Rivian R1T vs. Jeep Gladiator Off-Road Comparison Test on the Trails

[Electric Rivilution]

From https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/off-road-smackdown-rivian-r1t-vs-jeep-gladiator-mojave.html

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[Count Orlok]

18 minutes? that video could have been an email.

 

[Electric Rivilution]

Here's a link to the article:

https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/off-road-smackdown-rivian-r1t-vs-jeep-gladiator-mojave.html

 

[nfrank]

short version: all the things the jeep could do, the Rivian can do. The thing that the jeep couldn't do, the Rivian couldn't do either. It's a tie.

 

[Dark-Fx]

I would have liked to see them do the whoops in Rally mode instead of all-terrain.

 

[godfodder0901]

I would have liked to see them do the whoops in Rally mode instead of all-terrain.

For as much time as Emme has behind the wheel, in off-roading scenarios no less, she seemed to not fully understand how the Rivian works...

 

[OrthoBlock]

Disappointing to not see the passenger side front tire spinning on that final R1T attempt. One more data point on the question of "are we torque limited on the motors/gearing?"

 

[Dark-Fx]

For as much time as Emme has behind the wheel, in off-roading scenarios no less, she seemed to not fully understand how the Rivian works...

I don't know for sure that it would have better suspension tuning for that kind of terrain, but that's definitely my assumption here. She bottomed out the front end pretty hard in this video. I'm not even sure you'd want it in soft with how deep those whoops are. Stiff would probably have stopped the bottom outs.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

short version: all the things the jeep could do, the Rivian can do. The thing that the jeep couldn't do, the Rivian couldn't do either. It's a tie.

But which one has CarPlay?

 

[uthatch]

I would have liked to see them do the whoops in Rally mode instead of all-terrain.

It wouldn't make much if any difference. That's Hungary Valley OHV park and those whoops are nasty. She mentions a Raptor would do better, and it would, but they're just too deep for any real speed unless something had really good suspension.

Honestly, unless you get off the beaten path in Hungary Valley, which isn't exactly legal, it's really boring.

 

[Zybane]

lol on the Ziggurat, he gets to the 3rd step at the beginning of the video and when she shows up, it's down to the second step. They literally moved the Jeep down a step like no one would notice lol.

 

[Biturbowned]

Disappointing to not see the passenger side front tire spinning on that final R1T attempt. One more data point on the question of "are we torque limited on the motors/gearing?"

agreed

 

[goldburger]

18 minutes? that video could have been an email.

turned it off after the "sorry i'm late i had to charge/i didn't" exchange

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