Rivian R1S Electric SUV & R1T Electric PickUp Truck - World Exclusive: Inside Rivian | Fully Charged

[@fullychargedshow]

This is episode 2 in a series, in this show we go behind the scenes at Rivian. Episode 1, from earlier in 2019, was were we got our first look at their vehicles and their 'vital statistics' (kzbin.info/www/bejne/h37JqX17m8dnotk). We hope that episode 3 will see us driving the R1S & R1T for the first time. In any event, these incredible vehicles will be at Fully Charged LIVE North America in February 2020: fullycharged.show/events/fully-charged-live-north-america/

[@elektrotehnik94]

Link for the first episode in this comment not working :D probably the ")" got stuck in the link, ruining things :D Great video, great work :D

[@taxibirtfx3]

Asked the wife, she said no to going to the show apparently flying to North America is too far..... Will a Rivian be at your UK show????

[@fullychargedshow]

@@taxibirtfx3 Hey David, I'd be very surprised if we get a vehicle across to the 2020 UK Show; 2021 might be more feasible. We'd love to show it to an audience in the UK though. Thanks, Fully Charged Dan

[@grecoangelo4]

Hello fullycharged , thank you again for this video, always very good. I have a question regarding the pack energy given in the video, Are they used energy or embedded one ? What is the average time to charge from 5 to 80% SOC starting from a 30degC initial temperature for the vehicle and the environment ? What is the autonomy using WLTP protocol and finally what is the expected battery life target for an average user ?

[@soatmos]

How easy/difficult was it to get into Rivian to tour it, the vehicles, and interview? It is near my home town and I would love to work with/for them. Do you know if they're hiring?

[@ewadge]

Rivian feels like a company run by engineers with passion. That is usually a recipe for a great product. It does not feel like a hype job (unlike Fisker for instance).

[@debadityasaha1684]

Fisker is lile jhaant ka baal. But what about it

[@BrotherBloat]

I can vouch for that - I know one of them! :)

[@duffgaryduff]

Yes, it is run by someone who obviously gives a f@£k and it doing it for the right reasons. That is the start of a winning formula. If and when they IPO and I will be buying in....

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@Idiot Online Wondering Aloud A huge injection of more than 4 billion dollars from Amazon (plus hundreds of millions from Ford and others) might make this easier, however...

[@atenrok]

@@JustWasted3HoursHere why would Amazon care about injecting into truck building company? What's Hi-Tech about it?

[@NoGufff]

12:36 Yeah, screens are good like that, but knobs are tactile. With knobs I can make adjustments while travelling at 120 km/h and not have to look away from the road or worry about adjusting something I didn't intend to. 2c

[@666louis]

Exactly. Also you would not necessarily need to hard wire every button/knob. Just give them a little oled inlay and make them mappable.

[@MarkGaudie]

NoGufff voice control

[@NoGufff]

No thank you, Alexa!

[@HenryLoenwind]

@@MarkGaudie Siri, pause my audiobook so I can talk to my car. Car, lower the volume. Siri, resume my audiobook.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@NoGufff Sad.

[@zmc6774]

I really want this company to make it. 1. It’s an American company and American made products 2. It creates more competition in the electric vehicle segment

[@jonultime]

Yet many Americans, for political reasons, what this company to fail.

[@raple98]

@7 Ford is investing money into rivian and made a deal with them to use their platform in a electric f150.

[@mannyb332211]

7 if you're an investor in the US then yes it matters if the company is American and not Chinese or what have you

[@noneofyourbuisiness4011]

@7 Nobody has to buy a ford.

[@lukelim5094]

@@mannyb332211 so what defines made in America. Some of the best chips and batteries are made in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. How are you going to solve the problem of outsourcing for the best and cheapest materials. When you have tesla and kia which have EV that wins even Mercedes in mileage? Made in America is such a weird and hollow term. It is more about what value a product can bring to your country and what companies actually do for your communities. America cant produce everything. You have problems in employment? Not a problem with whether something is made in America or Japan. It has to do with how your capitalist boss want to screw you over or not. It is hard to see a difference but there is a difference.

[@robsengahay5614]

I will almost certainly never own one of these but, oh boy, that was inspirational.

