A Driver's Thoughts on Amazon's New Electric Delivery Vehicle: Rivian EDV

If you start working at Amazon, will you be driving the new electric amazon vans? People think tesla made these amazon vans but it was actually Rivian who was behind it. These are my first impressions of the Rivian and then I talk about the EV training, all the cool features and what I think about them. spoiler alert, they're pretty awesome!
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0:00 The Rivian EDV is finally here!
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Current Sub Count 👉12,401

[@LaosHouse]

Point of view: delivering in the Rivian will be my next video! make sure you keep your eyes peeled and have notifications on 😆

[@LaosHouse]

@tpainerr probably lost in the warehouse somewhere in the conveyor belts

[@user-xy4tm7rg4i]

I've been lucky enough to drive the new Rivian EV's....THEY ARE AMAZING!!!!

[@Rizzlyricist]

Coming out of a rivian, and into my real car after a 10 hour shift, makes me feel low to the ground 😂.

[@brandonkocher7912]

i worked in the rivian plant, in the paint department, cool to see these things in your guys' hands

[@LaosHouse]

You guys did a great job 💯

[@thedatroxde]

Awesome, I love the rivian vans

[@KDP2009]

Dude your videos are so wholesome and uplifting to watch 🙏🏼 thank you for doing what you do 👍🏼

[@MustangChris1]

Note on the wireless charger, it does work but it seems to be in a SUPER specific spot to connect

[@LaosHouse]

I gotta test that out now lol

[@autumnapproves]

thats a really cool car!! it must be so nice to drive in that. cant wait for the POV in it!!!!!!!!

[@LaosHouse]

The technology in there is crazy!

[@pangjack8560]

Your video is the best keep the good work up.

[@JosueRodriguesDeCarvalho-gs4fe]

Hey man. Rodrigues here. I'm driving for Amazon for 8 months here in Seffner, Florida, and I made the edv training today. And this video was show us as a reference to know the eletric van. Congrats, man!

[@DayVidsVlogs]

Who is your DSP? I applied at the Seffner location but sadly had to decline the offer due to family issues that came up lol just wanted to see if it was the same DSP I applied for and see how you liked the company

[@QCopyVerse-km4mc]

Amazon is going to promote you to their media team! Great content.

[@Al-bu9vd]

Amazon got so much money to do this but can’t give there drivers a raise they need to do better with the pay tbh

[@noxious_nights]

Amazon doesn't pay their drivers because they don't have any. Completely separate Delivery Service Providers or DSPs operate under Amazon and are the ones who hire and pay drivers and all that

[@amenacetosociety1]

It’s literally a whole loop around to avoid paying a lot. It’s a smart move but they are fucking the drivers over tbh

[@heckoliver]

People steal mail from drivers, drivers steak mail in the past. Use ye head lad

[@steelcitytv]

1925 an hour and you can still smoke marijuana you can't find a job that's going to pay you 20 bucks an hour and you can still smoke weed my friend but yeah I do agree Us in the warehouse make more than the drivers do but we get to go home and smoke our weed FedEx UPS none of those jobs you can do that Amazon gives you decent pay and you're allowed to still live your life the way you want to

[@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA]

We all need that ups deal where you make 175,000$ a year

[@dreams.frosty4418]

i am SV driver just got my stuff done for the rivian they are insane i am excited too try them out so i can experience them only seen videos on them

[@SirBobbyK]

Ayyyyy I’m early nice video!

[@LaosHouse]

Ayyyy early gang!

[@lukehuffman3215]

Dude you make this job seem like a such a great time. Im about to start my training for Amazon here soon. Just have to wait for my background check to go through one more time because i messed up signing in through the Amazon Flex app 😂😂😂. Thought i was supposed to use my personal email but i didnt read the message at the bottom that they sent me, to NOT USE MY PERSONAL EMAIL LMAO. Luckily my DSP said i just need to get the link sent to me again and ill be able to redo it. Happy my drug test is valid so i wont need to go in for that again, just need to wait for my background check to go through. Really looking forward to this full time position because i was working in retail for the last 6 and half years, worked at HEB in 3 different positions over the 6 years. This is definitely going to be a nice change in working since one of my biggest passions is driving, also currently doing Uber on the side rn until i get the hrs i need. If anyone has any tips for loading the cargo vans or whatever they are going to put me in first please lmk! Hoping at some point once i work with my DSP long enough that they will put me in one of the Rivians becuase they seem like a lot of fun to drive. Not too sure if we have them because i drove by my work location and didnt see any but that was after most of the vans and truck left for their routes. I know i read online that Austin does have some of the Rivians but im not too sure if my DSP got any in yet. Cant wait to start my training hopefully sometime next week once everything goes through, wish me luck!! 🙌🙌

[@luminayre6227]

This looks so much more convenient for delivery drivers. I love it.

