Recent content by vinniehobart

Our Students at Heartland Community Colleges Electric Vehicle Energy Storage program got to play around with the Rivian R1 Dampers today to see what are some possible failures with Air Leaks and how the seals operate and function. Pretty neat to see how simple an Airbag could be replaced if...

I can do some of the Half Shaft stuff. We do have some of their OEM tools but it isnt terrible. Do you want the front or the rear? I have torn apart both the Origin and the Enduro and the Origin I think will have heat issues due to how it is cooled IMO. I like the Enduro since it is...

Our program is independent from Rivian. We have Fords, Tesla, Chevy, Nissan Evs. We are an EV ONLY program, no ICE vehicles.

Haha no, These are our school vehicles. Our campus is literally 2 miles from Rivian in Normal, so it only makes sense to have some Rivians in our EV only automotive program. We use our Rivians to pull our trailers, tractors, etc.

Yes, We are really wanting to figure out what owners would like to see since we have a few shop Rivians to utilize.

Our students at Heartland Community College are working on putting this R1S Rear Suspension back together. Students removed it, tore it down and are putting it back together. We currently have an R1S, R1T and a Skateboard we did (pulled body off a R1T). We are finishing installing the Subframe...