j1772 on my own electric vehicle build because they are the most common throughout the united states most people are always just going to charge at home you know park it in the garage plug it in overnight and you get a full charge ready to go the next morning like having a gas station in your garage but if you're doing road trips there are dc fast charging stations all across the united states if you're using one of those dc fast chargers you can get up to 140 miles of range in 20 minutes but 99 or 95 of the time most people will be charging at home in their garage rivian is installing their own charging network as well that'll use those same plugs called the rivian adventure network and they're going to position it around national parks and outdoor places because if you haven't noticed this is an adventure vehicle time for inside the vehicle i've been waiting for this for about three years so i'm pretty excited the interior of this is called the ocean coast and it might look white but it's actually a gray color which i'm actually it's growing on me a lot the front seats are also ventilated for heating as well as cooling we have the two displays one for the driver and then more infotainment over here you can see it better from the back here we have three more seats two full-size seats and a center seat along with three mounting points for car seats which is something i will have to be using fairly soon we have the rivian badging along the seats here we have usb-c ports as well as some coat hooks along with some aesthetic designs little pockets for seats back here air conditioning control for the rear seats along with that 110 outlet below the first thing i noticed getting inside is the massive glass roof since riven is positioning this as an outdoor adventure vehicle you know something you take to national parks having a 360 degree view all around the vehicle is pretty important there's also a total of 18 speakers around the vehicle including a subwoofer underneath the back seat all of the adventure models have ash wood in the dashboard and like i said earlier this is ocean coast there is also forest edge which kind of has a green color to it and black mountain which as you guessed it is mostly black so i'm sitting here in the back seat with plenty of leg room it is a full-size cab and one thing i really like about rivian is that they are they have a whole sustainability mantra about them this microfiber material up here in the ceiling is 100 recycled and all of the seats in here are made from vegan leather so with this totally electric vehicle rivien's going green in more ways than one let me show you the different driving modes jumping in here to the driver's seat like i mentioned earlier this is just slightly larger than my toyota tacoma but smaller than a full-sized truck like the ford f-150 which is just the size i'm looking for over here we have the windshield wipers and headlights we have selector knobs over here little rolly gizmos along with more wood in the steering wheel and plenty of different driving modes we have all-purpose sport conserve off-road which we've been using most today and towing the cool thing about all of these modes though is the ride height and like i mentioned earlier changing the ride height isn't just for off-roading it also helps with aerodynamics this is how much clearance we have in the lowest mode set you right here for a second let's bump up that suspension the rivien r1t can go as low as 9.5 inches all the way up to 15. almost a six inch difference with the ride height between the lowest and tallest and now with the vehicle totally raised up there is so much more room that's insane it's like installing a lift on your vehicle in a minute instead of an entire day i get everything i wanted with my toyota tacoma that took me a long time to install and modify from day one with the rivian and there's two more little easter eggs that i want to show you if you're not convinced yet these will probably do it so obviously we have the keys right here there's a fob a key card and there's also an adventure bracelet but down here there is a bluetooth speaker that comes with the truck an adventure vehicle with adventure tunes as a side note every time you lock and unlock the vehicle it makes a little bird chirping noise talk about going back to nature and last but not least there are seven thousand seven hundred and seventy six battery cylindrical cells underneath this rivien the 7777 is right here in this flashlight with 1 000 lumens incredibly bright and useful and there we have it the rivien r1t i've been in a lot of electric trucks the cybertruck the new electric hummer and if i had to pick one electric truck that was my absolute favorite it would be this one the size is right the specs are right and the off-road capabilities are very impressive there are a couple things that i wish it did have though one the vehicle-to-grid technology that we're gonna see in the ford f-150 as well as vehicle-to-vehicle charging i think those two things are a game changer the nice thing though about electric vehicles is that a lot of that stuff can be done with updates over time of course that's never necessarily a guarantee with this but i know that they are implementing something called tank turn which turns all four tires that's gonna be an over-the-air update pretty soon either way i am very excited about what the future holds will i go through with my pre-order i'm not totally sure yet i gotta talk to the wife first but you can bet i'll be thinking about it every day let me know what you think of the rivian r1t down in the comments i'm curious to hear your thoughts coming out with me on instagram and twitter and thanks a ton for watching i'll see you around foreign

Channel: JerryRigEverything

Views: 1,463,190

Rating: 4.9139438 out of 5

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Length: 21min 43sec (1303 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 28 2021

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[u/Cultural_Ad_9304]

Doesn’t matter the brand, I’m excited for electric trucks to be more commonplace since they are currently non-existent on the road

[u/Mysterious_Mouse_388]

this was a fun video. Us vs them, for me at least, is solar panels vs oil rigs. Be as awesome as you can be, Rivian, Ford and Tesla.

[u/gobba-gobba-gooey]

NGL, I have a cyber truck on pre-order, and love my S and have often said I will never drive another car than Tesla, but damned if this doesn’t make me want it…..

[u/KnubblMonster]

Everything looks well thought out and build. Really impressive truck! The low fps live camera view was an unexpected eyesore, but shouldn't be too difficult to fix.

[u/The_user_of]

Huge Tesla fan, but the R1T and R1S are much closer fits to my needs and ideal vehicles than anything Tesla has. I cancelled Model X and Model Y pre-orders and decided to wait out and see what comes of the R1S/R1T, and so far it seems to fill the good niche that Tesla hasn't quite captured yet (towing, more full-sized SUV with headroom, a bit more off-road geared). Maybe CT will get there, but Tesla still doesn't have an off-road geared full size SUV.

[u/shiloh15]

I've got my own Cybertruck reservation but the R1T looks super impressive based on this review. Obviously base model Cybertruck will be much cheaper but the R1T looks like it would be a joy to own.

[u/bevo_expat]

I know a lot of people are hyped for the CT but this Rivian R1T looks great.

[u/Kaffikup]

Dude after f150 showed their frunk design every truck should be racing to copy that, thats my only beef but yeah this truck is freaking amazing looking. Well except the light bar