Rivian R1T Review | The good and bad after a year of adventures!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- I have used my Rivian for as many adventures as I could possibly fit into a year and have experienced all the highs and lows of owning this truck. This video shares everything I have enjoyed about the truck, the things I really hate and everything in between.
00:00 Intro
01:25 [+] Storage
02:32 [+] Cool Accessories
02:51 [+] Full Size Spare
03:46 [+] Forest Edge Interior
04:23 [+] Solid Fit/Finish
04:44 [+] Drive Modes
05:25 [+] Camp Mode
05:50 [+] Software Updates
06:35 [+] Mobile App
07:46 [+] Rivian Chargers
08:02 [-] Too few RAN Chargers
08:50 [-] Wheel/Tire Offset
09:24 [-] Tonneau Cover
09:49 [-] Tailgate Flaws
11:08 [-] Water Bottle Holder
11:32 [-] AppleCar Play
12:00 [-] Buttons?
12:41 [-] Outlet Issues
13:19 [-] Electronic Off Road Feel
14:05 [-] Highway Assist
14:31 Battery and Charging
17:23 Final Thoughts - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I'm not an off-roader, and I've had a lot of distrust regarding EV's. Your review was excellent and insightful. Reviews from real users help those of us who are EV-hesitant to begin seriously considering them. Thank you for a wonderful review.
You are very welcome! Happy to share my experience as someone who has used this truck as much as possible👍🏻
@@ChargeOverland MAN BUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
spot on with all your pros and cons. i hope the R1 v2 will incorporate design changes for the cons as i have pretty much exactly the same list.
Great video with all experiences. Nice video editing and quality. Love it
Thank you!
I love the Rivian and enjoy your content. I was planning to buy one a few years ago, but the wife wasn't onboard. A month after I canceled my reservation she changed her mind. Now I drive a Model Y.
Thanks! How are you liking the Model Y?
@@ChargeOverland I love it. Just took a 2700+ road trip recently. I enjoy backpacking and would love to get into over landing. Your content combines both interests: camping and EVs.
Another great video. Couldn’t agree more on the “outlets on” battery drain. It’s painful to watch it loose so much overall charge, just from keeping something small plugged in. Can’t wait for your next video. See you on the SoCal trails!
Thanks! Lots of videos in the works - see you on the trails🤘🏻
Great video! You covered alot of information and thank you for touching on the water bottle situation! ;)
good content.. great intro.. good editing. we picked up R1S this last week.. so far its meeting our expectations. Not perfect but it does everything we need for our family and more. I would recommend the Dual Motor R1S over the quad. More range and a bit lighter.
Thank you! They are amazing vehicles for sure👍🏻 Dual motor definitely seems like a great option
Rivian you should be listening to him. Great video!
I have some aftermarket wheels with Wildpeaks on them. The best offset I could find at the time was 28mm. It protects the wheels since the tires stick out a bit, but I can’t use Low or Lowest while driving. So the stock AT package is the best.
I’m able to get the tonneau cover to close by pushing down on the cover joints as it retracts into the collecting area at the bottom of the back windshield (don’t know the actual name of it). Not ideal but it works. That and greasing the tracks with dry WD40 from time to time. Still love my R1T despite this and some other little quirks. Great video.
Cool this is good info! I absolutely love my truck my too 🤘🏻⚡️
The RAN looks to be expanding fairly quickly now. I agree with the tailgate issues and will add that the top protector is absolute garbage and should've just been molded as 1 piece with the main flat part. (Mines been replaced 3 times and is coming apart again. I absolutely love everything else about it though. FYI, a Harbor Freight Hercules soft/ridged tool box fits perfectly in the front center floor console for large bottles and has tons of pockets for extra storage.
I’ll have to check out the Hercules tool box thanks for the tip! I agree with you though I definitely love my truck too🙌🏻
That truck is definitely cool. But like any other product it has its faults. The closing of the tailgate is solved very badly when dirt falls inside the car. I hope there's some way to get in there and clean it out once in a while. Anyway, I hope Rivian will be sold in Europe soon.