[@mikeyonwin8195]

Ditto

[@matrixfire]

Same here

[@GrrMeister]

*_Never_** is a LONG TIME, maybe one day.*

[@meizhongbai]

They'll be used one day!

[@brandonkylemarks]

I'm not sure these will be ever produced in mass volumes. But their powertrain deal for f150 supply, those I think will be far more common

[@Jer_Schmidt]

I'm glad they went as in-depth as they did. Axial cooling of the cells is something I've never heard of but makes total sense.

[@rRobertSmith]

When they switch to Graphene-Lithium batteries NO CELL COOLING will be necessary (since they discharge with less waste heat).

[@tumbleweed1976]

Safety, price points, seating arrangement, accessories, type of charge plugs, interior materials and a deeper look both inside and out would have been nice.

[@Mrbfgray]

240 3-phase AC for me please. ;-)

[@morkovija]

yup, lots of history bla-bla, or info for people who havent heard about EV's yet - meh

[@ivandiaz007]

The Rivian website has all that detailed information on each of their models

[@MD-bk7kb]

A journalist doing a test drive would be good too.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

For this phase of the program what you see is what you get. Remember, let's say... The Étron, ID.3? How long before production did we get details? How low before did someone drive one?

[@phamnuwen9442]

Theory: Taking your family and gear closer to nature. Reality: One guy driving to work alone in a huge truck.

[@UAPJedi]

Pham Nuwen what’s the issue? Reality as in what happens in the real world not your imaginary one: One guy working hard for his family 5 days a week driving to work alone. Then takes his family and gear closer to nature at the weekend! What could you possibly find wrong with that?

[@ssgeek4515]

Pham You are quite correct.Rivain are emulating again the American Dream whatever that is.There has to be a scale of EV vehicles for rich and poor.Im waiting for a cheep ( vw beetle) The people's car in electric. Like the ford Model T was.

[@phamnuwen9442]

@@UAPJedi I didn't say there's anything wrong with it. People can spend their money in any way they see fit. I'm just keeping it real.

[@TheRealFLX81]

@@UAPJedi In Europe at least, SUVs are becoming a huge problem because they take up too much space and clog up our cities. Also a large part of todays drivers are not good or careful enough at driving to navigate such a humongous lump of automobile without hindering or even often endangering others.

[@johnmurraycompton569]

It's actually smaller than an F150, and how is that theory different for 90% of truck owners?

[@mattebatesco]

Tankturn is the best term in the automotive industry ever!

[@JetsetDruid]

Pretty sure it's actually called skid steering though

[@NoGufff]

TANK STEER is trademarked.

[@mattebatesco]

Tank steer is pretty good, but tankturn still has my vote! Gotta say Rivian is looking damn good. Now to get one in Australia 🤔

[@grendelum]

I would *_love_* to be able to back out of a space and tankturn 90° to drive out...

[@thankyouforyourcompliance7386]

Sure that this is something that every SUV in cities need to ruin the road.

[@UltramaticOrange]

You don't talk about this in the video, but I want to give props to Rivian for taking over the old Mitsubishi plant in Bloominton/Normal, IL and bringing back some jobs to the area as a result.

[@edwinmendezforlife]

Illinois is bouncing back

[@josecarloscosta5220]

You guys are doing a great job. What I like the most is, you're EV enthusiasts but you're not fan boys. You approach it the right way, car review and not tech review. Much respect.

[@MarcVanGiel]

We need more companies like Tesla and Rivian that re-think cars. The traditional manufacturers are stuck in the past.

[@justinkeely9281]

They literally are going to use traditional supply chains and manufacturing.

[@oseh438]

I agree bro

[@u3962521]

Well, anyone can make a car. But to make mass produced cars and profitably, that's why some of these conventional car manufacturers don't offer some of the fancies. Rembert Ford when in the 90s offered more choice than any other manufacture to tailor each car.... It nearly bankrupted them, new management came in and totally simplified chicken and reduced options by like 75-80 percent and they were able to turn the company around. Rivians biggest worry will be making cars profitably.

