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An M5 beat you in an R1T? How far did you go off the line? I can't imagine it beat you to 60mph...

The products look great and as the owners of 2 labradors, we may look into this if/when we take delivery on our R1S. However I just had to comment on the above quoted portion... As the parents of 3 children, having gone on NUMEROUS long road trips through mountain roads in our 2007 Sequoia...

I think it's fair for people to compare functionality of a Rivian to functionality of a Tesla (not that Ben did this directly, but his baseline is definitely Tesla). So, for Carplay/Android-auto, the bench/bar to beat or match is Tesla's 1st-party functionality, which is pretty decent, even...

Hahahahaha Do you actually own an ev yet? I own a Tesla, and trust me, I will ALWAYS want more range until they're offering about 600mi. Charging on road trips sucks. Always divide by two when considering how far your range will actually get you between charging stops that you don't want to...

What else would it be? I mean he did say it would be with the dual-motor enduro too, so there's that.

This is the main problem, IMO, moreso than the overuse/overcrowding problem. As someone who is a Tesla owner, and hopes to be a Rivian owner soon, I'm not sure how Tesla plans to fix this. Maybe they will be rolling out longer cables or something as they roll out the magic adapter.

I appreciate the suggestion, but a lot of what we do is camping and skiing up in the mountains (Sierra, about 3-4 hours from home in SF bay area). Especially for the skiing (less frequently the camping) the 4WD and high suspension of a real SUV is very beneficial if not absolutely required.

Well, no one with 2 or fewer kids &/or teens. If you have 3 or more children in your family, not to mention some dogs as well, a full sized SUV is almost the only option, assuming you don't want a mini-van. Even mini-vans aren't all that roomy often, after all they are usually built on a full...

*cough* Tesla Plaid *cough, cough* I'll never understand why most people feel they need/want a Plaid vs. a standard LR+. If you're a hobbyist who tracks/races your car, OK fine. Otherwise is 0-60 in 3.1 seconds REALLY not sufficient?

I missed the part where he acknowledged how much Hankook paid him for this segment, LOL. EDIT: just realized he says at the beginning "this video sponsored by Hankook" ... first time watching my sound didn't kick in until about 20 seconds in... so I literally did miss it. I write reviews online...

That's consistent with every EV I've experienced so far. 15-60% is optimum. After 60% or so, it gets painfully slow. It seems to be true regardless of capacity or voltage, too. I'm not sure why. I can charge my 2017 Tesla S75 to 60% in about 20~25 minutes too, and it maxes out at about...

Yes, but I'm curious how much wear and tear this will be on those batteries. There's no doubt that slow charging is easier on current tech batteries. (Many/not all) early Tesla owners learned the hard way that too much supercharging accelerated the degradation of your battery, resulting in...

This is what Tesla saw as the primary problem early on, and why from almost day one developing the supercharger network was priority #1, even over development of the vehicles themselves. It worked for Tesla. Not sure about the rollout for everyone else. I don't see Rivian making the same...

You own a Hummer EV, or was this an extended test drive? I'm very curious of the total time to charge that enormous battery at DCFC stations while on long road trips. Not peak rates, but average \ total time to charge from say 20%-90% or something like that. Thanks...

Sorry to be that guy - "kWh" is a unit of energy (like gallons of gasoline). Charging speed is in watts or kilowatts (kW) which represents how much energy can flow per time (like gallons of gas per minute from a pump). Battery capacities are in kWh. Charging rates are in kW. I'm a geek, I know.

I agree. I've had several people online tell me it's a nice "proper full sized suv" when I'm asking about room/storage, etc. I see them in person fairly frequently here in the SF bay area. From the exterior, they are nowhere near the size of a "proper" full sized suv IMO. We currently own a...

I'm fortunate to live where people have the money to be "first" on luxury items like cars. I see Rivians of both types, as well as Lucids, and other rare exotics, on the daily. My son's public elementary school has a mom who drops off in a limestone R1S. I've seen that one 3 times in the past...

If anything, it should be even bigger, IMO. I wish they had kept the wheelbase of the R1T and made the R1S a proper full-sized SUV, with more 3rd row legroom and more behind 3rd row storage/cargo space. Maybe then we could also have the max-pack in the R1S 7-seater.

What is a "two box SUV"?

Just like Apple claiming they are more reliable than MS-based (or x86 Linux, BSD, etc.) computers. Well, duh!