Quadmania! The New Rivian R1T Is A 10-Second Quarter Mile Pickup Truck 

Yeah, the new oil cooled motors were a big part of it

@@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney appreciate it!

Agreed

How many vehicles for this price range can you name that has this kind of performance? You pretty much have to double the price range (at least). Also, none of the vehicles you would come up with would be able to forge through 3’ of water and clear 15” obstacles off road, then haul 7 passengers to the airport with enough room for all their luggage.

Quad. The Tri won't be quite as fast

They already offer that!

Agreed, this is a relic of the last decade when Tesla started this in order to get people excited for EVs when nothing else was an advantage of EVs over ICE cars at that time. Power comes very cheap and easy in an EV, just use a bigger electric motor or use mutiple of them. More thoughtful engineering is expensive, like creating a balanced chassis or a comfortable yet sporty suspension, these are actually the more important parts of a fun driving experience. Nowadays the EV technology and the ecosystem around it is more sophisticated, some EVs can compete directly on range with ICE cars and the charging speeds are much faster (at least in China...) or excel in traditional engineering like the new 800V-suspension system of the Porsche Taycan. EVs also find other ways to entertain like the simulated gear shifts in the Hyundai Ioniq 5N. A reason why the new Model 3 Performance is one hell of a boring car. It misses out on traditional engineering but also on unique EV selling points like vehicle-to-load/vehicle-to-grid charging or a frunk storage (It does have a frunk tho) or on quirky things like the simulated gear shifts. These are things why the mass market will switch to EVs, just faster acceleration isn't. I feel like this quad motor Rivian is following the old trend. Sure it is fun for some people and these people are willing to spend the money on it but it has become so normal to have an insanely quick accelerating EV that the excitement will die down after a while. BMW wants to add quad motors with 1200hp to its upcoming electric 3-series sedan, even the Rivian will feel slow then. Stupid development...but at least we know the BMW 3-series will be fun to drive at lower speeds and around corners, too.

Just because they can

Said no one!

Agreed: to state the obvious, at this point, it's simply a penis measuring contest.

Agreed, a 3.5 ton brick that can do 2.5 second 0-60 acceleration can be very dangerous when driven by bad drivers.

I don't see it that way at all. The claimed 0-60 times for all cars are with 1 driver and a fully charged battery when the voltage it at its maximum. My best run was four-tenths of a second slower than the quoted 2.5 time and I had a second passenger (about 170lbs) and the battery wasn't fully charged. That basically proved the claimed time as far as I'm concerned.

Huh? I have exactly 1 video about Ford EVs in the last 3 1/2 months

If only they had been able to make the run on a prepared race track and deduct the roll-out. /S

Just because

How much range does her RR get?

Uh, you know this is just the quad motor version for the crazies, right? The dual motor version would have the range and comfort you'd like.

I'm not allowed to have fun every now and then?

@@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Of course you are, and I'd have done it too. I'm just saying the EV revolution has made 0-60, and maybe even the quarter mile irrelevant. But the look on your face as you were decompressing from that 0-60 run was priceless. I wonder when the first guy is going to pass our from the g forces mashing the accelerator on his mega-EV causes. That day is coming.

What’s “juvenile” about pushing motor technology to its limits, not to mention electrical and mechanical engineering and software development? Really? Your comment is juvenile and, quite frankly, pissy. “Sour apples” as my Great Grandmother would say. Let people have joys and interests and hobbies and even JOBS that make them happy and that they enjoy purely for pleasure. Nobody needs your negativity. If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. As an adult, you should have learned this already. Manners matter. Empathy should be the default emotion. Not judgement. 😠

How’s your Altima?

You are right! No car company has ever made very good sales because their car was extremely fast on race day!

Tom works hard and produces lots of useful content. It's okay if he does something just for fun now and then.

F that! If you ain’t first your last! lol

Bye felicia