[@ericthatcher]

I have seen these vehicles in person, they are a work of art. A high attention to details. I hope this company does well, it will help Normal Illinois bring in more jobs.

[@RichieRouge206]

I really love not only the Rivian models but the ethics and enthusiam of the company. Profit is NOT the main driving force and it shows clearly. The design and thought behind the vehicles is fantastic. I wish the company the vest best of luck and will be watching them. Excellent video and quite uplifting too,

[@alexrivera7341]

Great video. Wasn't expecting them to go this in detail with their product. Glad that they did.

[@AthanImmortal]

Fully charged absolutely killing it with great knowledgeable hosts. Chelsea Sexton, remember her from Carpool a few years ago too! Keep using the pool of talent you guys have to give as much coverage to these great new vehicles and companies.

[@YourLocalGP]

Explanation of torque calculation per wheel, vs equivalent on a traditional engine was very interesting

[@axxessmundi]

Thank you Jeff Goldblum and Elizabeth Shue! Awesome channel!!

[@michael007ish]

This just makes me want one even more. Love these things.

[@Markle2k]

I had to research what the motto on the entrance at 0:24 says, "Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few are dirt". Hope that helps somebody else like me that couldn't read the neon sign with the shadows in daylight.

[@paftaf]

Markle2k Thanks!

[@sadlfjasdfacv]

I believe that is an Edward Abby quote.

[@Aa-ron01]

I Will own one of these one day, hopefully my own battery business gets me there, almost ready to start taking orders soon, they ain't cheap though, but I build batteries to fit odd shapes, triangular, trapezoidal etc like 126cells into the frame of a specialized pitch comp '11 or just new cells into an old battery case, dolphin, shark, bosch, brose, i can swap out the cells to get the most out the space available, getting a 3d printer soon to adapt those packs to take up more frame space, while hopefully remaining esthetically pleasing.

[@davids5a2]

I love how enthusiastically you've described your work. :) So interesting!

[@sirandihall]

Do you have a website I could view?

[@retrofuturestyle]

Yeah, share website or something!

[@adityakrishnamd2314]

How can i see your work? Do you have a website?

[@difflocktwo]

lmao disgusting marketing tactics. hope your type don't succeed

[@clivethomas6864]

This was a great video. I loved Chelsea Sextons enthusiasm which really came across in the interviews. Rivian is really the ultimate object of desire.

[@prof.heinous191]

"Why not come along to Fully Charged Live USA?" Probably for the same reason you weren't there filming these things!

[@rogerstarkey5390]

Wah!

the episode I was most waiting for! Thanks folks!

[@bikecommuter24]

I think Rivian is becoming one of my Favorite EV companies, love how they showed all the mechanical, manufacturing and technical stuff. And thank you Chelsea, and here I was just watching the "What Happened to the Electric Car?" movie. I'm more of compact car person, but I like these trucks. Cheers.

[@MattBargain]

At least the CEO seems to be sane - in contrast to another one I don't have to mention here...

[@TroySavary]

@@MattBargain He at least probably won't be calling people pedo for disagreeing with him.

[@bikecommuter24]

@@MattBargain 😉

[@KyleHubb]

@@MattBargain Sane is easy. Revolutionizing the entire auto industry is what's not. It's easy to copy Elon, while being sane. After all, Elon's paved the way for him... lol

[@MattBargain]

Kelly CC Agree 😅

[@mikezenner7646]

I am a reservation holder and had a chance to chat with Charles at the Denver event. He was fabulous, as were all the Rivian people at the event. When do we ever get an opportunity to grill the engineering and marketing folks like Rivian is allowing us to do? The vehicles are even more impressive when you see them in person and I have very high confidence that Rivian will be producing a winner!

[@Robo10q]

"We want to create aspirational products" = This will cost a ton of money.

[@gj9157]

For you

[@patreekotime4578]

@@thoth111 Bolinger is a clearly a prestige vehicle build by a boutique manufacturer. Rivian trucks will share architecture with the Amazon delivery fleet and Ford F150 EV. It'll obviously be more expensive (exclusive) than the F150, but shared parts and high volumes means it'll be dramatically cheaper than Bollinger.

