The fully electric truck Rivian R1T put to the test in Moab, UT sand flat recreation area. One of the more challenging sections is Hells Gate and the Rivian finished strong with just stock components and all terrain tires. rivian.com
dont see how going sluggishly slow is fun. id rather go fast over hills like baha. no one pays extra to make a car go slow nor is going slow fun. specially fkng up your car for nothing
I was sceptical about this brand. But Hells Gate at Moab? And not a scratch on the thing. Very impressive. Also edmunds tested a range of 317 while Rivian claimed 314. Also the design is very good. Modern look inside and out while maintaining those classic truck lines we all know and like. Shame its 70-100 grand but a fully decked out F-150 is as well.
I could put 85k on a new F-250 tremor and get way better off road performance, better towing, better payload, longer range and an overall better truck.
I’m not sure the Rivian R1T is exactly trying to compete with the F-250 Tremor, so if that’s the truck you’d rather have that’s completely fine. Objectively though, Rivian has built a competent truck.
OMG that video was intense!!! Just watching that brought MY pucker factor up to a 10!!! What an incredible, totally stock rig to be able to accomplish such a difficult trail!
May 10th 2019 - Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison: "[An electric vehicle] won't tow your trailer. It's not going to tow your boat. It's not going to get you out to your favourite camping spot with your family." Rivian: "hold my beer"
It is capable but it comes with inherent design flaw of independent suspension with air they just don't wanna flex sometimes and you end up sliding side to side.
Is all that loud engine noise a gasoline powered engine running off camera? I didn't think electrics made any noise until power is applied to the axles.
You do realize that a properly geared and locked Ford Galaxy 500 can do this, right? Any good driver/spotter can shove just about any vehicle through that.
@@paulchilders9969 obstacles and steep grades aside, the slower you go the better EVs compete with gas vehicles. Chevy bolts will do 450 miles if you drive 30 mph (and don’t burst into flames).
@@The11901 I wasn't talking about on road performance. So why you are trying to educate me about it, I don't know. But I will humor you for a minute. The discontinued Chevy Volt you cite is a hybrid vehicle. It's battery has a range of 53 miles, and an additional 420 miles of range on gas. It also takes 13 hours to charge. You likely won't even get 100 miles out of the battery driving slow. But for the sake of argument, lets say for a minute that you could double your battery range driving 30mph. You try driving across the United States at 30mph with everyone honking at you to get out of the way and stopping every 100 miles to recharge. People have JOGGED across the US in that amount of time. Likely why the Volt was discontinued. That and the fact it was a pile of garbage.
@@paulchilders9969 That was a rather unnecessary tone considering I wrote “bolt” and didn’t mention roadways. My point was that when over-landing you’re often going quite slow where air drag is minimal. That might allow EVs to make up some of the range gap since they don’t waste energy idling and don’t need to worry about air drag.
@@lutomson3496 it can make it to the trail up and back home no problem. It has a bigger battery than the Tesla and those guys do 10+ track passes losing 3% each pass.
@@lutomson3496 This climb is a more or less perfect use case for something battery powered. You don't 'idle' a battery like you idle a motor. Also, extracting crazy torque from an electric motor is FAR more efficient than any combustion engine will ever be. No one can hope to do more than 50-100 miles of these kind of crazy trails in a day (electric or gas). So Rivian's batteries for this use case are just fine.
I’d like to see the ocean of support staff and what vehicles they used, who accompanied this one truck to do this. It’s impressive! But I’m thinking they weren’t too sure it could, and brought along every mechanic, designer, and part they could.
One high torque motor per wheel, with lots of sensors and good control software - it’s the future. I mean, I love a good old simple mechanical solution, but in the long run this solution is going to win - no doubt.
Well into the future. The U.S. infrastructure will not support 300 million+ E.V.'s on the roads for twenty years, if at all if the greenies have their way.
@@danielhowell1640 with all red tape you have to go through to make any progress in the U.S you’re probably. You have started having to put renewable energy projects on hold because our grid can’t handle it an in order to upgrade anything you would need approval not only from the state but from every county and private land owner whose lab the power lines are going to be over. All the other nations pushing for ev transition and sustainably are probably going to lap us.
