First Long Trip In The Rivian R1T! Over The Rockies On One Charge - Part 1/3

[@KyleConner]

I can’t wait to share part 2 with you! This is just the trip getting going but part 2 - 3 will be much more of a blast! Thanks for watching and would you like to see more Rivian adventures on this channel?

[@MiguelPalaviccini]

100%. Buy your Rivian already from Tom. His wife wants the F150 for sure ;)

[@battousaihimura]

Great video Kyle!! I bet Rivian is getting a lot of useful data from your week with R1T via their telematic module

[@battousaihimura]

Maybe a PIP style of the Vehicle energy graph from the driver dashboard superimposed on the video in a corner while you are driving would be super insightful to see how the mi/kWh is dynamically changing and seeing the current average

[@ThePACman69420]

As someone who is waiting for their rivian and slightly worried about the slow charging times, lack of super charger networks, etc. This is exactly the kind of video I was waiting for. keep em coming.

[@lancejr14]

Yes

[@jrcase7511]

It’s hard to beat a Kyle Connor road trip. Nice job!

[@Vin496]

While I find it cool tech wise, having an EV for long range is a PIA, I drive regularly from L.A. to El Paso(10 1/2 hours) a trip around 750 miles one way, I make 2 fuel stops, one in Quartzite for half a tank then in Lordsburg, and have enough fuel for a few days of driving when in EP. Total of maybe 30 minutes in fueling and restroom breaks. Checked out a few websites and the same trip would add a minimum of around 4 1/2 hours in charging, and it's not any cheaper to "fuel" up.

[@mitchellcrane9809]

I am not spending 70k-130k for a vehicle and have to sweat about locations on chargers and then have to sit and wait for it to charge. 5 min at a gas station and I can get almost 400miles in my 2007 impala. While cost to operate is cheaper (at todays forced gas prices) it is not a fraction of my cost to run my impala. I want to see how people feel about the savings if they have to pay for a battery in these vehicles. Oh then wait till they start charging you a road tax to recover what they are not getting in tax at the pump.

[@nolo3]

This has been amazing to watch. As a first time EV owner (soon) I will be making this same exact trip/route many times. Taking notes!!

[@kevincurry4735]

The stretch of Interstate 70 between Denver and Grand Junction is my favorite part on all of the US. It even striking in the middle of the night.

[@Runruh130]

The truck does have auto high beams. You have to push and hold the left stalk forward for a few seconds.

[@NDWLoversAnime]

i am from indonesia and i always love to watch all of your roadtrip journey

[@zsm722]

For auto high beams hold the stalk forward for 2 seconds until you see auto high beams enabled on the bottom right of the screen behind the wheel

[@zachpaget]

Thanks for the video, Kyle! Love these road trips and learning about charging networks and EVs. Hoping to see an F-150 Lightning trip in the future!

[@DblOSmith]

Wow, the camera video playback interface is soooo much better than Teslas. Nicely done.

[@MichaelCena08]

Rivian has done a pretty good job with the infotainment system

[@erics3596]

Ironically I was just on "abetterrouteplanner" plotting taking my impending R1T to my parents winter place in Yuma, AZ from Northglenn, CO - very timely review/vid for me!

[@ichigo19870]

Thank you so much for your dedication. It baffles me, that you don't have like 200k subscribers already :D Your videos are like the best there are on KZbin, regarding EV's. Love to watch them, even though I always have to convert the numbers to the metric system which is a hassle^^ Hope you might do a collab with Bjorn when in Europe. Anyways, keep up the good work!

[@MrStupidactivities]

That construction between Mulberry and Mead will never get done I swear to god

[@Dreamscythe1]

im starting to really like these trucks, being a new company im nervous for them to just go under out of nowhere, but if they can stick around and grow i think they have a good future. i wonder what getting any service work done on this thing will be like, especially those of us living in canada

[@jackb.2974]

When ecars were starting to come out my big question is how and where to charge and milage. You should be a rep for Tesla because your videos covers EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. Love your travel vlogs with Alyssa and your two furry friends. Love it. Ryan Van Duzer does on bike what you do in an ecar and you make travel fun and wonderful filming. Thankyou.

[@jason91notch]

THIS is the review I’ve been looking for. As someone who lives in Denver but regularly spends time in the mountains, knowing how it would do as far as range goes is extremely helpful. I wonder how much having a few extra people in the vehicle and a few hundred pounds of hunting or fishing gear would change the range? Say, 3 people and 300 lbs of gear, totaling around 800-1000 lbs of payload. Would a 15% reduction in range be safe to say, you think?

