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FishOnOne
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Jan 30, 2022

Rivian Electric Truck takes on the Ike Gauntlet

What a poor showing for the Rivian electric truck on the Ike Gauntlet test. The truck towing 8,100 lbs consumed 81% of battery capacity traveling 70 miles. From this test it's clear that electric ...
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rhagfo
Explorer III
Jan 31, 2022
Yes they did need to recharge on the far side having driven from Bolder. The impressive part is that loaded with a 8,500# trailer the truck and trailer out accelerated the unloaded Ram Hemi at the start of the test! Then ran 60 mph up the entire Ike.

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