[@dlg5485]

They've hinted that the R1T will start at around $70k for the smallest pack/least power up to $100k for the largest pack/most power. Not too bad, for how capable it is. Amazon and Ford invested in Rivian (and not other similar EV startups) for a reason. All indicators suggest that this will be a pretty solid product. Also, you can easily spend over $75k on a F-150 Limited.

[@Jeremy-lu3nx]

@@thoth111 they're like 75k to 100k depending on the battery pack. Pretty damn cheap when compared to current trucks. The real question is what a basic work truck will cost.

[@Jeremy-lu3nx]

@@thoth111 These arn't basic work trucks. You wouldn't compare this to a Ram tradesmaen, tacoma sr, basic f150 or chevy.... A fully loaded Ram 1500 is close to 80k, Ford and GM get up to 90k. These are equivalent to a "limited" or highest version of a vehicle, thats why i said the real question will be what a basic version would cost if ever offered. Kinda like tesla and the model 3. A fully loaded 2019 Ram 1500 = $90,350.00

[@Budnbuf]

What an intelligent interviewer. I hope to see her again. As soon as they announce a "Sentry" mode feature I will get one. Money has been waiting for a few months. Can't wait.

[@slyblood85]

I’m tired of hearing about it, manufacture the damn thing already

[@shoka_01]

Lol it’s coming in 2020. They haven’t given a firm date but they are nearly ready to launch. This isn’t just an idea, the truck, as it is now, is ready to drive.

[@whatdoesnt]

Agree, prototypes can be made at a fraction of the cost of mass production. I'll believe it's not vaporware when they introduce production models with real specs and pricing.

[@jaym6079]

Peter I think they’re rushing the release date because Ford is coming out with the all electric F150. I’m sure the price they thought they were going to sell it for years ago had to be adjusted for future competitors

[@carltb82]

@@jaym6079 Ford invested $500 mill in Rivian in April.

[@w8stral]

@@carltb82 Corporations "investing" in other corporations should be illegal. Creates monopolies. Need corporate reform big time. Just like Microsoft "invested"(HAHAHAHAHAHA) in Linux.... yea right they did. You mean crippled and make sure there is no competitor.

[@effyleven]

I watched this to 6:54 then shut it down out of sheer boredom. This makes it the first Fully Charged video I did not watch all the way through.

[@Cars-N-Jets]

effyleven The whole video is them only talking and a Waste of Time

[@slowsti0535]

The thing I love about these over tesla is the interior..stunning interior and not boring plain like tesla

[@singingchef23]

Which one is affordable? Tesla base came in at 40k, top end 70k. Looks see cool and all, but function is paramount.

[@brad4013]

What a fantastic documentary. This content is easy to understand so well prepared.

[@taxibirtfx3]

For as long as I can remember I have always thought a Ferrari would be my first purchase after a winning the lottery. That changed when I saw a Rivian

[@plinyelder8156]

Lamborghini

[@mannyb332211]

Pliny Elder I'd rather a tesla roadster than a lambo and I would give my pinky toes for a lambo

[@plinyelder8156]

mannyb332211 Tesla CyberTruck

[@johnmaslen]

What's great about this is it wasn't a journalist going on about how great they were to get a first look and bigging themselves up, it was just a proper, expert report. Fantastic work.

[@MarkGaudie]

I already wanted one. I want one even more now. 😍

[@karlp8484]

An electric motor for each wheel is absolutely the way to go, the adjustability it offers is tremendous.

[@charlesstevensEnki]

I've seen my share of Fully Charged episodes this easily ranks amongst the BEST.

[@rodrigomoraes7633]

This is a really good interview, not just from the perspective of the car but specially from a business and competitive stand point. Well done!

[@NyashaM]

shots fired at Tesla regarding the machine gun belt type cooling. 13:40

[@rogerstarkey5390]

Read the lastest Tesla battery pack patent.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@bruh that's cringe The next Tesla pack (soon) uses very innovative cooling.

[@nlzaaf]

Nissan Leaf battery cooling does not compare favourably either. 😀

[@awo1fman]

Also, disingenuous comparison of battery capacity with Model 3 rather than Model X. I'm not convinced.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@awo1fman Yes, I noted the model 3 comparison as well, however, did they underestimate the battery sizes? If so they highlighted the Model 3 efficiency even more!