@@danielhowell1640 Where there's a will, there's a way. Back in the day, finding gasoline was a big issue. We found a way and now it's not an issue. Before that the rich rode horses. It was a pain to find somewhere to ride to where you could stay overnight and give the horse some food and water before they slept. Then the Wild West happened and things changed. I can charge my electric car at home. My solar panels are almost net zero in terms of production and how much we use. As time goes on, more people will think like this and we'll find better ways to produce power. Maybe it's the next generation of nuclear. Maybe we really ramp up solar and wind over a large portion of the US and distribute the power better than we do now - instead of having State controlled power distribution that 'sells' power to other states. Why isn't power a national thing? Why isn't water a national thing? Add in power stations that run on natural gas or similar and have them running at low level and ready for ramp up when needed. We'll always need power of some description we just need to figure out the best use to environmentally friendly ratio.
@@pictlandpickers1171 I took mine apart and blew it out. Was told there is another small fan beneath the hard drive I didnt get to after the fact but mine still sounded like a harrier jet hovering in the room.
@@nlong4028 I didn't have a compressor.but using a hairdryer and a hoover got most of the dust out. Couldn't hear the sound over the noise of it on rdr
Excited to see an off-road EV as well, but I was very unimpressed..this R1T is on 34" Off road tires. A Ford Bronco Sport on 29" tires (not the off-road Ford Bronco) had an easy time going up ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SouawsJsvMg.html
@@Zootalaws I looked this up and looks like the stock Rivian A/T tires are 275/65R20 which have a 34.1” outer diameter (and 20” inner diameter). The 20/21/22” on Rivian’s website refer to the wheel size (or tire inner diameter) not the tire size.
@@maxstr i think there was a generator in the bed of the truck to run constant power to the batteries, that thing must have been sucking up a lot of juice trying to crawl through those rocks. Like it's said theres no replacement for big displacement.👍🍻😂
"Does it have a diff?" "No. Four motors." "... but like drive shafts?" "Nope. Motors attached to the hub." "... so, no diff?" "No diff. No no engine. No turbo. No engine oil. Nothing but batteries, motors and wires."
haul pacs heavy haul dump trucks are bilt like that--been working the mines for 50 years with that design but they have big gen sets to power those electric motors in each wheel end
Impressive driver and truck! The ability to control wheelspin, distribute power where needed, and the torque of an EV is tough to beat. But it does sound like a hair dryer...
@@BlueMonster-co7ib LMAO another uneducated dumbass comment by someone with extremely little intellect HAHAHAHA. YOUR shit backhill run down hick town may run on coal burning technology, but other more developed areas use CLEANER energy, shit your tiny brain will never understand, no matter how simple the concept.
@@escapedcops08 your so right i am so uneducated. Good thing captain profanity is here. Did you just use all the words in your vocabulary to formulate that response
Very impressive for a 100% stock vehicle from the factory. The Ohlins shocks and McLaren designed air suspension are absolutely amazing. Amazing job Rivian chassis engineers!!!
Great to see it out on the real world! I mean a CRV can do that. But it's still cool that they're out playing around with it. It's a lot steeper in person than it looks. It's love to see how the truck does on something only the most capable stock 4x4s can handle. Potato salad hill is only a few miles from where this video was done. Run up potato salad hill and I'll be impressed!
SweetBabies!! For anyone that has ever done this obstacle, you know it ass cheeks to the seat intense... for a stock truck super impressive; hats off to driver and spotter. Seen more capable vehicles not make it because they chose unwisely (lines).
@@squamish4244 but they were 2years late to the part of a stock car going uo hells gate ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4WjpzubCoBo.html
@@Daniel-S1 You mean RPM isn't a big deal due to the horizontal torque curve. How much torque is applied, vs. how much is available, IS due to throttle control.
@@Daniel-S1 Yeah, it’s definitely easier with an EV, but there’s is a torque curve. Available torque decreases with RPM on an electric motor. Which to be fair is exactly what you want for situations like this one
@@lindenr7582 This is definitely one section of motoring where I think electric vehicles can do pretty good in. Their range really is the downside, but for rock crawling like this they're great because of the good control over torque you have with electric motors.