[@LaosHouse]

It was really made well! Such a better experience than the cargos/sprinters

[@ronisworld2916]

that is really a beautiful van.

[@jzamarripa2176]

Ayyyeeee new vid 🙏

[@LaosHouse]

let's go

[@jossemina]

Beautiful

[@sharpshooterbuckz]

Just like the cdv , my dsp just announced that way amazon going all EDV soon.

[@timcapuchino3563]

Great job

[@MailmanNick]

Wish USPS had nice vehicles like Amazon does

[@josh-cq3ju]

Next 5 years they will

[@LaosHouse]

I heard they coming out soon. They have an interesting look to them

[@jcambel6220]

the vehicle that can fit couches, bed frame, washer and dryer.

[@corywhitley4573]

Wish Amazon payed as much as USPS

[@Richey_]

The buttons on the right side of the steering wheel are for the adaptive cruise control

[@shstactic6480]

Down for cruise up for deactivation

[@kylespencer2192]

Hope you're doing well brother, praying for you

[@dandillinger-belcher9745]

Amazing vid and for the passenger seat it’s not the best but is better than nothing if I’m honest…

[@overlandmdb4124]

As a Amazon driver I wish we had these we have the old vans that are on their last leg and a bunch of rental vans because we can’t get any vans

[@kingkiko4263]

Niiice 👌🏽.. im guessing you get hit with points when you touch the screen while driving, but i like it looks dope, i was driving the promaster today and my door to get in the back kept slamming because the latch to hold it closed or open didn’t work 😅

[@LaosHouse]

Maybe. no one ever said anything to me.

[@Richey_]

It doesn’t if you’re messing with the screen only the phone like normal

[@afreload]

We're got new vans I'm exited

[@tmc8516]

Damn these Rivian vans are sick af 😮‍💨

[@kennystrawnmusic]

Can’t wait to see what Flex in an Aptera will look like.

[@Mestizo90]

Yes, I'm sure someone's already said it, but the EDV has cooled seats, event a vent the blows on your neck. As for the wireless charger, we have it, so it seems to vary by DSP. I wanted to do a video about the Vivian but somehow my video turned into just another delivery video lol and I'm not a good editor either.

[@chunchen9545]

It looks good.

[@pangjack8560]

I joined the Amazon DPS too

[@crusinclassicslucas6218]

I love these vans

[@zachlevinson2402]

Does having the map help you with going faster? Like by picking what stops to hit instead of always back tracking

[@BWilliam]

This should be the sole focus at Rivian.

[@FridayAdventureClub]

Sick!!! Making me want some wafers!😂

[@LaosHouse]

wafers are my snack of choice on the road

[@alexman227]

The heated seat button on the bottom right of the screen is only for the passenger jump seat.

[@LaosHouse]

Is it really. they have seat warmers too 👀

[@alexman227]

Yesssir! Luxury!

[@xjok3r_25z5]

The cam button is for bird view around the truck

[@dylansousa5571]

The Rivian delivery truck is very nice

[@LaosHouse]

I think it might be the best delivery vehicle ever!

[@redhelmetmann]

Fuck that would making everything so much faster to do delivers with that door entry

[@blknightsixtyfo]

Are you using two phones one for flex and one for mentor? If so you have to use mentor on the same device you use flex on.

[@vgmikey]

Are you able to use Spotify on the EDVs from your phone?

[@SuperAndrew64]

/?what mic are you using in the beginning there

[@alexman227]

Wireless charger does work, but you have to have a phone that actually supports wireless charging.

[@hxlfbreedd]

as a rural route driver, its not gonna cut the mountainsides and rugged terrain i had to drive, good for the city and flat grounds maybe. i like it. Definitely not gonna replace all Amazon vans tho as much as i would like them to because they are awesome

[@whschopke98]

that's a bummer, especially if you consider that an "off-road" capable van would benefit even more of the electric motors. Maybe they release a different version of the van in the future

[@hamavery6476]

Do you have the big diesel one now or one of the ford/Mercedes/dodge vans? This is coming from someone unfamiliar with amazon so I’m sorry if any of that is crazy wrong lol.

[@GTILOUD]

I call bs I found out about these by almost being run the fuck over and not hearing it until it was right on top of me, dude almost ran over my roommates dog in Palmer Lake Co so these do mtn rds fine

[@cashlindontv7293]

Where did you get that phone poach from?

[@davidsmith385]

How do these Van's do on bumpy muddy dirt roads?

