2022 Rivian R1T Review // The Cybertruck That Actually Exists 

Unlike Tesla and Ford and Chevy/GM/Hummer, Rivian's customers can get the $7500 federal tax credit.

Battery vehicles are just starting out, they’ll get much cheaper in the next decade and quicker than we may think.

@@mrpmj00 not in Ontario 🇨🇦.

@@mrpmj00 price tag is too high to qualify for the rebate in my province.

@@rivengle EVs are not new technology, and the prices have generally skyrocketed. People like you were saying the same thing when the Model S came out. Since then, the price has rinse over $10,000 for that car. EVs are getting MORE expensive, not cheaper.

This one was actually a joint effort between Karston and our new contract editor D’Nyeal!

@@jamesengelsman9369 aanddd I’m james

@@jamesengelsman9369 no

@@jamesengelsman9369 seems like some excellent recruitment!

@@jamesengelsman9369 salut to that commitment. get those sand everywhere

Hey how u doing

Hey jason

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What is it with white 34 year old dudes suddenly getting really into rock climbing?

Better than the straight pipes that's for sure

Totally agree!

@@singular9 not exactly a high bar.😊

These guys and "The Story Till Now" are two of the best quality car channels on the internet.

Whoaaa bro don't go too far, but yea they are the best thing outside of the 3 gentlemen for England.

Exactly, the founder and ceo needs to be proud of himself

@Thor Odin son That makes two of you

Only issue is the headlights. They should have been horizontal, not vertical.

@Thor Odin son hurr durr am only a REAL MAN with truk. gtfo with that shit

hence the tesla lawsuit exist ,alleging stolen proprietary items from x employees and the updated 4680 battery tech stolen also.

I don’t get it. Buy it to do what? Go camping? This wasn’t their best episode, just seemed all rather general about the vehicle.

As a person with eyeballs and hands, I feel completely let down by the interior design. 4/10

The front fascia is an absolute dealbreaker for me, no way I could look at that thing every day

(since Volvo does make class 8 trucks) It does kinda answer the "what if Volvo designed a small pickup" question.

It looks like crap, what are you talking about?

Never say never!

,.,.Unlike Tesla and Ford and Chevy/GM/Hummer, Rivian's customers can get the $7500 federal tax credit.

Not with that attitude!!!

@@taylorgreen4180 look...if anything over 70,000 has been out of reach this long, just when will my time come!? never could play in this arena til now, sow how do i????

Same! Maybe I can buy a used one in 2040. Haha

Because these guys are real car reviewers.

do you have the car yet? I've seen a couple on the road already.

No way Doug Demuros reviews are the best, I think these 2 are way behind on this one, but I still watched it 👍

You might want to take a look on Carwow, as well:)

@@janck1000 I've recently been watching Carwow, and their reviews are 'fun' much like Throttle House. But, I've been pretty excited for the new Escalade, and after watching Carwow's review, I was quite put off. The numbers they posted seem way off for a lot of the road tests. And, while I understand it's an "english" channel, having to make quips about the size of American SUV's every minute got rather old. I am sure, I was quite critical of that specific video, but as I said I have been watching nearly every review of this particular vehicle since before it released and it was odd. That made me wonder how many of their other videos I was less critical of may fall into that category. 0-60 and 1/4 mile times way higher than should be, brake performance tests done very loosely (60-0 test clearly shows him doing 65 mph before he hits the brakes, immediately followed up by criticism on poor stopping performance for example). Just made me think, maybe there's some bias at play. Which, imo, professional reviews should not include for obvious reasons.

Tesla doesn't use augmented acceleration sounds.

Maybe he means the taycan

As an EV owner, I'm still getting used to the sounds that are forced by law when going at slow speeds that I wouldn't mind a fake engine sound instead as an option, but would want it to go away when above the speeds designated by law.

No. Ford lightning is whats the future. People hate change. So to keep a truck but make it electric will blow up. These kinds of EVs will fade out. That's just my opinion

@@tituslittle - Quality and durability will be the deciding factors on which ones last. I like the Lightning and the Mach-E, hope they pass the tests

Nice.

Let me guess, the only colors cars are allowed to be are black… white…. Or grey…. Boring.

@@nates3080 Agreed sir

As a coloradoan myself I concur. Young single outdoorsy person who has money (probably from their parents)

@@hofahome it's been 6 years since I have been there but yeah for whatever reason when I seen this review of the truck it just reminded me of Boulder.

im really looking forward for the R1S the suv version of it

It's just like any other EV.. Extremely ugly. Mercedes EQS with the hyperscreen has the best interior.

@@polardabear best interior but not best ui.

@@polardabear I mean i have no idea what led u to bealive that all EVs are the same considering we have a huge amount of diffrent EVs in todays market but whatever ! freedom of speech right?! lol

@@polardabear Merchdes' interior is the best, and that's all

Exactly what my American friend says.

😁😀😅😂🤣

like my 2017 Corvette C7, lighter vehicles could replace the chasis steel with aluminum, body panels with carbon fiber/composite. solid state batteries are 1/4 the weight and size of lithium , triple the range and charges in 10 min but it's more expensive now...just give it time.

I'm definitely not a truck guy, but this truck looks amazing by the amount of utility it has!