Brilliant - passes the All-Wheel-Drive wheel spinning test - see the front wheel in the left of the shot, very controlled despite having nothing under it, it doesn’t spin like crazy. Many so-called AWD systems on other vehicles fail this test. Well done Rivian, great EV, great car, and no transfer boxes, and much less hypoid gear oil, shafts etc. A proper AWD vehicle - and it could do the same on the moon!
Yeah, the driver made it look extremely easy because he was such a brainless idiot in the way he came up, constantly trying to run up the cliff face to his right. That was the worst job of off-road navigating I've ever witnessed. Had that been any other vehicle, he would have rolled it 5 x.
Test drove it in the "First Mile" and it has a very solid suspension. Very smooth. The acceleration is very impressive. I had never been in a vehicle that had that much hp to torque ratio. I was pinned to the seat on the 0-60 test. The R1T has some xtra gadgets that any camper would like. The stove is very nice. Clean looking and it fits in a nice neat package. One of the guys there said you could put two tents on that Truck. One on the roof and one in the back. You can't do 2 tents with the R1S, but you can do 1 tent. The tent is high quality and fits my wife and 2 kids with ease. The blue is about 50 percent better in person. The Forest Green is very dark. At one point I thought it was black. Our test was at 4:15pm and the sun wasn't at it's strongest. The Launch Green is like an Army Green. It's a nice color for that truck. Rivian should of made a Desert Tan. The guy said yellow is nice at first, but you would get tired of it after awhile. Didn't see any other color. The horn is decent. Good horn. The lights are nice, but I didn't get to see how bright they were, it wasn't dark enough. The size of the R1T on the inside would fit 4 6'2 guys with ease. You can put 5, but think of the smaller person a child of 10yrs or an adult at 5'2. The dash is what it looks like. Clean. The seat material seems very strong. The guy said the truck had 4400miles on it and hundreds of people constantly and I couldn't see any wear on the seats at all. No crack lines, nothing. So I asked the guy if it cleans up that well and that is where the interior is flawed. It is plenty durable, but it has that plastic that shows dirt and use that doesn't clean up that well. It isn't a deal breaker, but you better expect that scuffing and dusty like wear look. If you are a camper, who cares. If you are a clean freak, you might figure something out. Steering wheel is really nice. Side mirrors are not my favorite, but you can get use to them. Under the 2nd row seats has these compartments that are pretty cool, think small tools. The frunk fit both my 9 and 10 yr olds with ease. I asked the lady there if you could fill the trunk up with ice and water for drinks and she said that they go around to the back and use the spare tire well for that. Each well(frunk and spare tire in the rear) has a drain plug for when you are done. O yeah, during the drive section, through the bumps and rocks, there was no cab sound. No rattle or noise from interior things hitting. My wife has seen the R1S at a factory tour, but she doesn't pay attention to detail so I couldn't add any comments about that vehicle. Hope this helps. May Jesus bless you in the years to come!
Great series. Check out long way down and long way across too if you haven’t already. I enjoyed the electric vehicle aspect of long way up but loved the first two as well.
This is anxiety inducing just watching, can't even imagine what it was like behind the wheel. Very impressive from a vehicle standpoint, especially on stock tires!
@@charizardsniper5064 I would hope people wouldn’t take their electric vehicles off roading. Can’t exactly cross a deep river or mud hole. Or maybe they can? Either way, this one definitely got the job done.
@@gearheaddan819 yes they can do both. Watch the Rivian (the truck in this vid) go through water above the hood. Doesn't make any difference for them because no air intake is needed.
Steerable Triple locked differential effect from quad motor setup, with very soft damped response. Something that jeep and landcruiser folks can only dream of. Impressive.
Is there a RollCage in this? I know the title says STOCK, but I am wondering how strong the cab is and what test results are from roll overs or flips. Impressive ascent wearing kevlar underwear 👍🏼
Some guys posting here will be telling their grandchildren/great-grandchildren that they used to have a truck that ran on gasoline and the kids will ask, what's gasoline?
and theyre gonna say its that stuff we used to make clothing. plastic containers and kept us from cutting down all the trees for cooking fuel . next question the kids ask :what is a tree?
