$30,000 Reasons To Prove Me Wrong About The Tesla Cybertruck and Why I’m Keeping My Rivian 

I was a Computer science graduate and fell into working on a couple military aircrafts. I currently work on the F-35. Just wanted to say I appreciate you paying your taxes on time rich so we can continue to miss deadlines and still get paid lots of money.

I just love Rich’s story arc . He got his start from rebuilding Teslas but it’s always been a love hate relationship. I’m glad he’s always been straight forward about their lies and shortcomings. It’s a weird place to be.

Those trailer pulls are the fastest that humvee has ever gone

one thing ive learnt watching the EV scene closely is you can take 15% of any max stats the maker claims

At least Rich is using the truck for what it's made for. Most people just buy pickup trucks to drive as a car.

Only Rich would get 2 free charges and then complain about paying for the third. 😄

Rich the only Rivian owner that has to sleep on the car using the pet mode, to save some money. Either way, I too, rather sleep on the car than paying some questionable rooms, or loosing time attempting to assemble a tent.

That clip of the Rivian launching a boat 🤣🤣 ...did not expect it to drive back out like that

I just wish the Rivian's rear "quarter" panel was actually a quarter panel. Instead it reaches from the tail light allllll the way up to the A pillar.

A month later, "yo, got a cyber truck, but let me explain..."

The lack of Stevon is disappointing

I've been watching your channel for a couple years and I wasn't a Tesla fanboy, I'm not a car guy, I like the s*** talking that you used to do the beginning of episodes. Anyway, I thought about why I continue to watch your channel and what it is that really keeps pulling me in. Is that the whole market of how electric vehicles and gas vehicles has changed over the last couple years is why I keep watching. You were going through this paradigm shift in real time and you keep asking the question about is this vehicle worth it? Now maybe you do have some sort of addiction to buying new vehicles and doing new things. But your RU-vid channel demands that and I think that's a fine way to spend your money in time. But the thing is you always talk about the rang anxiety which is something that I don't think. I heard the word rang anxiety before 2009 when one of my teachers bought a Nissan leaf. There is something really specific about the depth of what is going on in this changing market that I really think you're evaluating in a way that none of the advertisement does. Like you said about the cyber truck, do you think that they're actually going to show the cyber truck losing on marketing material? I don't think so. I wasn't interested in the rivian in any way before it came out but you did show what it is capable of. No longer is the cult of new the thing that matters because there is this eclectic style going on between a channel where you're using electric pickup truck to go get a Humvee because you're working on other cars and you need something to move stuff around with. It's literally a practical move with everything. Anyway, I love your channel. I love how I'm interested in something that you are doing specifically in a topic I don't care about

See what you need to try is putting on a big enough alternator to idle the humvee and charge the rivian while towing the humvee

Good for you for explaining trailer maintenance! So many people ignore maintenance on their trailers! 👍

I have a strange feeling the first Wrecked Cybertruck to hit the auctions is going to have this Hummers body swapped onto it.

Electric vehicles seem really cool, super fast. But man the whole charging situation is a real pain in the ass, then on his final charge to 92% it still cost him the same amount it cost me to fill my pickup with 91

The real MVP is that blue FJ outside the shop

They really need to make charging spots pull-thru like gas stations are. It is crazy that they don't do that.

the rivian is the perfect in terms of style of an electric truck. it looks enough different that you can tell its not a gasser/diesel. but it still looks like a truck and it doesn't look like something i drew when i was 5

The Rivian seems like a great vehicle- if you're retired and have loads of extra time on your hands.

My man is listening to Project Pat. Mista Don't Play, Cheese and Dope. I love it...

Rushing from one charge to another hoping that the charging bay is free hoping that the charger is working and then getting charged up the kazoo for the electricity sounds like a great work vehicle

Any electric truck with towing capacity should also include a bed to sleep on.

I was also a bit shocked paying the full price at EA stations. Becoming a member made so much sense. Looks like they jacked up their prices since last summer though. The highest fee I was seeing was 48¢/kwh but I was getting 35¢/kwh as I member. It's getting close to double now without the membership price.

I can live with the charging times but having to unhitch the trailers sucks. Doesnt happen at the gas pump

When you said a reason to replace the Rivian with a CyberTruck was better acceleration: it’s only 0.3s difference. I can’t notice that without a Draggy. I’d say the main reasons would be bed length and faster/easier charging. But I too am so put off by the CT’s looks that I’m definitely keeping my Rivian for many years yet.

what i got from this is that electric vehicles are for people that have time to spare.