[@LaurieR100]

Congrats #15 on trending. Awesome channel and well deserved

[@8347Totnes]

What the new Land Rover Defender should have been

[@rogerstarkey5390]

It's a "Range Rover killer" It really could be.

[@chillmeister]

Part way through I thought “this is going to destroy Land Rover”...if they can get it out to market. There are a lot of people with a lot of money who I’m sure would get this over former. All those footballers and Chelsea folk...

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@chillmeister The prices compare *very* well with Range Rover.

[@stevechilds1547]

@@rogerstarkey5390 Don't worry, JLR are well on the Electrification road, you can already get a PHEV Range Rover and I suspect will the next rebody, it'll be designed to have a full EV option too. Its one advantage start ups like this have is a clean slate to start from, existing Manufacturers take longer to engineer a rebody as it needs to fit in with their existing platform life plan. Don't forget JLR and BMW have teamed up with a joint venture on EV drivetrains, so that's quite a lot of experience and talent there. Rivian *may* be first to market with their full EV, but its also a downside with startups, they have to scale everything up from nothing and avoid issues like the Tesla Model 3 went through when they tried to ramp up production.

[@awo1fman]

@@stevechilds1547 Except the Rivian can actually go offroad. Land Rovers haven't been able to do that for over a decade.

[@jorgemnz9585]

Really REALLY looking forward to watch this truck on the street. Rivian is making a great job and I'm sure a lot of people, like myself, are really excited about the electrical future! Congratulations to R.J. and all the Rivian team!

[@VesaGuardian]

These cars are just stunning. And the headlights, that I was so skeptical about, are growing on me, can´t help it!

[@Secretlyanothername]

That was amazing. I don't think I can contain my excitement about how good this vehicle is going to be. Probably the best SUV and truck, in history. Ever.

[@elcarmi]

Watching her almost fangirl while talking to RJ is the most entertaining thing about this video

[@vidznstuff1]

I found it added a bimbo quality that made it extremely annoying.

[@elcarmi]

@Graham, King of the Britons! nope

[@elcarmi]

@Graham, King of the Britons! Ok.. but what's your point?

[@ChocolateFrog]

She just nodded and added a ha-hmm and right every now and then. Might have been nice if she cut in and explained to the viewer what c rate actually means for example.

[@fifthcircle1]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else thought this. It's tremendously obvious that she's crushing on him. Is it bad? No. Does it make her a bimbo? Hell no!

[@PedroRafael]

Thank you for this! Although I'm not into trucks or SUVs, the information is quite interesting. Also, kudos in the image and sound, really really good!

[@a1harrogate]

Wow! This blew me away. We are talking leading-edge technology now.

[@SquareoftheyearFM]

Chelsea is a great choice for US content, great enthusiasm and of course amazing industry knowledge and experience. Great video FC team.

[@davec.3198]

Smart engineer: "Volumetric and gravimetric efficiency go up" Interviewer: "Fer sure"

[@shawnspearman7551]

I believe Chelsea worked on the EV-1 and is a long-time EV enthusiast so she is way more than just an interviewer. :-) Glad, she's helping Fully Charged.

[@pinkelephants1421]

Chelsea Sexton's a welcome addition to the team. Having seen previous examples of her work for F.C. this latest interview of hers only confirms my opinion of her. An intelligent, thoughtful, highly capable interviewer who's questions are right on point; & if I'm not mistaken, she seems to do a good job of putting her interviewees at ease. Well done F.C. for choosing Chelsea.

[@JetSkiBuyFixPlaySellChannel]

How long until somebody makes an affordable small electric truck for the average buyer? These high end adventure vehicles are priced into the stratosphere.

