Pikes Peak Full Run | Gen 2 Quad-Motor R1T | Rivian

[@JerryRigEverything]

That is totally bonkers.

[@lazylaje]

I was just watching your video on this lol

[@bonustimeslots]

Yes! Now imagine what solid state batteries will do for the industry. We're just scratching the surface. 😲 😱

[@YTMsux]

Battery was over heating in the last half so probably no endurance races for this beast. Still amazing to watch Gardner rip this peak

[@JohnDoe-sy6tt]

🤯

[@keithsplish]

Bonkers isn't the term I'd use more like insanity. The set on this guy to run that in a pickup truck. Outstanding!

[@emorcen]

Is this a truck or a racing vehicle? Rivian: Yes.

[@UncleArthur]

Best answer ever.

[@UncleArthur]

Best answer ever 😂

[@davidc8735]

I would add luxury car given how quiet it is with quality interior materials and sound system…when not driven quite this exuberantly!

[@Whiachy]

The 0-60 and the HP numbers don’t mean anything until you watch a mad lad push the vehicle to the absolute limit on a world famous hill climb like Pike’s Peak. That was nuts!

[@walsigon]

The stability of the car, the set of brakes, and the dexterity of the driver were outstanding. Incredible! The pilot dances with death throughout the narrow and steep mountain route. How wonderful! Rivian comes to Brazil!

[@blueman5924]

And the tires ! 👏👏

[@walsigon]

@@blueman5924 Yes, the tires were amazing.

[@adampilling1325]

Epic run! Gardner pushed so hard for that sub 11 minute time. Thanks Rivian for making these vehicles, and for posting the entire clip.

[@isucyclonenick05]

I made this same drive in my R1S a little over a week before this. My time was a bit slower.

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

You must train more.

[@thaphreak]

watch your corners and carry your speed out of them.

[@edsup3582]

Traffic ?

[@Thylaman]

8:30 - shoves understeer @ 111mph, feeds full throttle on exit, lifts, pitches it in over the bumps, full throttle exit, checks the rear view mirror, looks at the gauges then fist pumps the air. That's success right there!

[@dtiff]

Pack temps held all the way until 8:12 before going amber. Thermal control on this Gen 2 appears to be absolutely insane! And an impressive driver to boot!

[@AmbientSpectrum]

And that’s at altitude!

[@QALibrary]

they totally out do Telsa

[@EarlGr3yHot]

Watching from the helicopter it looks so tame and casual, onboard, it's anything but! Great job Gardner and the Rivian team! So stoked to have my R1T Quad!

[@SammyGeek]

Glad to be part of the Rivian family!

[@ettorenamias]

same

[@USUG0]

the way it shoots uphill out of the corners is really impressive

[@kellynkarr6270]

To be able to drive with that incessant chime in the background is an accomplishment in itself!

[@freezebrain4905]

To think I get to drive this same truck everyday, definitely my happy place. Thanks Rivian❤️

[@daadreeb6582]

Incredible driving Gardner. You’ve got some serious stones to push a 7,000 lb truck along those cliffs at those speeds. My heart was pounding watching the video particularly around some of the high speed sweepers that got a little bouncy.

[@mattbrew11]

Its all CF body panels and bed. ~ 6100lbs

[@danijean4788]

​@mattbrew11 That is still 3 tons, my man. I concur with op, driver was fearless.

[@mattbrew11]

@@danijean4788 everyone running pikes peak is fearless

[@danijean4788]

@@mattbrew11 what's your point? Driver was fearless, check.

[@nybe]

brand loyalty enhancement.

[@left-coast-dad]

Congratulations Gardner and the entire team of talented people at Rivian. So much to be proud of!

[@GoodGameOKC1]

Nice! I own a R1S and these are fun vehicles to drive. That instant power is something that still impress me daily.

[@chainslide]

I was on the edge of my seat the whole video 😮! The stability is insane!