Yep. Anyone whose ever done any RC driving or flying intrinsically knows how electric gives you 100% of possible torque at any RPM. The only problem with electric vehicles is our limited battery technology. If you've ever seen a lithium battery fail, you understand why I'm not ready to ride around on a couple hundred pounds of them. Also, you don't get to just fill up in 80 seconds when you run empty. The batteries just aren't good enough to take advantage of amazing electric motors.
@@pamdoreen8588 That was a problem ten or even just five years ago but these days top of the line EVs have gigantic batteries. I think the EV Hummer has nearly a full Megawatt Hour (1,000 kilowatt hours). It's close anyway, and that's nuts. Tesla Semis are doing 500 miles to a charge, the Cybertruck is gonna have a 400 mile battery option, the new Roaster is gonna have a 600 mile battery. It's all possible with the newest, best batteries but of course the price is still high. A PHEV makes more sense for most folks in the here and now but the next generation will be spoiled by cheap EVs with more range and power than anybody has a realistic need for.
If every car right now in California was electric. And if every source of electricity, solar, wind, Hydro, fossil fuel, we’re all dedicated to just charging the batteries of electric vehicles in California, there is not enough power generation available in California just to charge the cars if they were all electric
Yeah with a badly broken bumper. And modded off-road Tyres. While RIVIAN uses stock lean tread tyres. And comes up unscathed and effortless. Despite having tight air and stock Tyres.
@@antenedilbert7191 - I totally get what you're saying Anten but Allen's point was that a Kia...let me say that again...a KIA also made it up. So what all this really shows is that a pretty basic vehicle with capable bones can make it with a seasoned skilled driver. I'm sure the driver of the Kia as well as the Rivian have been up this run before. That said, I think the Rivian is a great vehicle and I'm quite pleased it's actually made it through its preliminary troubles, and looks to be headed for mainstream customers soon. I'm very excited to see it finally come to fruition. It's a good vehicle on its own...but is also driving other companies to come along too. The more electric truck competition there is, the more affordable these vehicles will be in the future.
I like it! What I like most is the concept of traveling through nature silently and being able to take in your surroundings without the noise of the vehicle detracting from the experience.
Impressive for sure. I’m curious if the adjustable height suspension was at it’s maximum height or not and what driving mode it was in while doing this trail.
Doesn't look like it and that would have been a bad idea. Lots of trucks have tipped on their side doing this. Not as likely with the center of gravity being so low on this truck. But you still wanna be as low as you can get away with
@@veganpotterthevegan Batteries are all located at the base, so these vehicles have an extremely low centre of gravity. Even at maximum height I'd imagine it's COG would still be pretty low
I've said it for ages, the first to market 4 motor off road vehicles will do to the perception of off road EV's what the Model S has done for road cars. You think the Model S with it's 3 sec 0-100km/h was impressive? Wait till you see the Rivian tackle some off road courses.
Well iv seen some hybrids have this type of AWD system. Im not sure if its just toyota being toyota, but I dont think its gonna have that massive of an impact.
@@honkhonk8009 No Hybrid has 4x independent motors, or a massive battery for low CoG. But that's not the point that @ZesPak was making. He's saying there's a stigma about off-road EVs, a stigma that will very quickly be abandoned with the advent of off-road EVs.
It's heavy though. I mean a car-based Bronco Sport did this in about half the time. The potential is there, I am just not convinced this is the EV that realizes that potential.
That was nerve wracking but it made it! That is pretty impressive and you can hear all the people talking in normal voices versus something exploding 6000 times a second. Good job Rivian to actually be able to take that stock truck on a challenge like that.
@@alexc6025 dont get me wrong I love hearing the roar of a big engine as much as the next guy but there are certainly benefits to having near silence, you can easily communicate back and forth without yelling and you can get more things done, you would be more inclined to say something with a silent vehicle than to try and compete with a loud vehicle.
Considering the weight of this and the fact nothing has been modified thats an incredible achievement. Plus he's clearly taking it carefully due to the fact its brand new. Love the people thinking of excuses and reasons why this isnt good enough for them.