[@chrisfriends7911]

Tesla would get you further. They always have been more efficient than all the others.

[@jason91notch]

@@chrisfriends7911 Tesla doesn’t have a truck. So there’s that.

[@jackb.2974]

I would like you to break down actual cost per mile on each of these vehicles. Thankyou for these videos it is well put together and fun to watch.

[@boballison123123]

Excellent. Thanks for all the information. Really useful

[@maxbie123]

In a decade I think we’ll look at the R1T/eHummer’s MPGe figures the way we look back on the original H2’s 11 MPG.

[@hungdoan7303]

The amount of planning just to charge is insane.

[@bradmiller3018]

appears to be more of a grocery getter vs an over the road vehicle

[@matthewp1682]

Teslas do all the work for you!

[@cmecu_seemeseeyou9330]

I always feel a major drawback is that you are bound to go certain ways when traveling. You have to go a route where there are chargers. So no long super rides through the back roads... And what sucks more is that if you run out of electricity, its not like you can take a can and go get some gas and bring back to fill up the tank.. But I guess there will be Electric Truck refilling services for such emergencies.. they come out and give you a charge for a nice hefty price.. :D

[@headlampdiaries]

We regen 2% pretty reliably down from the tunnel in the ID.4 as another reference.

[@briancayer5815]

Yes the R1T is sweet. Handsome as well.

[@ampedampson5140]

Love the road trip videos!

[@n3v3rsum3r3]

Hey Kyle! If the rear motors are disconnected in Conserve does that conversely limit the regen you can collect, too? Thanks for the rigorous testing you do.

[@harsimranbansal5355]

I don’t think the Rivian physically disconnects the rear motors, it’s just electronic so you could get regen on rear motors. Most of the braking is on the front wheels anyways so that works out

[@galactictomato1434]

@@harsimranbansal5355 Wrong, it's a mechanical disconnection. Rivian is using Amsted's E-Axle Disconnect technology.

[@charleskavoukjian3441]

@@galactictomato1434 Ok, then can you re answer the first guys question for me.

[@Rx100Vx]

Love the dedication ... I don’t think even Rivian testing team did so much in just one week ... awesome

[@jeffkaiser3539]

I think it takes a little bit more nerve than I can muster to go in to the desert with a brand new Rivian. Am looking forward to the next two installments of this series. Man you are a busy guy. Looking forward to my EV adventure later this spring from California through Colorado and on to Blanco Texas.

[@jackb.2974]

I am watching all of your test travel adventures. One area i am most intetedted

[@mini2nut67]

Kyle, you were blessed with the gift of gab.

[@allanjdmsissons4237]

Great video Kyle keep up the great content 👍

[@keithamrozowicz3380]

Still eager to watch part 2 and part 3 that involves off-roading in Moab!!!

[@noelyboy6969]

Great video Kyle and great truck

[@CSAlso2]

Stop Toying with us and give us Part 2! The suspense is killing me!

[@luvtoyscollector3373]

Such a beautiful truck 🛻 I totally want one asap 🙏

[@NordicSnowhammer]

Cool vehicle. I'd like one. The costs aren't as good as I thought. I ran the numbers on my Highlander and it was about the same to fill to 270 miles range (from a tank of 320 range). Interesting.

[@scotduckrow8524]

I've been watching hours of your videos and I can feel one thing is certain, that if you're a football fan, you must be a fan of the Los Angeles Chargers!

[@jakeman9759]

Hey! We saw y’all in Colorado! It was the first time seeing a rivian in person I even took a picture.

[@jjgreek1]

I parked next to one in Pasadena the other day...it looked massive

[@hwgusn]

I’m really interested to see how the F150 Lightning will do on this test.

[@chaleowin7732]

I agree, I will be purchasing one once supply and demand goes down a bit.

[@cjh7159]

Really excited for more road trip videos !

[@BlondieSuperdog]

ya its like a car - no load - a couple did a 2700 mile trip with a Rivian towing a mustang on a trailer - 23 charges needed to go 2700 miles thats charging 33% of the time; to cover the same distance taking a normal pick up would only need to 40 mph. It isn't worth calling it a truck.

[@nolo3]

This is amazing. Evergreen CO here 👋🏻

[@mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

This car is so cool!