[@termsofuniverse7251]

NGL I gripped my own seat when he was going into some of those turns at 80+ 😬, Great run Gardner, and congrats Rivian!

[@Thylaman]

WOW! Stock as a rock straight from the factory, including the tyres. That's impressive!

[@AngelLopez-ef6zt]

Epic the truck doesn’t have down force feature this is insane,incredible and faster than many other vehicles congratulations to the driver thanks for sharing!

[@02reaper]

I have a Ford Lightning but I gotta say this is an amazing run by this truck. Props to Rivian.

[@mattbrew11]

Did you see fords run? Incredible

[@ilmostro16]

Great to see Rivian doing stuff like this! Such awesome vehicles.

[@juanmortaco831]

That was simply Insane!! Rooting for you guys! Go Rivian!

[@ericn3221]

By far the most impressive, exciting and nail biting drive of the day!

[@patreekotime4578]

When I heard the record I was excited. Seeing the video I'm terrified. It's honestly kinda scary that this is a production truck. 😬

[@Secretlyanothername]

Could definitely do with some aero. That was sketchy!

[@TacVong]

Incredible truck and incredible driving!! Congratulations Rivian!

[@Yormsane]

8:56 Heart in mouth moment!

[@scottyyyyyyyy]

Yeah, that was pretty sketch

[@Motorheaddoc]

Definitely a great save

[@antnyneveruploads]

Made me clench for sure. Tires must've been real greasy at that point!

[@TheRobProject]

To quote Ron Weasley, that was bloody brilliant!

[@BillyHarvey]

Yer a wizard, Gardner!

[@DavidLeee]

insane! well done Rivian and Gardner.

[@Dwontlose]

Just had my group Zoom call. Cant wait for my interview. Super excited to join the Rivian family!

[@mattbrew11]

DEI stuffs till next round of layouts 🔥

[@djquestionthis]

Any updates?? Hope all went well:)

[@jakeacim]

The last two minutes were heart stopping! Holy 100+mph. 😮 Go Rivian!

[@landlboys]

Congrats to the entire Rivian team! I love my R1S, hands down the best vehicle I've owned!

[@AnishPandey12]

Honey let's buy a pickup for camping and groceries. Me on weekends.........! Super excited to be a part of this company.

[@williamclark6466]

That was intense. What a great run. Congratulations. Total awesomeness.

[@launch_rivian]

ASCEND TO THE CLOUDS!!! Amazing run by Gardner Nichols!

[@dennistomboc8995]

As a GEN 1 owner this puts a smile to my face!!

[@larryinfante3439]

Lane Keep Assist and Lane Departure Warning OFF. Lol 😂

[@launch_rivian]

Regen braking OFF!

[@samkamps3]

This was fast, no doubt, but what's even more impressive is that that ambulance kept up all the way up the mountain.

[@1amlucky870]

Amazing. Congrats to everyone involved.

[@ericn3221]

That was absolutely insane!

[@krispyywombat7382]

My right ear loves this

[@NotAnonymousNo80014]

Forgot to put his seat belt on.

[@ASGTechnology]

Looks like a comfortable race up the peak!

[@legerdemain]

Rivian should offer some limited package with this livery, or some inspired by it, much the way Bentley did a few years ago.

[@mattbrew11]

Any halfway decent wrap shop can do this

[@JasonJ79913]

Love the Gear Guard outfit! Go Rivian!

[@bloudermilk]

Incredible to send Pikes Peak with so much understeer. What a driver!

[@Buringrud]

Name another truck that can do that 👏 way to go Rivian!

[@devincardillo8589]

i know of 2 others and they are evs to but amazing from rivian

[@Buringrud]

@@devincardillo8589 which ones? There are other EV trucks that come close to the 0-60 but none that have the same handling.

[@alterbr33d]

The Ford "F-150" Lightning got a time of 8:54 where as the Rivian got a time of 10:54, two whole minutes less than the Rivian. All though the Ford was actually a fiberglass body resembling the shape of a truck on a race car chassis so it wasn't really a truck and Rivian still holds the world record for a production pickup truck on Pikes Peak.