@Excesv one thing you’re forgetting though. This thing weighs way more than a 90s pickup. Plus it has stock tires. And it doesn’t look like he aired them down much. It’s an achievement alright. Be interesting to see it in the snow and mud. Put some bigger aggressive tires too.
if you are offroading and have to "take it carefully" because the vehicle is new then you have completely missed the whole point of offroading. This driver is approaching it right actually and is probably pissed at the morons who were standing there blocking his "best line" up the trail....
@Excesv If you’re talking WD you’re ignoring the weight difference and the fact that a 90’s ute has massive tires designed for the air to be let out of
@@Dargonkin527 there is no one specific “point of off-roading” every guy out there does it for a different reason, there might be the young people with sub $5,000 shitboxes that bash their way through everything and that’s off-roading, but there’s also people who spend upwards of $100,000 on a touring setup and they will almost always drive cautiously to ensure their car avoids getting scratched or beat up. Not everyone wants to leave Moab with 50 new dents in a 4x4 they spent thousands on and just had delivered weeks earlier. Yes the guy picked a great line, because he was cautious, he probably could have made it up with a similar speed as WD’s Hilux if he didn’t care about the fact it’s new
@@LCaddyStudios I will ALWAYS laugh at joe modd, The jeep driver who spends 100k on lifting and painting the "off-roader that never leaves pavement as I am the one who drove(cannot partake any longer as I am very poor now) a stock iltis because 1 i never had to worry about the odd scratch/bump as the vehicle was designed to handle that stuff and 2. that iltis stands as a reminder of the best times in my life plus as a bonus it always got more looks and thumbs up then the "shiny ones" in any car show(or even parked or on the road for that matter). Off roading will always have dirt/mud/water and the odd scratch and/or dent involved. if they are not involved then it is a poor substitute imho!! I do however also say breaking the gear should NOT be part of it either so there is that!!!
Australian here. I hope our Prime Minister gets told about this, he is on record as dismissing electric vehicles as unable to tow a trailer or caravan, and that tradesmen's weekend adventures would be ruined by 'incapable' EV's.
Not really. You're seeing wheel spin because tires are lifting off the ground and power is going to the least resistance. More suspension travel or a locked diff would help
@@Jeepingshort the power isnt going to the least resistance. All 4 wheels are powered independently. Throw on a set of bfg ats and this climbs better than a bronco
@@TmanjoeR self awareness is cool, but the truck still isn't out yet, and the glass did break despite him saying it wouldn't. I'd perfer if the truck was out, glass unbroken to having a funny t-shirt.
I've thought that an electric rock crawler or tough truck would be the way to go. Low center of gravity and great torque(that can be adjusted on the fly)
I'd just be worried about poking a hole in the battery and causing a huge fire. Plus I'm sure the extra weigh would cause it to struggle on some stuff.
@@rudiservo each wheel has a motor, so technically better than torque vectoring. Power does not need to be limited at any wheel by braking or a diff, it can just cut power to that motor or make torque adjustments in real time. Pretty neat
Looks like the traction control software could use some work but this is incredible. Huge improvements pending OTA update. 4 independent motors is now as important as 4wd was. Props to Rivian.
@@garybananas9270 yes with better tires there would likely be no slipping, but look at the delay of how long it lets individual tires slip before reducing torque. I dare say it's as bad as the reaction control in my Jeep, should be many times better.
@@Reallifesatan It’s like having 3 lockers locked in all the time while still being able to drive on the road. I always thought the concept is the future for off-roading. It’s so groundbreaking yet so simple.
@@Reallifesatan Not quite, having lockers always engaged mechanically guarantees all 4 wheels spin at the same rate. This has a computer deciding how much voltage to send to each wheel. You can see some wheel were slipping while others weren't spinning. It's like traction control on steroid. Don't get me wrong, it's really really good. But it has room for improvement.
@@pamdoreen8588 Seriously. That kind of use drives current flow through the roof! I'd be interested in knowing how hot the motors, batteries, and speed control circuitry got during this exhibition. How much range is lost going up climbs like that?