[@HenryLoenwind]

Main issue at the moment is the price of the battery. One that gives a useful range still adds ~8-10k of cost to a vehicle. And the new electric car makers won't sacrifice range (e.g. to 100 miles per charge) just to have such a (joke-)truck that wouldn't sell well---they need the volume. One of the old big ones may do so by slapping an electric powertrain into an existing truck that's already being produced. Not as much loss there as most of the cost of the production is payed for by the ICE variants. And making a $20k truck with a $10k battery wouldn't work either. The truck itself would look and feel like a (shitty) $10K truck---because it is. To make a car that feels to be worth its price, a manufacturer needs about 3 times the money the battery costs (i.e. using 3/4 of the price to make a car that feels like it's worth 4/4 of its price). (Side note: Tesla has a big advantage, their Model 3 is about 1/5 battery, 3/5 car, 1/5 extra profit...)

[@rogerstarkey5390]

You *still* don't understand? Smh

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@ad.6472 VW and the like should be *expected* to. They're all crying how difficult it is. All the more credit to Tesla, Rivian etc.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@ad.6472 There's the rub.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@ad.6472 They're just realising that those ICE profits are going to decline *very* quickly. Next, the realisation that hybrids will simply be stranded assets when the public figures out they can't resell them in 3 years.

[@SmallBlogV8]

The whole "independent motor and gearbox for each wheel" concept the chief engineer mentions at 6:40 is something Rimac have been doing from the outset. But admittedly that's a rather different proposition! In fact, a C_Two and an R1S would be a hell of a two-car garage...

[@Cars-N-Jets]

Mikeado66 The chief engineer doesn't know what he's talking about

[@iAmTheSquidThing]

I appreciate the geekiness of these questions.

[@Skatersesh10]

An absolute outstanding company. Big game changer in the vehicle industry.

[@mattc7939]

It really sounds awesome, and I genuinely hope they sell. But I have to say without a reliable charging network to back it up...I don’t see a lot of people choosing it over Tesla.

[@darrell1462]

my worry also. I'd imagine an adaptor of some kind to utilize the Tesla charging stations? More and more public ones are popping up

[@eldiablo8019]

Beautiful little show room with a a few prototypes. It is all fun and games until you try to start mass production, mass deliveries , and service.

[@043Tarzan]

I would LOOOVE to see a video like this for Tesla's CyberTruck

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Thanks so much for the Rivian interview Chelsea and Fully Charged. Sanderson's explanation of torque vectoring with 4 electric motors at 6:33 is outstanding. Tesla also does torque vectoring between front and rear motors, but with brake actuation left to right, i.e., the conventional way with open differentials.

[@whatchuwant77]

I haven't seen Chelsea since "Who Killed the Electric Car." She's AWESOME!

[@uber.energy4694]

Awesome video! I am going to share it on the Rivian Automotive Club Forum with the other members! Thanks for creating this.

[@rahgahnah]

excellent interview, thank you! These folks struck me as genuine, its exciting to see.

[@Wookey.]

The interview RJ did with Alex Honnold also revealed that they are genuinely decent people. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Cbh3pmicuKjas

[@fourbypete]

The R1t. This is the car of my dreams. I hope it lives up to the hype when they start delivering orders at the end of next year. I'm sure it will. I'm watching their progress closely from Australia and will order one as soon as they are available here. Thanks for doing another video on my favorite vehicle of all time.

[@RonaldBuskens]

I thought it was time to follow my passion and that's why I had to move away from the Daily Planet - Clark Kent, CEO Rivian

[@DavidKnowles0]

An the superman persona just isn't good at solving climate change because he can't go blowing refineries or putting the oil tankers up in orbit because he a "hero" ,

[@VerissimusAurelius]

I WAS thinking exactly the same thing...he is definitely SuperMan...Elon has such a goofy wierdo lovable thang...but RJ is the man of electrical steel...:)

[@Momotempo]

Obviously I am now, like most of us here, a full fan of Rivian. I am also now a full fan of Chelsea. This version of the future is just all round delightful.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

3:35 - Now I want a frunk hot tub option!

[@dr-k1667]

How much you want to be someone will do that... just because.

[@Anirossa]

Anonymous Freak Sounds like a shocking option

[@AbstractAggregate]

I love that Chelsea is becoming more prominent on this channel. I remember seeing her in the WKTEC documentary 10+ years ago and she was such a great advocate for electrified driving. I know this is her passion and I'm very glad that she's getting to interface with all of these cutting edge manufacturers and helping build this channel.