[@Buringrud]

@@alterbr33d No the F-150 super truck got that time. Completely different. There are maybe 1 or 2 of them. It was a truck specifically designed for such situations. The Rivian is a production truck. That you can drive on the road then go do that at the track.

[@fpartidafpartida]

@@alterbr33d That was not a production F-150. OK, sure they added the roll cage this one and tweaked the software, but they even used the production street tires on this. Last year this driver used his person R1T and only got 30 seconds less.

[@allenpotts8809]

Holy cow 🎉 welcome to today’s hyper truck!! Fantastic job Rivian team and where can I get a race suit like that 👍

[@KingTechHD]

Great driving and performance 👏

[@Schwabz33]

Very impressive for one of my favorite trucks

[@roryaronson]

Hearing the tires screech and seeing the speedometer while the clearance to the edge of the road in the side view gets so narrow and then some bumps are hit is absolutely terrifying and epic. Makes me wanna go take my Gen 1 Quad for a rip at probably half the speed and still feel like a daredevil 😅

[@emorcen]

I'm a proud owner of Rivian stocks after seeing this.

[@stephenspencer355]

Me too. I'm rooting for our company!

[@BloodyBulwark]

Nichols' ability to handle the understeering at the end of the course was incredible. Great Driving and wonderful display of engineering.

[@joetacchino4470]

Understeered the whole way up the hill, listen to those tires.

[@bafmco]

Oh man, that was stressful. Awesome driving!!

[@Shychiprivian]

R3x looks so good

[@rprestage74]

So cool!! I want one of these so bad. I think the Rivians aren't just great performers but they look great. I'm thrilled that VW is stepping in as a partner (future Scout platform?) and I'm rooting (and investing) for their success!!

[@OffroadMylo]

What an epic run!!!

[@D-Khaz]

Seeing him save the truck at 90+ while she's getting squirrely made me pucker

[@4literv6]

Full opposite lock there under throttle still while heading towards a no guardrail drop off a cliff at those speeds is nuts! 👍🏻😀

[@djquestionthis]

​@@4literv6absolutely confident 💯💯💯

[@Monkeyjitzu]

so fast for a luxury pick up is incredible!! and those driving skills are fire !!!

[@E3693E]

Incredible skill! On the limit!

[@cypvh74]

Awesome and thanks for sharing. I think Pikes Peak was more interesting when it wasn’t paved though! Would love to see the Rivian tearing up that road when it was dirt.

[@nicinterlagos4515]

With balls that big I’m surprised he fits on racing bucket seats. Impressive

[@danijean4788]

The truck is a masterpiece, but the driver may have been even better. A murderous symphony of AWD tire squealing combined with vista's of plunging horror. A heroic expression of a man's will.

[@cruiser97eric1]

I saw 119 mph at one point.

[@ImportImageRacing]

Impressive how long it stayed cool, than didn't greatly reduce power once warm. Please make us the R1X with really capable suspension and power. I've owned 2 rivians, big fan!

[@gabrielibarra5551]

When i first heard of rivian before any r1ts were even in production, i never thought id see a video of one getting a 11 minute time on pikes peak. Ceazy times we live in

[@bradgsorensen]

that was stressful to watch. well done, Team Rivian

[@giumetti]

R1T Quad GEN2 ... INSANELY FAST!!!

[@emmanuelhernandez8812]

That's freaking awesome 👍

[@Miata822]

Amazing run, congratulations. Looked like those tires were getting really greasy in the last section, not that I can blame them.

[@perkinsd005]

Let's Gooooo!! What an awesome run!

[@crspeedreviews-yw2iq]

Nice Video. Good job. I bet that loud beeping buzz noise got on the drivers nerves as it did mine.😆🤨

[@robby_barnes]

So awesome. And stresses me out so much.