This truck is crazy on so many levels. Its a full Independent suspension and is that capable. Im amazed of the quality of this vehicle given its from a startup company, the door closes like butter
If a bone stock vehicle could do that, WITH and experienced driver, you damn sure have nothing to complain about as it can only get better from there. Very impressed.
@@catfish3489 I guess the million dollar question is, how much charge did the truck have left after climbing that hill? There are certainly no charging stations out there so potential is there but I still want a vehicle I can carry more fuel to if I need to. I don't think I can drag a charging station out into the boonies or a new battery assembly. Not sure it would be worth airlifting it back to civilization either. Great city truck I am sure.
@@seektruth3307 In reality these trails are rarely more than 15mi in length with less than 5000' overall elevation gain. Sure there's a lot of visible struggle for the vehicles, but it's not as strenuous on the engines/batteries as it looks. Additionally, this trail isn't too far away from downtown Moab.
@@TheCrookedWheel Yeah, I have to admit I don't know how much power these electric trucks have in reserve but I figured it would take quite a bit of juice to get up hills like that. I guess a trip under 20 miles probably would not be that bad. I have not been out that way so did not know the lay of the land. I guess if it is just a short day trip out and back you would probably be fine.
Jeep sent some of the new Cherokees up that feature back when it was close to launch. 2013 or 2014 I think. All you really need to get up this is 4x4, enough low range gear, and patience/good spotter.
Yay! Was waiting this for a long time! EV has so many fundamental advantages for extreme off-roading. Like instant and linear torque, low center of gravity, flat bottom, silence in nature, no fuel or oil sippage due to leveling, no air intake and therefore ability to cross deep rivers and same performance on any altitude, exhaust absence.
@@drdwgmd14 Electric conductivity of water isn't that good. The battery voltage is so high that it would cross a river even without sealing the batteries. If they didn't have any protection, it would just ruin the batteries and electronics quite fast as electrolysis starts to happen. But usually the batteries are sealed and if the electronics have protection, it's fine.
Ya the torque curve and weigh are the only ones I really see. I don't know how batteries system will hold up to winches. Especially being under constant load without moving air flow. And I'm interested to see how the drive train holds up to larger tires and wheels.. but all together I'd like to EV swap some old AMC era jeeps if we can do it with 1 large motor. I'd don't like the 4 motors thing just cause of the added failure points.
If you grew up on RC cars like me then you understand how electrics are going to be the future. I still have a nitro just for the sounds it makes but electrics out perform it any day.
Well said that man! Gotta 5T myself and though I love it, my electric cars are less hassle (no fiddling with pull starts etc just turn on and go)…..but more so…just so damn versatile….speed runs, track racing, crawling etc etc etc…decent lipos arent that pricey any more so you really can have fun for hours on end……gotta agree with you, if we’re messing with lipos in our toys, imagine what the boffins have got lined up for the big scale stuff lol
@bob builder how are you going to pump gas when the gas pumps and POS systems are ran by electricity? Are you going to volunteer to suck the gas from the tanks buried in the ground with your mouth and make change with cash for everyone?😂 Where are you going to go? I live in Houston and have experience with both the power grid and hurricanes. 😂 There were plenty of dead cars on the side and median of the road waiting for the maybe one or two gas stations that had a generator. Many of the cars ran out of gas in line for gas. 😂
What's most impressive thing about this, it's the very first vehicle by a brand new automaker, and yet it's designed to be able to do this from factory The on paper specs say the R1T should be able to do this stuff easily.......this thing has 800hp and over 900lbs/ft of torque that's more then any other truck including the TRX FFS
@@cspoon123 Ford and Ram have heavy-duty trucks that have 1,000lbs/ft+ of torque engines yes but they are both pricey options over 5k for either one I believe and GM has yet to hit the 1k torque These R1T specs are standard, in a truck only slightly bigger then ranger
@@bgbthabun627 You can literally search the video yourself. It was a bone stock Kia sorento. Hell I think a subaru legacy went up it too lol. To people who don't know any better and want a rivian, this is definitely a good sales pitch. For people who DO know better. This is pretty elementary.
Impressive.... Also, remember that this thing has 14 inches of ground clearance, bone stock. AT tires are not ideal, yet they were good enough for the job!