[@SplashBucketz]

I’ve never missed Johnny more in a video than this one 😢

[@shawnspearman7551]

So glad to hear the Rivian will be on display at FullyCharged in Austin, TX. See you there!

[@daveanderson5680]

I love it! Cool engineering but putting a new vehicle from a new company into full production will be the challenge.

[@dr-k1667]

Yeah... we've seen how painful that can be but they have a factory and lots of money behind them... and the press and others seem to not have them on their radar like others I could mentions so I think they will be able to keep their head down and go for it. No way they won't run into issues, but I think they can over come them.

[@joshuasmith7369]

And since you have been, thank you for making these videos.

[@RiverCA]

Does anyone know where I can find Clark Kent's button up? "Wood shop" brand? Car looks great!

[@joeoneil7589]

Made by VISSLA available at REI. I had to look it up myself!

[@dalroth10]

A very impressive company creating some truly astonishing vehicles!

[@SamiCoopers]

Clever design is the commodity of all things.

[@stevencaskey8502]

Very enjoyable. Glad to see other people thinking outside the box.

[@dougdiamond5774]

They had me when he mentioned you can drive it like a skid steer. “Tank mode” is what they call it.

[@TassieEV]

Why did Chelsea not ask about availability and not just US but global and also RHD for UK/Australia/NZ/etc?? Do they have any pricing out yet as Bollinger does? Is there even an approx date of availability?

[@aaronjodoin3320]

There date of availability is long past due. Little Rivian (Ford Ranger EV) will likely be released before.

[@ForeverDirt3]

When it comes to these technical interviews, I would rather have someone with engineering knowledge. I really dont want to offend her, but as an engineering student I had so many critical questions about design decisions and she just always answered "yes" or "exactly".

[@MattBargain]

To be fair I recon he would block these questions anyways. As proud as he might be of what he does I guess he'll want to limit disclosure.

[@Wookey.]

Chelsea Sexton has quite a lot more engineering knowledge than Robert :-)

[@SvenOllino]

She's probably just very excited. I doubt there was anything she did not fully understand in this video.

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@SvenOllino She came across a bit bored and boring. Robert has obviously work with Johnny on his presentational style, much improve since he first join this channel. I'm sure Robert will be giving her feedback on her videos overtime.

[@matouspalecek8208]

Yeah, she studied engineering, though she dropped out later to work on the very first mass-market EV under GM.

[@vvnnable]

I watched full ad before this video, just to support you guys.

[@style11guru]

I can forgive the "interesting" headlight design in favour of the 4 individual motors and 180kwh battery! When these guys get into affordable family cars it would be very tempting

[@rogerstarkey5390]

It's modular. They'll licence the tech to others.

[@yadhi3100]

@@rogerstarkey5390 So is it going to be like Rimac? About their main income would be from provide tech products for other automotive company?

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@yadhi3100 No

[@stanislavzoldak2198]

I love the headlight design!

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@stanislavzoldak2198 It won't be mistaken for anything else!

[@duffgaryduff]

A tank turn means that if the rear has a fold out solar panel array, the truck can be set up to remotely track the sun when in the wild to recharge itself more efficiently.... Watch this space....

[@bret354]

Wish i could afford this but my house costs less and is more important

[@zezomansour2793]

Same here

[@agilenjeyamraj1739]

You own a house that costs 100k? 🤔🤔🤔

[@hughmichael6825]

@@agilenjeyamraj1739 In "some" parts of the U.S., yes, you can get a house for $100K and even under, esp in my home state of Tn. But definitely not everywhere. We're well over $500K in Ca just for a townhome, with most houses starting around $650K and up.

[@agilenjeyamraj1739]

@@hughmichael6825 👍

[@agilenjeyamraj1739]

@@hughmichael6825 yeah you ppl have some beautiful homes down at Nashville, I've been.

[@nonyanks2510]

A very good interview, the more I see and hear from them the more I like what they are doing, very solid down to earth people and company...refreshing in this day of hype and vapor, these guys are the real deal and yes Clark Kent is alive and well at Rivian...I wonder if there is a phone booth in his office?