[@Matthew-dd6kp]

The driver side should be a sliding door. Needs 4 wheel drive and higher ground clearance. Most phones don't support wireless charging and if they do the magnet on most of the rabbits block it

[@LaosHouse]

yes! The driver side should have been a sliding door. Maybe in the step van EDV's

[@vinceschannel8927]

Needs AWD and less plastic on the interior. I don’t see those vans lasting very long lol

[@Matthew-dd6kp]

@Vince's Channel The plastic is so it stays non dot. Allowing amazon to run dangerous vehicles on the road. They can blame the dsps if something goes wrong even though amazon incentivises not repairing anything.

[@noxious_nights]

"Most phones don't support wireless charging" Maybe like 5 years ago? Every phone I've seen in years can charge wirelessly. And what's a rabbit?

[@mkultra3679]

A driver side sliding door is what would get a lot of drivers killed when stepping out and that's probably the reason they didn't include it...

[@ideliver7289]

Tell your dsp to give you some new amazon shorts lol

[@melodytheyeen]

Washer fluid in the reserve??? Now thats unheard of at my DSP

[@Crustygio]

Man I really wish we had these in my dsp. I don’t think Texas has any yet though

[@LaosHouse]

That's unfortunate. I thought my state didn't either until I saw one on the road

[@gamerdude422]

I live in Texas too and I’ve only seen 2 in the past couple of months. So they’re there, just not common.

[@angelopacheco9397]

the dsp i work for is already running half of fleet on rivians im at houston tx we have like 12 EDV

[@Crustygio]

@@gamerdude422 what part of Texas?

[@Crustygio]

@@angelopacheco9397 lucky! San Antonio gotta step it up

[@JohnnyZ716]

Isn't it annoying that these don't have side doors? Like you have to go into the back in order to get packages. Seems like that would take more time and you're going up and down stepping into the van to get the packages

[@JRthepyroguy]

Do Amazon assign you the same van every day?

[@jonsmith7504]

Yaaaay a bigger longer van for more stops lol

[@Richey_]

You gotta think it’s electric so it can only drive so far on one route lol

[@gavcom4060]

@@Richey_ they only drive like 50 miles a day. it has a range of 150

[@Richey_]

@@gavcom4060 I know how far they drive I drive one everyday and have been for the past 5 months lol I’m literally sitting in one rn. The routes are the same if not a little smaller than the gas vans that can fuel up anywhere if need be.

[@shelber10]

I hope ups gets these but they won’t unless they have to

[@LaosHouse]

yeah I've seen some concept electric UPS vehicles. One day

[@melodydeguzman5461]

Oh, FedEx launched their EDV last OCT. 2022..

[@davidsmith385]

How does the Battery hold up with the AC running? In the South it gets hot and muggy.

[@HenryLoenwind]

I have to guess how much energy it uses, but if I take my home AC that's cooling down 4 rooms as reference, that would run for about 40 hours at full blast on the battery that's in that van.

[@shortbus794]

My question is. I can’t figure out how to dim the dashboard lights.

[@SSJGengar]

Those cameras are used to monitor you lmao

[@strumaticdock590]

I feel like someone need to put a bodycam on themselves when delivering for az cuz that van is not going to make it. And I doubt we got the equipment to charge all the vans

[@cman1512]

My area doesn't even have a DSP Amazon stuff is delivered by usps or UPS and not by Amazon itself so outside of the internet I've never seen am Amazon delivery vehicle

[@LaosHouse]

that's crazy. I wonder why

[@noxious_nights]

@@LaosHouse Never seen an Amazon van here either, same case with them delivering through USPS/UPS. Just a smaller city

[@thebrickhiker]

My area is considered by Amazon as Super Rural - and it is! No DSPs will ever be here. Flex just moved in starting in March, but we don't have a lot of drivers, as the pay and routes are all over the place [I would love to make videos showing what a Super Rural route looks like as I spend more time off road than on roads - long, twisty, mountain roads that are one lane only and not state maintained in many cases - USPS won't deliver to many of the places - either they have a PO Box or a huge array of mailboxes at the end of a rough road - but Flex, and sometimes UPS and FedEx will deliver! Customers are often shocked when they see me pull up with a 7oz Amazon envelope!

[@puertoricanhammer6987]

👍

[@LaosHouse]

much nicer than some of those FedEx trucks

[@puertoricanhammer6987]

@@LaosHouse oh yeah

[@u-law]

Damn my man left FedEx I got to catch up

[@Nick_831]

I wanted to apply for an Amazon DSP Delivery opening in my area but I’m not 21 yet, I turn 21 in about 2 months, should I wait until then or am I able apply a little early?