VAStyle BBQ: Your comment on Letourneau is true. I am a fan of his creations. It's amazing how many designs he had. Could you imagine what he would of accomplished if he had the battery technology that we have now?
Yep. Yep. Off-road tires on the other hand decreases regular roads performance (highway and cornering) 🤷♂️. But with this vehicle now you can do ALL … damn impressive!
Well, sure. It's electric, so it's got crazy low-end torque all the way down to stall. The only limitation is the tire traction - and you can hear the tires squeaking. There is the possibility of doing a somersault, but the CG is quite low and makes that unlikely.
@@twinsnails4983 Indeed, they are largely overpriced for what amounts to an oversized R/c car, exept the fact that the motors and drive train use more specialized materials plus AC, lights battery circuit protection.
Pretty impressive! However, just the other day I viewed a stock-standard Bronco Sport climb Hell's Gate with ease which tells me a good driver pays dividends on this obstacle!
@@robertpower09 Um no, the "Bronco" comes with 30" tires standard. The "Bronco Sport" referenced here is a car based on the Edge and has 28.5" tires. 35" tires are optional on the actual Bronco.
1. this is why Tesla Failed with their "truck" 2. did it have enough electricity to get to the trail, over the trail, and back home on one charge? ( not being a smart ass, legit question)
@@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20 Wtf does that have to do with tesla? The tesla truck hasn't failed, because it isn't even out yet lol Beyond that, not being able to rock climb won't make the tesla truck fail, because that's not what it's designed to do
This trail is like 5 minutes outside of Moab so it takes like no battery to get there and back. And the trail itself probably isn't too bad due to the low speeds. Range is excellent at low speeds, it's freeway driving that is less efficient for EVs due to the high air resistance.
I would think twice about buying a Rivian. I ordered a prelaunch edition Rivian RT1 5 years ago. I ordered a fully loaded pickup for$ 73000.00, the truck they wanted me to buy for the same price was a stripped, basic truck. No tent, no roll out kitchen. so I canceled my order. I guess I will buy one of those ugly Tesla trucks... I still have not received my 1000.00 refund! I am not a happy camper!
Probably not much at all. Electric cars are amazing at the slow speed stuff, where they struggle is high speeds for long times. A 200 mile car could go well over that around a city but well under that on a highway
Probably not much. Torque is an electrical motor's specialty. The old school motorheads severely underestimate the abilities of modern EV tech.. It's quickly beginning to outperform the traditional fossil fueled vehicles..
Taht's the torque of electric motors: It's insane, so there was never a question in my mind if it could do it. I was a bit concerned for a bit that it might fall over and fall down though - but all is well :-)
Lmao torque has nothing to do with this. Every single modern vehicle has enough torque to break the wheels lose, it’s more of being able to control each wheel individually.
@@Bmr4life but @40 mph you have air cooling the motor...not here..🤔 stalling the motor like this causes alot of heat buildup, but its nice if they have it under control😎
I honestly do not get why people think that’s impressive A stock Toyota Tacoma from the 90s could do that shit maybe even a Second GEN ram 1500 could do that not that impressive
@@radiocontrolled9181 in some cases you would. you can put two gearboxes(tourque splitters, underdrive, direct and overdrive, three speeds each for two totaling six potential drive ratios) in front of the transmission and then still have low range and high range in the transfer case as well as five speeds in the transmission.
@@lukewarmwater6412 OK but my point was how many of the drive ratios you mentioned would you be using in these extreme conditions? Probably one combination.
@@markstewart3516 Battery capacity isn't as big of a deal as many would think. Stock 1000+hp electric cars are doing 9-second 1/4mi passes at the drag strip at 120+mph, and it eats up like 3% of the battery each pass.
@@brianatinaja7914 Put 38 or 40 inch off road tires on it so it can do something besides slick rock and we will see how the battery does. OH YEA You CAN'T do anything like that, lol, it is what it is a $100K toy. I knew someone with a sweet Tesla and can tell you a hard hit on Ludicrous+ mode it uses more than 3% and fast. Unfortunately he passed away last year. :(