[@kimoykalinago4154]

You had me at tank turn......😍👏🏿👌🏿

[@geoffreywightman3635]

kimoy kalinago how damn cool would that be? Literally take “turn on a dime” to a different level.

[@nairnavneet]

Is it just me that equally love the Rivian and the boot on Sexton, both? @0:49 ♥️

[@michaelguy7168]

Can’t wait for these to hit the market. Really good interview, I love the passion of these guys. They are actually trying to build the best possible state of the art product.

[@dr-k1667]

It is a thing of beauty to see people loving what they do and be great at doing it. I think they will take vehicle engineering to another level and that will only inspire others to do things we have yet to see. It makes you wonder what will come next.

[@eukat3ch]

These cars are really the next step, and chelsea you did great!

[@theklr]

I thought I couldn’t be anymore enthusiastic about their release, then y’all but this out and now I’m breaking out my calculator

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Beeeen waaaaiting for thiiiiiis.😁🎉 EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT RIVIAN.👌🏼 This car’s gonna be a TOTAL REVOLUTION.

[@koolerking440]

I don't think its going to be a revolution. It's going to be a Tesla in a pickup, and like the Tesla pickup! Not exactly revolutionary.

[@PRG888]

When watching this I was thinking..... Shouldn't we get a manufacturer designing the skateboard i.e the chassis and then other companies creating bespoke bodies (such as the old school coachworks companies) then buyers could choose the form the vehicle & we could go back to having lots of different types of cars on the road

[@ForeverDirt3]

We are doing that for decades already. VW uses its plattforms for all other companies it owns (a VW Golf is built on the same plattforms as some Audis, Skodas, Seats for example). Thats why we see more and more manufacturers combined in large Companys.

[@broddr]

That's part of arrangement that Ford made with Rivian when they made that $500 million investment in Rivian.

[@PRG888]

@@ForeverDirt3 I meant that customers could buy the skateboard and go to different companies to do a bespoke body

[@bikebudha01]

Rivian Battery and Design ingenuity + Suzuki Jimny bare bones and Low Cost = Total market domination

[@NigelNaughton]

Thanks to Rivian the future is going to be sick!

[@TheWickedjestr]

Best informative Rivian interview yet.

[@2nd3rd1st]

12:22 Hehe, he said Elon's thing. It's tough not to use Tesla's languange when you design a truck which is practically based on Tesla's design philosophy.

[@thankyouforyourcompliance7386]

Actually the whole automotive industry learnt from Tesla and Elon. Whatever they say about him, his influence is huge.

[@MattBargain]

@@thankyouforyourcompliance7386 Even I will give him that :)

[@CruzeUK]

Wrong. Musk and Tesla didn't innovate or invent anything. Everything they've used was existing technology or products developed by third parties just put together by Tesla. From a technical standpoint Rivian is way ahead of Tesla.

[@2nd3rd1st]

@@CruzeUK Did I miss the moment in history when Rivian made battery electric cars, all touch screen controls and OTA updates before Tesla? :P

[@shiraz1736]

@@CruzeUK Andrew lives on another planet people, be kind to Andrew.

[@CTP1111]

why does nobody discuss the dealer network? how do they plan on rolling that out? what good is a car if I can't get it fixed anywhere if it breaks?

[@Cars-N-Jets]

C.T. P No one discuss It because they will never have one

[@runscopeable]

They do look very practical!

[@rogerstarkey5390]

Bang for buck!

[@aquaphoenixx]

Wow, Chelsea is such a great host! A lot of times women are put in car programs because they are women, not because they are passionate. Chelsea is knowledgable, passionate and has great interviewing skills (like listening and not interrupting while encouraging the conversation) I enjoyed this episode very much!

[@misterjt961]

id love the SUV in a shade of blue similar to Toyota's "Voodoo Blue" that they used for the TRD models.

[@gravesddd]

This is a beautifully put together interview. Thank you!

[@waerlogauk]

While the pickup and SUV are impressive, the van may have more impact on the industry.

[@DiscoFang]

Yep. For all the talk of lifestyle and reverse justification, the van will have a greater lifestyle impact. Vans run the world.

[@Sam-tx1tn]

The price and large scale manufacturing is the challenge. The vehicles look great. Time will tell.