Nice video. Very fair on your info, etc. We know Rivian is rated pretty good and are quite expensive. Personally, EV's aren't for me. I live in UT. I have owned 3 different hybrids, the last one a 2021 Kia Sorrento Hybrid. Got about 40 mpg with it and no long charging or range anxiety. Decided to sell it and buy a straight ICE vehicle. It comes down to convenience. On road trips it can be bothersome to have to wait up to an hour to charge and EV. The infrastructure is still lacking like you showed. No canopies or anything on most of the chargers. In the back of parking lots with few or no lights, etc. Great idea carrying a windshield wash kit with you.

Bad idea never go vacation with ev car alot horrible story 😢😢😢😢😢

I saw one of these at the market the other day After looking them up and learning the cost You should never have these kinds of maintenance on any ev's that are that expensive

Dude 270 miles on 80% charge is great. That’s way longer than I do normally and stop for a few to bathroom break and stretch my legs. No idea why everyone is complaining but that’s awesome. I’d be doing the same stops and lengths with my accord. By the time you get gas, get food, walk around for a couple min that 25 min is nothing.

What kind of ignorant electric car owner thinks electricity goes up and down with gas prices. Gas prices will fluctuate a lot more often but there's always an increase. You think you're too good for it

WELL I ENJOYED YOUR STORY VERY INTERESTING. MOST PEOPLE DONT LIKE CHANGES THATS WHY THESE CARS ARE NOT POPULAR AND SECOND. WELL HOW-MUCH DOES THE BATTERY COST. WHEN IT GOES OUT. I TELL THEM HOW MUCH DOES YOUR ENGINE COST. SAME. COST. EXCUSES. I THINK THEY HIBRED CARS ARE MORE POPULAR BECAUSE THE INTRA STRUCTURE ISNT THERE YET. BUT. THINGS WILL CHANGE AS OLD PEOPLE DIE. AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS WILL BUY THEM

Hi ,ive never seen a GM energy station in california. May i suggest during your charging ,the whole family stretches before getting on the road again. Also be sure to bless each other and god for a safe journey. God bless.

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Hi Austin spoke the truth , great service and was quick to close the customers complaint/dash light issue .. unlike my honda dealership, gives me the " I can't find you in our system, what's your trucks vin, what was your name and finally what are you complaining about ? Honda's service tech is unprofessional . I've been having issues with my 2023 honda ridgeline rtl-e, getting 11.7 miles in the city and 13.8 miles in the hwy. I've complained to honda dealership, American Honda USA, and back to the dealership with no soultion to my trucks poor gas mileage. I will consider a rivian wagon.

Austin great job.

Hi host , those small batteries look like scooter motorcycle batteries. 😂 great looking truck. How many miles do you have on your rr1?

I’m thinking the transaction price for EV’s might very well include the $7,500 tax credit. Not sure as many EV’s are leased.

Just ordered my R1S Tri using your code. Can't get wait for delivery.

You're a man of patience I don't think I could get used to stopping and waiting to charge and only charging up to 80% I'm used to stopping I'm filling up on gas not when needed but when me my wife or one of the kids needs a bathroom break I hate to see that Trump's cutting the funding to the charging infrastructure

I wonder if you would have been able to come out of the snow if you changed the ride height all the way up 🤔

My Wife and I Drove Across Country From Maryland to LA and Back. I Wouldn't Do It With An EV Because it's Double Compaired To Gas, Charging Time, And The Need to Constantly Monitoring For Charging Stations. Maybe When There's More Infrastructure For EVs

A 12 volt battery you could have done it yourself

Rivian stated these prevent access to the jack points. Therefore if you get a flat you’ll have a lot of work to do.

You also stated that some of the charging locations didn't appear very safe. That's a NO especially when you have your family along with you. Better off with gasoline power don't you think?

I guess I don’t understand why anyone would by an EV of that caliber without a hole charger. Also live in the land of $4-5 for gas and haven’t seen 2.50 gas for a couple decades.

Your expression when he said "that's so cool man" to your "I'm just a few hours away from the factory? Killed me hhahaha

Is this with the new .51 update? I am seeing significant efficiency improvement in my Gen 2 R1T Dual Standard. Nice camera setup BTW.

Personally, I think electric vehicles are great daily drivers if your communite is small. I bought a 22 chevy bolt euv for $18k with 20k miles on it. I live in a very cheap state for home electricity. Our current rate is about $0.08 per kWh. I charge my car at home only. I drive less than 30 miles per day. I charge once per week and cost about $5.30 per charge. So I'm spending about $21 dollars per month assuming I even feel like charging my vehicle to 100%. I own a gas vehicle too. That is for travel, a backup, and or a very long journey. Having a mix of both worlds is a great thing.

why aren't use the Tesla Superchargers DUH!?!