[@Gabrielle-vg1ty]

This is how I drive when I'm going skiing

[@joseamorin9]

Wouuu, power Rivian🏁

[@EPiXNiCROS]

I can't wait to get my Rivian.

[@ryancarlson1494]

Me too!

[@alexross4062]

Competitors masquerading as performance vehicles while Rivian is putting their money where their mouth is in the real world

[@smc1377]

This is a great drive, would recommend it to anyone. Hint: the entry gates close 2 hours before the exit gates. So wait to enter until right before the gates close then pull off somewhere for awhile. What this does is allow uphill traffic to clear out. Then you can go balls to the wall. Illegally of course. I think the speed limit is like 25mph. If you don't do it that way, you'll be stuck driving behind some old granny the whole time going 25 mph Trust me on this, I've done it this way 3 times in 3 different vehicles of mine. I've also gone when there was traffic and that was miserable. This doesn't allow time for sightseeing though. This method is strictly for people who want to have a spirited drive and obviously risk driving off the mountain.

[@mortensenvick5711]

is it good to visit it with a porsche 992 turbo s

[@smc1377]

@@mortensenvick5711 It's a great drive in any car honestly. BUT, turbocharged cars are especially fun cause they don't lose as much power as naturally aspirated engines since the altitude is so high. In a naturally aspirated car, there's a 40% loss of HP at the top.

[@mortensenvick5711]

@@smc1377 Right, that's what I learn from Motortrend recently. Looks like supercharger engines aren't affected by altitude neither

[@RyuMoto]

That was so RAD!

[@mherkhanoyan1200]

The mass needed of the balls to understeer corner after corner towards a cliff like this must be enough to trigger those gravitational wave detectors.. Amazing driver!

[@chargeupgaming]

That’s insane!

[@creyes4182]

The quads are bonkers😊

[@natebloser]

Great job Gardner!

[@TeddyLeppard]

Great driving.

[@1MarkKeller]

Can't wait to see a R3 or R3X do this run!

[@galactictomato1434]

INTENSE

[@MaraxYTube]

Cant wait to get rivian in europe..

[@seek10z]

Looks crazy

[@electrifiedmotors]

Was the liqueur store about to close? 😅 What a performance both driver and the truck.

[@vaguelysober]

That was sweaty AF 🥵

[@ThatCivilGuy]

I love they did this with the R1T and not the S 🎉

[@Neberheim]

@@ThatCivilGuy it’s the better handling of the two, and a little lighter

[@randomdudeface]

What about a camera to see the foot pedal action too?

[@hermanstaavi7077]

My right ear really enjoyed tthe sound

[@corymilligan3925]

Just wondering about the battery, and other, temps during that amazing run. the Hyundai I5N boys said their cars, and they are great cars, could make the full climb without overheating or losing power. Was wondering if this truck could do the same? I see in the video on the bottom right the battery icon goes red, but that could just mean it's warm, and not slowing the truck at all. It looks like it is pulling hard all the way to the clouds. Just curious, as a huge EV fan, I love seeing the technology getting better and better. Really looking forward to the smaller R3, as I may be able to afford that one. Great run, and keep going back to the peak!

[@freshmexicano0375]

Just noticed regen is fully off for this. Wonder if that could come to a future Super Sport mode for R3X or something

[@malcolmstreet1]

Might give better braking feel. Also if he was starting at 100% charge it couldn't use regen initially anyway, and disabling it would mean the braking feel wouldn't change as regen started to come in.

[@RealBLAlley]

@@malcolmstreet1 It could also heat the battery faster pumping energy back into it.

[@kirkwagner461]

Nice catch by the driver at 0:58. Why does the lack of engine noise make me think the tires are cold? I know its just mental on my part.

[@ml9867]

This was 30.1 seconds faster than last year!!!

[@rafaelcruz2109]

Great! Crazy! Bonkers!

[@gabrielsierra6890]

Was I the only one who was grabbing my desk on the curves?

[@ignignokt4u2]

That driver was cool as a cucumber. Just mad driving skills.