Love your "We need to free Stevon" tab

I love your take on things Rich, you nailed this one. Fair and balanced and insightful! Keep it up brother

Can I just say: I appreciate the subtitles on screen for the music you were listening to. I mean I don't listen to any of those, but just the thought that went into the decision because you know people would ask. Also: Cool Hummer, dude.

Best part of the video was seeing that Rich was enjoying some classic Project Pat 😂

I miss driving Hummvees in the National Guard. Can confirm they're super fun to drive in the Summer, and look forward to seeing Rich's work on this.

I hope someone takes you up on the drag race! Fully agree with keeping the rivian if you already one.

are you me?

Thanks Rich for helping us Veterans out. We appreciate you as well. Your content brings me sanity and moments away from thinking about constant pain. 🤜🏾🤛🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Ironically I charged at that same spot pulling a trailer in my lightning (there is a taco place and smash burger near there haha?) I ended up having to drop the trailer just like you did. A major improvement would be if the end stations were prioritized for vehicles with trailers, I hope rivian will get access to superchargers like ford will in the future. Couldn’t agree more though - other than the range it is the perfect tow vehicle.

that line up of military vehicles is solid. I knew you were a man of culture Uncle Rich

Glad to see this video. Two weeks ago, I was thinking that it must be difficult to charge a vehicle that's towing something. You showed that was exactly the case.

Anyone else really impressed with the towing UI/menus? Do any other EV trucks have this functionality?

Who's 911 engine was behind the trailer when loading the jet boat pallet at 3:35? I rebuilt one. Fun project. Hopefully we see more!!!

Riche's taste in military vehicles almost exactly matches my own and makes me like him infinatly more than I already did.

You demonstrated why I put a power trailer jack on my camper once I started towing with my Tesla Model X. My last trip I had to unhitch and re-hitch 5 times each way for charging. And even more frustrating is that two of the stations had a single spot that could accommodate a trailer and both times it was taken by someone without a trailer, and there were plenty of other spots available. On huge advantage Rivian has is that charging port is in the front. Much better chances to be able to not need to unhitch with a Rivian since you never have the need to back into most chargers. Of course, I've never had to unhitch a trailer to fuel my ICE truck. I love my electric and yet there is still huge opportunities for improvements.

I do agree with rich at the end. Id not sell a car with 20k miles unless it really doesn't meet my needs in a big way. Great job rich i do appreciate your videos. I just like your project videos more. But ill keep on suppting you

Is Stevon going to buy a Cybertruck?

Any chance that we get that 0-60 towing number in the next video?

Thank you so much for the CT be Porsche rant. I saw it all over my LinkedIn Feed and knew it had to be bogus. I’ll keep my skepticism; thank you! Loving the content Rich and team!

Thanks, Rich, for convincing me to never buy an electric vehicle. Appreciate it.

Hey rich what's your thoughts on deboss and Edison partnership for the hybrid pickup

I had the same feeling when I saw the videos popping up everywhere of the Cybertruck crash test. They compared the damage (or the lack of it) of a full frontal crash done with a Cybertruck with .... the small overlap crash - the hardest crash to absorb and the one that looks way more dramatic from that angle - on a Rivian. I mean, are most people that stupid? Apparently they are.

STEVON COME HOME

R1S is going to rock. I just wish they'd also make a long version.

That cost is kinda insane, never knew it cost so much to charge em up, not even all the way too

As long as uncle Rich keeps making vlogs,life is wonderful 🎉🎉

I can see how range anxiety could exist when you drive this much. Most of the people I know live and survive exclusively in the city, and very, very rarely go more than 50km to any destination and back for any given event. A lot of people don't go more than 20km from home basically ever. If this is you, an EV is a dream, and even renting an Ice vehicle for the one or two days a year that you drive more than an hour in any direction makes sense. For me personally, having a car at all is overkill. I bicycle everywhere I need to go, get shopping, work and back, etc since everything I need is within 5km of home, I use the bus three or four times a year when I have to go 20km and an uber or carpool the 3 or 4 times a year I have to go more than 50km from home.