I was at a hotel last week that had L2 chargers. Not really L2 though because it was only charging at 6kW. We were having single digit temps. I used Scheduled Climate Control with “Pull from Charger to maintain range.” It still decreased my state of charge by 2% in about 3o minutes. Several on Rivian forums have said that this “Pull from Charger to maintain range” setting does not actually direct the wall current straight to the heater. It simply activates the Charger if the car is plugged in, to counteract the drain on the battery by the heater.

Try parking the car outside at night and cold soak it. Good video

Lost quite a bit between the cold and the GOM basing my range on my recent driving when I haven't been driving. Lost about 20%. Sucks but this is my daily, and I don't roadtrip with any frequency for this to be an issue. I just plug in a bit more times during the week. My average charge session is 3 hours on a level 2 for several days of driving. This isn't an inconvenience as I can plug in when I get home, right before I turn in for the night, or even when I first wake up in the morning, the last two times putting me in the off-peak pricing for power, which is a bit cheaper in the winter.

Loved this cold weather review of driving the R1T. We do not get that cold very often here in Washington State, currently we are getting 2 to 2.5 miles/Kwh with 25 degree at night and 40 degree during the day time with our Gen1 R1S.

I city drive my EV, a 23 Mach-E with the PTC heater. I don't bother the preconditioning, because the car sits outside all the time, given I have no garage, but I do charge at home. I figure the extra energy from the house for a small efficiency bump on a short commute isn't worth it, especially when the car is outside at work for another 8 hours, even if I had a garage at home. I only care about preconditioning before a long trip. Likely not worth it for daily driving tho. We also have a hybrid Escape. They're about equal for $/km right now, but the EV is half as cheap to run in the summer.

In California, that trip would have cost me $6.50. The difference is that it never gets that cold here.

My dude

You set yourself up for maximum success. 1. Started fully topped off. 2. Preconditioned with it plugged in. 3. Biggest thing is it started out in your garage not ambient temp. Where the issue,begins is start out with it sitting outside all nite. Now plugged in even outside it offsets most loss. I’m not using heated seats only. No one with ICE vehicle ever does this since heat is a natural byproduct of ICE. Ice does experience some range loss at 5°. Diesel sure does.

Great video, very informative. I got similar results with my Gen 1 R1T. When it's cold leave the truck plugged in when you can. I also leave the heat on when I go places as well that way I don't waste energy heating up the cabin when it's really cold.

Great video as always, I just finished the installation of my home charger over the weekend, I can’t wait to use it when my car battery is at least 50% as I currently have 80% on it.

I didn't notice much difference last winter but in April I upgraded to a "smart" evse that monitors how much energy my evs use to charge and I have been quite surprised the last few weeks how much energy they use to keep the battery warm at night while its well below freezing.

Thanks for posting all this information. It is very useful even for me without an EV. My off peak electricity rate is 0.06 per kwh which means it would have cost me 96 cents to drive the 31 miles. That is really good. That would translate to about 90 mpg for gas. My on peak rate is 0.20 cents per kwh which is $3.20 and that is equal to about 31 mpg of gas. Still pretty good for a decent size vehicle. So, charging off peak is the way to go but still not bad if you have to charge at home during peak time.

How much range loss did you expect? Did the range loss surprise you? Let me know in the comments!

until charging time is 5 minutes or less, and double the range, I would never buy an EV. all i hear is range anxiety !!!!!

Hey Duke, thank you for taking the time to debunk some really poor information from News nation… It amazes me that the people that talk so much about how bad EV’s are, really have very little knowledge on the subject… Keep up the great work!

what brand of AGM batteries were in there?

A worse idiocy is the push in CA to ban all diesel 18-wheelers. I can fuel an 18-wheeler in 10 minutes and be back on the road. Truckers have log books and time restraints. EV big rigs take SEVERAL HOURS to charge, wasted time, which is highly disruptive to schedules, with a range of 200-300 miles in mountains, that would necessitate fueling 2 or 3 times a day, instead of once for 10 minutes. Because of the heavy batteries, they can carry only about 2/3 of the weight in freight. They cannot drive as many miles and deliver as much freight --- which means needing MORE big rigs and MORE drivers and higher transportation costs and clogged highways. And more NEW inexperienced drivers to have accidents.

What's those battery for

Is there much room for anything else if you keep the manual tonneau in there?

Keep buying battery junk! I will never buy one.

Wow! I had assumed the 12V Battery would be like a regular one. Been interested in the Rivian for a while so your video was very informative. Thx for sharing.

Having an EV for driving around town......maybe one day. For long trips? Nope, no way, not interested.

Dude said “ where’s my tip?”😉

She was probably against cell phones when they came out. Back then the average person couldn't afford it now almost everyone has one. Let this play out, stop being a future hater.

the cost to drive a gas owered vehicle will go up and down according to the cost of gas per a gallon. with an all electric vehicle if you charge mostly at home the cost most of the time stays the same except for the winter season it may go up. here in missouri ameren missouri is asking for an increase in cost to produce electricity over 15 percent for 2025

Electric cars are nothing but a gimmick and pieces of crap 👎🔥