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He never told me the time that is in his head but I think he's going to break 11 minutes.

Gardner Nichols is driving the Gen 2 Rivian R1T in tomorrow's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. I've always thought the race was pretty cool, but on Thursday Gardner drove me up the route and now I see how cool and unique it really is. Wish I could drive it at speed! Anyway, here's a detailed...

We got a little surprise at an event last night at the Denver Spaces - the NEW GEN 2 R1S. I believe it is the first time the vehicle has been open for the public to peruse. So, we did! I did a quick vid of some of what I noticed has changed from the Gen 1. Not a technical vid, but I feel like...

here's my initial overview of all of them but I gotta say the R3X was my fave!

On the eve of the R2 "launch," I thought I'd wrap up a chapter in the Rivian Dad series on R1T and R1S by answering the most often question I get: which one do you like better? I won't spoil it here, but I will say that my wife's and my answer are NOT the same. Anyway, in this video I break it...

Hi all, While half of the country is freezing with us here in Denver, I just thought you might appreciate my cold-drive update video (compared to last year's). I preconditioned the R1T but didn't precondition the R1S and drove them both to compare. Tip: Preconditioning helps a lot. Stay warm...

Also see Rivian's official story on this: https://stories.rivian.com/software-spotlight-towing-and-drive-modes-app Hey All! Super excited for this one. Rivian gave me a sneak peek at the newest software update (OTA 2023.38.0) and the linked vid is the result. I wanted to do a general...

There were lots of people asking questions as we drove. Fun times.

sweet!!

The Rocky Mountain Rivian Club had an incredible visit from Rivian over the weekend and got a chance to "meet" the Dual Motor for the first time! The weekend started off with a beautiful drive to over 11k feet with 24 Rivians on the trail (minus one mechanical, plus one that we met toward the...

Just posted a vid of my thoughts:

probably some, but not enough to matter for our purposes. Every little thing adds up though.

Thanks. I've been meaning to TRY and do some math around this but there are so many variables that the margin for error is huge so I'll have to stick with experiential tests. One thing to add is that I find driving the Rivian so comfortable that I don't mind going a bit slower (assuming that we...

Thanks. Sounds like you had similar results (about 1.8 mi/kWh)

Thanks. (can't argue with the channel size thing! - best way to help BTW is to watch, like and comment on the video itself - and share). I'll bet you won't see much impact on range. Of course there will be some, but with all of the other factors, like hills and wind, you won't be able to...

Yeah, each little thing adds up (tires, speed, weather, RTT, etc) so it's important to keep an eye on the big picture. But, I find that there is enough battery to handle the little things. The trailer last year was another story, though. It really slowed us down (by adding a lot of charging time).

I'm going to be trying a couple more tents so I'll let you know how they are.

Hi all - here's the final vid in our Overland Expo 2023 series. This one is all about efficiency on our 700 mile drive with a Rooftop Tent (thanks Joel!). I came up with some pretty interesting conclusions after not just this year (1400 miles round trip) but also incorporating the data from last...

Cool! See you there!

I'm really proud of this video, it's a review of the aftermarket rack options from Overland Expo last week. There were several R1s on display (I counted at least seven)including the R1S in this thumbnail tricked out by DCE and Ruff Rax which was really sweet. I don't give a favorite in the...