Battery pickups are great commuters, I'm not a fan of Ram but can't wait to see the hybrid. Not having the v6 connect to the wheels instead power the generator is what electric trucks need to tow.

To be honest, in relation to the Cybertruck drag race, there is no doubt that Tesla picked a model of the 911 and a race format that they knew they could win in (let's face it, they're not going to promote their product by showing it losing a race) but I'm not sure it really matters much - the fact that a pickup truck can beat any factory spec of a Porsche 911 in any commonly run drag race format, whilst towing that same model is insane. It's also worth noting that the Porsche they picked is the closest in price to the Cybertruck (but is still much more expensive). If the driver of the Porsche sandbagged and didn't change as quickly as they could/apply 100% throttle etc. then that's a different story because it's dishonest rather than just setting up a race in their favour. Will be interesting to see what happens when people start running their own tests. The Porsche Carrera T does a 4.0 second 0-60 and a 12.2 second 1/4 mile, so I can believe that the Cybertruck (running 2.6 seconds to 60 and an 11.2 second 1/4, will beat the Porsche to the 1/8 mile while towing). Put another way, is there another pickup that could do this? If yes, then it's not especially impressive, but I'm not sure that it would. Obviously other, faster Porsches (including yours, which I think runs about 2.9 to 60mph?) will beat the Cybertruck if the Cybertruck is towing, but they should do!

I love your videos. I have an interesting idea for your Rivian … build a range extender battery for towing. I talking about a battery pack that could put in the truck bed when towing or possibly added to your trailer.

I want to know what the charging stats for the trip are, please.

BRING BACK STEVON SO WE CAN ENJOY THE VIDEOS AGAIN

Yea unhooking a trailer and 15-20 mins of charging multiple times would drive me insane sane.

I am curious as to what the total distance you drove, and how much you would have spent on charging if you had to pay for all 3 charging sessions.

But the Cybertruck looks so cool, like a truck from Total Recall 😂

really wish rivian and tesla would offer a option to add a small diesel generator to the vehicle. have a hybrid option. Both trucks are cool, but more people would buy if there was the hybrid option. but still awesome trucks

The Rivian looks so classy compared to the cybertruck.

RICH I've never seen anyone deny their true calling like you do. You are a natural entertainer you are funny and a gifted comedian. Enough with all the car stuff already. Just make funny videos with cute girls and dates etc. Step up and embrace what you're supposed to be doing in this world. Also, I'm saying this as a total car guy.. Bro, stop being afraid to embrace your destiny, your talent as a personality is way above boring car stuff.. And I'm a gearhead!

I know it’s older, but the F-15 eagle was/is pretty amazing too

My other favorite thing about these roadtrip vlogs is your playlist

I can't wait to see the silverado EV in the hands of people. so far, the towing tests made by TFL Trucks were really impressive. Couple that with a 350kw charging speed and it can be a true work horse.

Seeing how many people Elon has banned from buying teslas, pretty sure every dealer has a flyer with Rich's face that says "do not sell his man a vehicle"

Rich; Good video today, bud. I have all sorts of anxieties. Is she going to remember my name tomorrow? And others, of course! Range anxiety isn’t one I currently have. I watch the vid an find myself clenching my teeth every time you say ANYTHING about running out of juice! I couldn’t do this!

I owned a CNG powered Civic. The natural gas pumps were put in my the local natural gas company, and most of the users of those pumps were their trucks. The credit card readers didn't work for over a year. I filled my car up for over a year for free.

Thanks, Rich, I always enjoy your videos. I am with you, the Cybertruck is cool, but I wouldn't buy one. In fact, I would not buy any type of EV pickup given the range anxiety it would cause me when towing. Someday, when someone makes a significant range extending battery breakthrough that will give us an EV that gives us the convenience of an ICE vehicle, then the transition to an EV will be easy. Nevertheless, the world does need to move away from oil and gas. EVs are the way forward, but for most of us, not yet.

they should sell a tow-pack trailer for these. Mount a extra big battery in the trailer, then ramps above

I would wait to get the cyber truck to make sure any bugs get worked out. However it would benefit your RU-vid channel and Electrified Garage to own one.

"He 's taking it personally because he owns both the Rivian and the Porsche. Now, with that being said, how about a race between the Rivian and the Cybertruck while towing the Porsche? I think it would be much more interesting."

