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FishOnOne
Nomad
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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Bionic_Man
Explorer
Feb 02, 2022
I70 is in my back yard. I think it’s kind of comical the apologists for the Rivian here. I see no way to have a position that this truck is ready for prime time towing duties. It simply isn’t.

Hard pass from me on this technology for the foreseeable future.

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