[@collegedropout3544]

Off topic but if you are young and want a career path look into going to trade school. We have a huge shortage of electricians in this country and it's only getting worse. It takes two years and you are looking at starting salary of around 60k-70k but if you are a go getter that can be 100k-140k depending on the path you take.

[@LaosHouse]

I would wait

[@pangjack8560]

I am going to start my DPS shift next week.

[@LaosHouse]

@@pangjack8560 best of luck

[@admiralv3538]

Only thing I hate is how the music volume sounds so low even on the highest. Oh and how the fan in the back sounds like an airplane

[@M4K9G22]

I just read these vans only do 150 miles per charge and takes 18hrs to recharge. How far do you guys drive daily? Do these new vans have AC?

[@nickevans8977]

He posted a picture starting with 144 and ending with 119 so 25 miles a day. It won't take that long to charge.

[@LaosHouse]

I drive about 50miles but because of regenative braking, it only lost about 25. I feel like I can get 3-4 days without a charge.

[@Matthew-dd6kp]

With mentor preventing hard acceleration, they will have no problem with running out of power. When amazon phases mentor out it could be a problem.

[@adelsoguia]

You normally drive less than 60 miles per route

[@HenryLoenwind]

18 hours? I guess with a charger that's low-powered enough, that would be possible. Although, if you want to throw around a high number to show how bad EVs are, the smallest possible charger on the lowest setting would take 188 hours to charge the battery from 0 to 100%. Probably even a bit longer, as the electronics in the van use some power, too. But I bet I could build a gas pump that also takes 188 hours to fill up a gas car... On the other side, a decent fast charger could do it in half an hour. But I expect they have the usual overload limiters in the battery management system. With that, you get 10%-80% in about half an hour (that number is about the same for every EV). Charge time at home with a wallbox at its highest setting would be 7 hours. The battery in this is nearly twice as big as in a car, btw.

[@stonedgamer4948]

What’s up with the camera above the netradyn?? I covered that shit and haven’t been talked to so idk what it is

[@eddiew2325]

big brother my friend. amazon is the surveillance goat. god i love amazon so much

[@kingmalg]

My dsp needs to retire those busted up Ram 3500’s and get these.

[@LaosHouse]

everyone needs these

[@person12307]

i dont see those lasting out hear in the rural areas

[@noxious_nights]

A 4WD version is possible and likely - these are on the same chassis as a Rivian R1T/R1S

[@steelcitytv]

That will only happen in certain locations

[@arkzwtf]

that passenger seat looks so uncomfortable ik who ever sit on that gon have back pain

[@LaosHouse]

facts

[@adamssmith3955]

The passenger seat is for trainers to do a ride a long not for drivers to have a friend tag a long.

[@ImFadedAsfRn]

10:08 😂😂😂😂😂

[@NomadicNirvana420]

They're really fragile. Scarred to bump a curb or go over a speedbumps while driving one

[@shadowk4718]

What happens I thought you quit Amazon bro?

[@LaosHouse]

I transferred DSP's

[@mkloven101]

Babe look it's a new video

[@LaosHouse]

Get the kids!

[@itzanopinion]

"It's finally here! The Rivian EDV" LOL! We've had them at our facility now since last September!!!

[@LaosHouse]

haha yeah they've been out for a while now

[@Anonymous.24.]

Bro I thought you quit driving for Amazon what happened ?

[@betogarcia5380]

I hate parking this shit after I’m done with work

[@MartianDill]

17:12 and electric cars will be replaced by bicycles😏

[@zachcox7420]

hi how are you today

[@l3igRed187]

i thought u quit lol

[@jonathangriffin6828]

sucks u can't go down driveways with that thing. rather have a truck that's higher up

[@LaosHouse]

yeah it's sits very low. you have to be careful with slopes

[@juiceforthestreets]

No A/C?

[@Demy26]

Aye

[@LaosHouse]

aye

[@Gamingwithenzo]

Take off the case to charge your phone

[@BigHRepair]

Honestly dont care for it. Its cool, but driving it with the regen is not for me personally. I honestly want to stay with the ram or cdv 😂

[@dwinsome64]

First

[@LaosHouse]

Ichigo always first

[@OrganicStuff1]

Wouldn’t it be easier to just do Uber eats

[@chuy85jr]

Fedex shorts?

[@jokertt14]

shit box .. only goes 144 miles charged ..... enough said

[@JohnnyZ716]

Yea that van can fit a lot of packages which mean more stops for the slaves

[@crusinclassicslucas6218]

6:17 honk! honk!

[@bornagaincards]

its 2023. We have so many incredible programs to design things beautifully and yet they allowed a 12 year old to design it. If looks could kill this thing would be a mass murderer