[@DrFrisb]

Now resale on these is probably 200% so value in that sight, makes sense. For the folk that make 50k a year, buying this is a financial waste.. the used 8k car, 30mpg, $3.75 a gallon, oil and maintenance.. this truck is for the people with funds already.

[@elledechenestudio]

I can’t imagine hauling horses in an EV truck. Well, I can, but it ain’t pretty. Great road trip, I do want one! As a complement to my electric pony.

[@beyerch]

After watching this video all I can say is I'm sure glad my Tesla(s) came with the free unlimited supercharging option. I've always wondered what it costs to charge the EVs. With that said, the bulk of the time we're charging at home so still far cheaper than a gas powered vehicle in this regard.

[@Olson2BW]

You may or may not see this, but to charge my Tesla Model Y on a Tesla Super charger from 30 miles of range to 315 miles of range cost me $12.18 in Centralia, WA. I think the price for charge is the same or close to the same in all of western Washington. I've never been charge more than $12.18 any time that I've charged my Tesla Model Y. Meanwhile in 2021 it cost about $45 to fill up our 2007 Toyota Prius and it cost us over $80 to fill up our 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The latter has a 4.7 liter V8 Hemi. I'm giving you 2021 prices because my wife drives those vehicles and I drove my Tesla Model Y so I haven't filled up with gas on anything for over a year.

[@beyerch]

@@Olson2BW I also have a data point now. I replaced my 2014 P85DL with a 2018 P100D which does not have free supercharging. I charged in ~Chicago, IL and added 23kw, price was $9.89. If I needed a full charge, I'd be pushing ~$40 which is about 2/3rds the cost to fill our Hyundai SUV. While it is cheaper to 'fill' up the EV, the realized range isn't nearly what I'd get in the gas car; therefore, I would need to charge again which would negate the savings. Will use the MX w/ Free SC for our road trips.

[@MichaelSmith-iw5cs]

If you suspect that EA is throttling charging to 350 amps when it should be higher, maybe take a clamp on inductive ampmeter to verify?

[@evatrics5902]

I'm hoping to see charging in Moab and Monticello on part 2, since have to go that way in about 3 weeks and I saw on plug share that you checked in Monticello.

[@pjonesmoody]

Love those Topo bags!

[@farmerkevin]

$33 for 225 miles? Ouch. I'm a newb in the EV game. Great truck and video.

[@Lewythefly]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, pretty expensive

[@LegendaryOldwarrior]

for sure. Before the gas prices went crazy the end of last year and this year, in my Dodge Durango I could go 500 miles give or take 10-15 miles with 87 gas grade costing about $70 bucks. With my discount I could get it as low as $50 bucks. $33 dollars going only 225 miles is not something I want to hear if I am going to switch over to electric. I am guessing it's not like that when you charge it in your house if you get a custom charging made? I am already annoyed that a lot of these cars can't go super long on a charge. Hopefully in a few years they figure out a way to get more miles. I know the lucid is saying they can go 500 miles, but at that price tag I am out lol Edit: sheesh I just realized he saved $13 bucks because of his membership. Would be even crazier without the membership.

[@Aurelian57]

@@LegendaryOldwarrior I hear ya. My diesel truck gets about 28 MPG at 75-77 MPH giving me around 550-600 miles on the tank. Stopping everything 250ish, not being able to charge to full, and then also costing you $33 for a charge, ugh. I definitely want a Rivian, someday, but the long-range mileage isn't there yet.

[@MrDannyboilove]

I really hate that people always comment on the range of electric vehicles. The more people buy them, the more the company will invest on creating more refined and long range tech. But it's probably the same thing when the first cars were invented, they would break down constantly and were unreliable, so I would think people would say "my horse can go for miles, why would anyone buy a car?" lmao. It's funny but people love to hate on new things, and people not adopting something is literally the reason something doesn't get better faster. Lol, it took 130 years for us to get where we are with standard ICE cars. EV's will get there eventually as well :P

[@BrodyDuvall]

Why would you not start on full range?

[@justinbyers7472]

Kind of upsetting that it doesn't have a basic lane keeping system when the highway isn't properly mapped

[@stephendavis6261]

No voice recognition for nav? I love that feature on my Tesla - and it works perfectly! That aside, I'm loving the R1T

[@brucec954]

Will be interesting to see what the range & Wh/mile is on the open road in the West (where everyone wants to drive 80 - 85 mph) Glad Rivian didn't do the "we need a shift lever taking up the center console because our customers are too stupid / use to having it there) thing. I see Kyle making plenty of use of the center console.