You gotta either Duramax or electric swap the Humvee. JerryRigEverythings electric swapped H1 is sweet, though I don't think he ever finished it completely.

You’re the greatest for including the names to the songs you’re listening to as you drive

I had wondered how it was possible a weighed down Cybertruck could beat a Porsche in a drag race. I guess I'd forgotten two important aspects, 1.) Tesla would use the slowest possible Porsche they could in order to allow the Cybertruck+trailer to win the drag race, and there are a lot of low trim Porsche's out there that don't have the power to beat a Cybertruck because they aren't intended for drag racing.

Rich, man you get my votes for saying that, I love miltary muscle too, B52 and F117, F14, F15, F16 and the Humvee. You Americans make me so jealous :)

Rich can you buy a 6x6 military truck and convert it to electric? Think it would be a cool swap. Even those trucks alone are bad ass

This video is just shows me that I'll definitely stick with gas cars , I'm too impatient to be out in the world waiting on my car to charge

If you want a TRUCK, the Rivian is the choice between the two. It did really well on the tow. If you want Tesla Tech then the CT wins. I like your breakdown of the Tesla vs Porsche "drag race". Classic case of the use of propoga... uh... slick , weighted brand advertising. Try to tell the CT tribe those things and they become unhinged. It would be surprising if Tesla took up your challenge... but interesting. C'mon man, don't go Musk on us... give us the times.

Love seeing your growth, Rich. It's incredible, especially remembering when you left office life to fully embrace being an artist. So dope! Also, what kind of drag race was that. haha

I love owning a Tesla but due to real world scenarios like constantly charging at home and having to stop and charge on road trips constantly does get annoying I think this might just be my last ev . I like how evs have come but realistically it’s not really that practical..

Rich, don't get so butt hurt about the Cybertruck / 911 race. They said it beat a 911, while towing a 911, in a drag race. It actually did that. They didn't say it beat the fastest 911 in the world, nor the fastest Porsche in the world or even the fastest accelerating Porsche. They didn't say it was a 1/4 mile drag race, and they didn't say any of it was a useful function. It makes a point that the thing is fast and that it can tow. You say that the 911 isn't the right vehicle for drag racing, well frankly neither is a truck pulling a car on a trailer... Its a stunt for advertising. None of that takes away from the fact that it actually did it. You don't like Tesla because they don't want you electrocuting yourself while trying to modify or repair one of their cars... then talk about that. But you want to talk about Biases, you should admit yours while you're at it. You don't like Tesla and that colors your perception of the cybertruck. Tell me I am wrong.

If Rich paid for all three charges and it was around 100 or higher isn’t that less than gas? Inconvenience of time stopping for charges but it does cost less if I’m picking this up correctly. I hope the time it takes for us to get a really smart hybrid truck that can do work. Hybrid systems getting better and not stagnating is important to me.

id like to see the first fender bender vid of the cyber trucks 😅

Rather have a vehicle that will keep me safe in a crash LOL. Also something that does not weigh 3t lol

Imagine having diarrhea while towing and u run low on range but can't find anywhere to charge at where there is a bathroom available

Try throwing some solder into those big connectors on your winch along with a nice piece of shrinkwrap on the outside. I have been collecting military vehicles and trailers since 2004. Are you on Steel Soldiers?

Ghostface Supreme Clientele on the dash... a man of real culture and class Rich.

Work with Edison Motors and install the Cat Fidel powering 2 e-axles. Make it the Fastest EV HMMWV with a diesel back up motor

15:36 the guy on the wall is the best part of this video

Nice to see you down in Waterford, Ct. Wish we had known you were coming down..

A Fisher stove at 10:51? My family built and sold those from their Pennsylvania factory, for some reason that's exciting...

Once again… an EV owners life is contingent upon a reliable charging location…. 4 hours drive time… 8 hours of charge time… and a lifetime of range anxiety vs $50.00 worth of diesel fuel…. What would smart money do ?

What do you think about the ram charger?

Your Porsche is a 911 turbo s so it’s way faster than the stock 911 but it would still beat your car if it wasn’t towing anything and that’s still more impressive than your rivian.

Rich had that Hardcore playing on the radio!! Classic album.

Perfect example of why, at the present time, I will not buy an EV. I have no patience for sitting and charging while I can take 5-7 min to fill up. I imagine a lot of others are the same way