I'm in awe of the idea of a truck that can seat six. We had a minivan that could seat seven when I was a kid, but it was a squeeze. The truck barely could manage all three of us. Even the one with the dinky back seat.
we had a 4 door wrangler that could seat 5 until our 4th child was born and had to trade it in for an F-150 that also seats 6. The CT will be replacing that
not every day that I carry the whole family but always good to have two vehicles that can carry the whole gang.
@MEDICALJMP
The tire on that thing does not seem to be an off road tire. It is sad that we have to sneak into their site to see an EV truck being tested. I wish we were as far ahead in the game as they are. They have a finished factory and evidence of more testing.Just for giggles I checked out the Rivian Owners Club site and found this photo.
Embarrassing! ?
Do you have a link to Rivian using hub motors? It has been said that Rivian will be similar to Tesla that the motors will be part of the skateboard and use drive shaftsI did a bit of homework on the Rivian. They are rumored to be using 21700 battery cells manufactured by LG, use electric hub motors at all 4 wheels and employ a skateboard design.
I was pretty impressed by the Rivian pickups in the documentary Long Way Up. They were prototypes 001 and 002 and and proved to be pretty trouble free and very durable on the 12k journey from the tip of Argentina to Los Angeles. They were supporting the film and support crew who were documenting the trip of 2 riders on HD electric Livewire motorcycle prototypes. Lots of washboard and crappy roads that beat the crap out of the vehicles and their occupants. I think the trucks look great, I just can’t get past the “nostril“ lighting design on the front end.
No Problem, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a major design change I didn't know aboutMy bad. I was thinking of the Lordstown truck. No hub motors on the Rivian. You can clearly see the CV joints on the bottom photo.