[@davesvoboda2785]

Kyle, hearing you flip between watts and amps in the same sentence is very confusing. I well know the relationship, if I know the voltage, but trying to do the conversion is impossible. Would you please either stick with amps or watts, when talking about chargers?

[@dr.projectx5142]

Would be neat if the rear motors can be engaged for more regen when going down hill that will be very neat.

[@theredmonkey]

Forgetting your bag with your clothes is pretty hilarious honestly.

[@noahpalmieri941]

If you need to hypermile an Ev just go the speed limit and if you're really hurting for range, drive with no HVAC

[@josecmunozromero]

Great content!

[@COSolar6419]

We recently did our first DC charging at the Grand Junction EA station with new Ioniq 5. Just testing to see if the free two year charging account was activated. As pointed out the fast charging infrastructure here is still sparse as soon as you leave the interstate. Although I live in a town 65 miles from the nearest interstate and we have a Tesla Supercharger and a ChargePoint 62kw DC charger in town.

[@Blocktob1]

So… it cost $33 to go about 275 miles?! 🤔 My vehicle that runs on gas costs less and goes farther.

[@lilmario0]

That's interesting..

[@jcsuperstars1100]

Charging at home would cost ~$7.00 for the same 275 miles.

[@michaelheinrich44]

awesome video and trip. Greetings from Germany!

[@pandakees]

Come on guys, don't keep me hanging here! Gimme gimme those other parts, please!

[@dennislyons3095]

I'd like to see over Wolf Creek Pass.

[@shawnhowell7175]

Which Tesla adapter do you use? We have three Tesla Wall Connectors and would sure like to be able to use them when our R1S arrives next year. BTW, really enjoyed this series and the Model Y one you did with your delightful mother. Hope you get your Dad interviewed some day too. Sounds like he’s had an amazing fleet of vehicles in his past.

[@zacharyrae1735]

Very surprised that i70 isn’t mapped for Driver+…. Really hope they add that one

[@RonRattie]

Interesting it showed 3 charging networks but EA wasn't one of them when you routed to Phoenix. I drove west to east from Spanish Fork to Denver and there were plenty of DC fast chargers on the route.

[@areweoutdoors]

What is your thoughts about Rivian to Europe? I live in Sweden and cant wait to get this beast over here!..

[@TylerPoppe]

I was surprised to see you got a charging spot. Been to grand junction on a few road trips now and parking was pretty rough, and charging at the hotel was even worse - lots of gas engine cars using the spot because no other spots were available. I think two of the times I was at the hotel next door to that one.

[@vegasx07]

Waiting 77mins to pay $34 vs say $70 and 5mins really is not enough to convince to switch to electric yet. Sure gas prices are high but that's such a long time for longer trips to wait (you can make the excuse you could stop and eat or something to kill time, but multiple times in one trip will get annoying) 🤷🏻‍♂️ truck looks great and love the performance for it being a truck. Needs another few years to cook some more

[@jamaicasysbm2580]

Finally someone with common sense, 3 to 5 minutes at the pump is way better waiting 70 minutes that’s is so unproductive.

[@kuladoma3]

I still have 2019 Honda insight 50+ mpg cost me 24000 and a 2018 Prius 50+MPG and cost me 24000 both bought in Aug of 2018 both are paid off and both are wonderful cars going to last me another 8 to 10 years even with current prices of gas its still cheap to fill up. The cost of me buying a current EV car does not warrant me to buy one as of right now you just showed me now is not the time to buy one because of charging on trips. in 8 years, I will get one and hopefully something changes with charging jumps leaps and bounds.

[@jacecole]

@Kyle where is part 2???

[@stevenherner298]

Why don't they have 2 charging ports on the vehicle? God bless you and Melissa

[@mrt3206]

Long drives are already rough enough I couldn’t imagine why someone would want to spend hours more charging to get to a destination…guess if ya are on vacation, or retired and not in a hurry to get anywhere. If anything a Hybrid is where it’s at especially when a lot of them get 600+ miles a tank…I’ll take the 5min fuel up in a gasser or hybrid over hours of charging. We just did a 3000 mile road trip and if we had to charge during that route(which was the fastest route) it would’ve taken an extra atleast 15 hours which would have meant atleast one added on night in a hotel 🤢

[@FaceTubeU]

Based on the charging cost, you would have paid about $42.80 if you charged from 0% to 100%. If compared to an F-150's EPA rated 22 mpg, that would have been like paying $3.10 a gallon. During cheap gasoline times that would be a lot, but now with average US prices at over $4.00 a gallon, that is a bit of savings.