Counterpoint: full size trucks from Ford, Toyota, Chevy/GMC are all starting around 50k for the most basic (before dealer markup) and are skyrocketing to 80k. I think Toyota's hybrid drivetrain is only available at 55-60k. Plus in the US this gets big tax credits. Trucks are expensive right now, giving this a great chance.

" if it was cheaper" funny.

@@paulpellico3797 yes, cheaper. Some of us can’t afford that kind of price tag.

@@markcoopers1930 I completely agree! Those in the market should absolutely consider this, especially if they’re buying the higher trim levels.

Buy vehicle. Set vents where desired. Weld them into place.

Yeah that’s idiotic

@@BillyHarvey no

Yeah some things need to be tactile so you can use it while driving and not have to look at the screen. I'll never get a car without physical climate control dials at the bare min.

The dial on the steering wheel controls volume. The buttons on either side move tracks forward or backward.

Is it confirmed to the EU markets? I'd love one of these as a support vehicle for racing

@@georgeperalta936 Apparently there are plans for Europe "in the near-term". We'll just have to see how that translates to the real world.

At 7k pounds this will destroy all your roads and be banned from most cities

@@oogabooga72 You realise we already have vehicles much heavier than 7k pounds on our roads? And in our cities

@@georgeperalta936 🤣😂 yep you shouldn't have to explain it but I guess some people are just out to lunch.

I feel the same. The green truck does it for me.

Yup! I would absolutely adore an EV! My 300k mile v8 4runner makes vastly more economic sense to keep polluting e even when gas approaches $5-6 in a few years.

@@toddstephens4431 This truck produces more "pollution" in it's manufacturing than your truck over several years. Add in the "pollution" from charging the truck as well. It's not about the environment it's about making money.

Not practicality. There's a great RU-vidr who has been testing the towing capacity on this thing. Drops down to 160 miles per charge with a 2k pound trailer.

@@RAZGR1Z Balances out after using it for a while, 3 years or so, which sounds long until you realize vehicles stay in operation for sometimes as much as 20 years

The front end is the worst part. The headlight treatment should be horizontal and a bit more truck-like, but instead it looks like a toy drawn up by a designer who has never owned a truck

This is exactly the thing I am complaining about most electric cars. Why do they have to have 800+ hp and 800+ ft/lbs of torque, weight 2+ tons and cost an arm and a leg? There is no need for that. What I want from an ev car is 4 little 50-75 hp & 30-50 ft/lbs motors and a battery that will let me do 500+ km that can be bought at a regular price. That's what we all want. For example, most Tesla owners never owned a car that had above 200hp and all of a sudden, they get themselves into a car that is way above their driving skills if they accidentaly floored it. High hp/torque e-car is NOT the way to go. The Rivian could do it with half the hp and torque and 2000 lbs less.

@@Traumatree Agree 100%, but they are going for that wow factor. The boring versions are coming. We just have to wait a bit longer.

@@Traumatree Unlike Tesla and Ford and Chevy/GM/Hummer, Rivian's customers can get the $7500 federal tax credit.

@@Traumatree like my 2017 Corvette C7, lighter vehicles could replace the chasis steel with aluminum, body panels with carbon fiber/composite. solid state batteries are 1/4 the weight and size of lithium , triple the range and charges in 10 min but it's more expensive now...just give it time.

Too much is just enough

Lol ah yes. Our obsession with guns never ends 😆

Yes, a basic one that you can hose down inside Be great for lamping rabbits at night, nice and quiet

Needs to be smooth for efficiency

Lucid

Not their first model. Maybe first truck but not model

It’s not that good! Stop geting distracted by numbers.

@@MrJoe1627 have you driven it?

But 7000 lbs. Its quick but that's a lot of weight. Maybe with regen braking it won't eat pads too bad, but id be nervous about emergency stops on the highway with that bulk

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UTc4ZyWVFr0.html 🤣🤣🤣

That's kind of what I like about this truck compared to the F-150 lighting, and the other coming electric trucks is this one doesn't really seem to be marketed towards people that would tow long distances. But you're right though, that is a big Achilles heel of ev trucks

@@spencerlorrigan what do you mean by “long distance”? It’s 100 miles to my camp (and I need to get back) Thanks

HELL FUCKING YES

“Massive” ’is the right word. Ridgeline is 4500 pounds, and this thing is >7000.

@@FuncleChuck as long as it's got some good breaks we should be good to go! At least it's no 9000lbs like the hummer!

Just know that there will be limitations in the cold or if you plan to tow with it, which I would only do for short distances. EVs are best if they can do everything that you can normally do within 2/3 of it's stated range and then charge at home when not using it.

They are building chargers at trailheads. I believe they already have one in Moab and near rubicon. An expandable solar array would be a cool option.

@@mt2nv1 solar array would be a fantastic idea

Portable chargers right now would be super expensive, they would probably charge too slowly, and the added weight will probably hurt your range. We need more fast chargers in more convenient locations, but that will take a long time to build.

@@lanceareadbhar That’s very true, but the whole point of off roading or overlanding is being in inconvenient places😂 I just don’t think electric vehicles are meant for that kind of activity

As per the Smoking Tire podcast, it is