Rivian 2021 Electric SUV

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-rivian-r1s-ev-electric-suv-first-look-review/

by skolos • 7 years ago

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yumraj2• 7 years ago

Those headlights.... But why???

Everything else looks great BTW.

pmilla1606• 7 years ago

To differentiate themselves I think. I didn't like them at first either but they grew on me.

Car design is tricky - you have to design for peoples tastes 5+ years in the future.

(I know nothing about car design)

dmix• 7 years ago

Standing out for the sake of standing out is the biggest problem with the design of electric cars.

I don't see why they have to be made "unusual" or atypical looking just because it doesn't have a gas-fuelled engine.

rishav_sharan• 7 years ago

I like it personally. It has a cute citygoer vibe

bryanlarsen• 7 years ago

Seeing a lot of "Model X competitor" announcements from companies just 2 weeks after Tesla announces a massive drop in Model S & X sales. There used to be a good sized market for $90K electric SUV's when there was no decent competition, but when there are high quality $40K electric SUV's available from Kia and coming from Tesla, the "model X competitor" market is going to be a bloodbath for a bunch of companies.

maxmcd• 7 years ago

The $90K+ SUV market in the US is huge. Tons of market share to take from many brands.

devy• 7 years ago

This piece is dated November 2018, please update title with a year tag "(2018)".

turtlesdown• 7 years ago

So far their PR has been exceptionally successful. Hopefully they bring their vehicles to market and they warrant some of the hype that is growing.

decasteve• 7 years ago

Like Tesla, Rivian will collect data from its customers' cars and push over-the-air software updates based on what it learns.

I still don’t like this trend towards every product we own collecting data on us.

myself248• 7 years ago

That's why I'm looking forward to the Bollinger Motors e-truck. It's as stone-simple as it can be, while still hauling around a mindboggling pile of angry pixies.

52-6F-622• 7 years ago

I hadn't heard of them yet. The front of the chassis isn't my favourite, but that thing looks surprisingly great.

If it's that economical, can take a beating haul a lot of anything it will be amazing.

Would definitely interest me if I moved out of the city.

(Though I had to chuckle a little because the bulk of the upper body frame/rollbars look like something my dad half-assedly would put together on a weekend—only at first look, mind! https://www.bollingermotors.com/#image-gallery-64)

ScottFree• 7 years ago

Haha, that kind of looks like an e-hummer. I like it.

yumraj2• 7 years ago

Now that looks awesome.. Thanks, hadn't heard of them.

marssaxman• 7 years ago

Totally agreed - I hope Bollinger makes it to production, because they are really nailing the simple/functional/practical ethos.

Gibbon1• 7 years ago

I keep coming back to Rick of Rick and Morty talking to the toaster. You're a toaster you make toast.

throw0101a2• 7 years ago

I keep coming back to Rick of Rick and Morty talking to the toaster. You're a toaster you make toast.

"Keep Summer safe."

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ajvrejv90

leesec3• 7 years ago

As someone working in automotive-tech, this company is still vaporware in my mind. I hope it is a success as I am a fan of EV's but until I see a single Rivian doing anything I'd be very skeptical of a 2021 release date.

Would also probably be willing to bet more than 100k Rivian vehicles never get produced.

DoubleCribble2• 7 years ago

Agreed. Unless GM swoops in and rebrands it as the Cadillac SUV.

DoubleCribble2• 7 years ago

My bad. It was Ford that just swooped in!

throw0101a2• 7 years ago

Fully Charged episode on it:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMfxJEfb4lw

ricardobeat• 7 years ago

Note: no car action in the video, it’s a motor show interview.

leesec3• 7 years ago

No car action anywhere that I can find.

Rivian 2021 Electric SUV

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