[@Sthilboy56]

Your so lucky having gas at $4 a gallon , it’s around $9 a gallon over the pond in the UK

[@RRRobsonJr]

True but most people will do 90% or more of charging at home where it costs a fraction of this. My gas truck costs $90 + every fill up and I have to do it once a week.

[@denveroilers9458]

@@RRRobsonJr But my Rav4 costs half as much and not much more to fill for 600kms, with services and average repairs, payback will be about 14 years.

[@ben3989]

When I charge at home (nearly all of my charging) it comes out to about $.03/mile. This is how most people will experience electric cars (your kw price does vary quite a bit atriums the country).

[@RRRobsonJr]

@@denveroilers9458 Apples and Oranges. Your RAV4 is a small SUV not a half ton pick up. I wouldn't compare a Prius to an F-150 so why are you comparing a Rav4 to a Rivian or F-150 lightning?

[@samusvi2693]

i have yet to see a video on and ev that is not centered around charging. but then again, that is all they can do

[@scottz45]

What Tesla to J1772 adapter did you buy? Have you had any issues using it with any other EV? Thanks

[@streetmoney21]

Wow 😮 @ the 2:00 minute mark in the video is that 7 hours and 29 minutes left to charge the battery with state of charge at 40%? If so, that is a long time to wait when charging at home. Looks like big batteries require many hours to charge.

[@MalcolmLeitch1]

Can you explain "manual driving with adaptive cruise control"? I have a RAV4 Hybrid that with adaptive cruise control and lane keep assist allows me to take my hands of the wheel for up to 15 secs and will automatically steer to keep me in the right lane and accelerate/decelerate depending on the car in front. So all I need to do (unless I want to overtake) is nudge the steering wheel and the car (almost) drives itself. Is that what the Rivian will do?

[@helmhamburgerhand]

Id be so jazzed for the EV truck movement. If they weren't unimaginably inflated in price and really just limited to suburbanites. Though TBH 290 miles is pretty poor for its weight.

[@robertwilson9012]

Hello Kyle Conner !!!!! Is there possibility of the batteries on the electric vehicles - catching on fire ????

[@0NeedHelp]

umm when is part 2 and 3 coming out?

[@streetmoney21]

48 bucks to charge without a membership 🤦‍♂️ can’t wait to see how owners deal with the Ford F-150 lightening. I know a Rivian owner and his truck sits around a lot because it’s always charging. No fun and certainly not cheap.

[@lornedurocher4483]

Love your vids Kyle Cheers and love the rivian ,but I wonder how many hours on this trip were added by charging along the way compared to time with a combustion engine and topping up gas.

[@mikeanderson9266]

The truck is worth more than the house at the 6:45 mark lol

[@badimpulses17]

Americans are obsessed with speed, expensive SUVs and big trucks. We want small affordable EVs for urban traveling.

[@anthonypidgeon8080]

Let's go for a tiki tour 3 hours out of the way, Oh we can't!

[@koloasurf2012]

Seems like you are going too fast for a recharge. I did this same thing in my Fisker Karma and I got 10 miles range back on the way down. Havent try it on the R1T

[@ArshadKhan-ls3oj]

Was that 34.66 after the 13.42 dollars discount?

[@alexanderup6095]

so how much it was to charge ???

[@user-qs7sq9wv5g]

Does the Rivian and newer electric vehicles take outside temperature into consideration? I have a newer volt and I see 10 miles of loss in a 60 mile trip when the temperature is below 50 degrees.

[@xeed4545]

After your trip to Germany, do you think, you this car would fit on the streets and parking lots? I guess they are much bigger in the US 😅

[@Gerv401]

I like your reviews on your cars that you show and do I have a question what happened to living room said it was supposed to be 300 miles or 400 MI to a charge did they change their mind and another question if it is like 90 or 80°, do you have to preconditioned the car if it's that hot out can you please let me know thank you

[@piltg8568]

I just want to drive I don’t want to be playing around with a computer.

[@mtalha909]

Isn't the front light bar supposed to be green when the truck is being charged?(referring to the beginning of the video)

[@jasons7044]

He did not have it turned on. The puddle lights were off also

[@TheMidIslander]

@Kyle Part 2?? I've been 4 days patient haha

[@mattdaaamon]

good dogs

[@congresscool]

Does USA don’t have battery swap stations , For any car brands ?

[@cnc837]

No