Very true! Every vehicle has its faults but with this truck I definitely feel like the pros far outweigh the cons👍🏻
Can you make a review about the autopilot pls? Thanks!!
I’ll definitely work on getting this into a future video 👍🏻
I like to describe the Driver+ system as reactive instead of active. I’ve had many instances of being a pong ball bouncing off the lane lines. Does good with gentle curves and straight lines
Which iPhone mount is that? Great video BTW. As a Tesla owner who's frustrated with waiting for the CT and it's overall look, I've been considering this. I don't know that I can let go of AutoPilot though. I use it so often that it will be greatly missed. Another user mentioned that this may be their reason to go back to Tesla when the CT is released.
iPhone mount is the Spigen OneTap Pro - got it on Amazon 👍🏻
You’re the second person to mention AutoPilot being a big feature and I can definitely understand that. Hoping the Rivian gets a lot better with their Highway Assist but would be a very difficult task to catch up with Tesla.
Great video, no one has mentioned the paint quality on a rivian, having yours for a year the paint looks great for all the off road stuff you’ve done, so how is the paint? Lol, thanks
Overall I would say pretty good - I have plenty of pinstripes from off roading but the white color hides that well👍🏻
Thanks for the reply, just went and looked at the R1T yesterday up close, very solid vehicle see why you like it, might wait for the plug switch over
Nice review. But for me the lack of (virtual) lockers is a HUGE deal.
Hope it gets added into the software at some point!
not sure if you mentioned it, but what kind of offroading are you doing and how do you find the range gets impacted by it? just watched your vid with Justin and saw you dropped like 10% over the course of the trip, do you find your range increases a lot because you're moving so slowly? or does it maybe go down more per mile because its so difficult.
offroading in 4L for me sucks back gasoline so I typically bring spare gas, but you are kind of on your own here for that. how many miles of offroading do you feel comfortable doing before you get any kind of range anxiety?
I’ve done a variety of trails but for sure the more challenging terrain uses battery faster. For me a rough estimate would be on difficult trails I can probably cover 100-150mi and less challenging stuff more around 200-240mi.
Dude, you gotta tell us what features on your truck are upgraded options or standard offerings.
When I bought the truck last year only the Launch Edition was available so most things came standard. Definitely a little different now with the options and Dual Motor / Quad motor. This video I did last year talks about my exact spec:
th-cam.com/video/cyzciY-thoc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dVuiOX5mNuvU65Mp
Really interested to know if you’ve ever found yourself wishing you had a winch?
I haven’t been in a situation yet where I needed it but yes I absolutely wish there was a good solution to get a winch on this truck
Agree with all you said. Lots of storage but annoying not having a traditional glovebox. As someone else mentioned, I’d recommend the upcoming dual motor over our quad. The only reason why I may part with my R1T is because I love, trust, and miss Tesla’s autopilot so much and have been so disappointed by Rivian’s drive-assist system for the exact reasons you mentioned. For long road trips I would give up all these awesome R1T features just to have autopilot back even if it means trading it in for an ugly cyber truck.
Yeah if you are out on longer road trips it’s great to have reliable autopilot. Not sure I could get a cybertruck just based on how it looks BUT I’m sure it’ll be a very fun truck to drive.
@@ChargeOverland nah I will stick with self driving. Not going to wake up in heaven, haha
I want one
Yo. you are offroading so be ready for damage, scratches, and dings. Especially on the rims. come on man!!! Keep it on the pavement if you don't want any of that, haha. I have dings all over my rims and rubicon.
Honestly thought this truck was ugly but its grown on me. I like all the storage space.
I definitely know damage is inevitable but shouldn’t necessarily be SO easy for it to happen. My Rubicon has much beefier tires and the wheel has more dish so really takes a lot to do some damage. Either way it’s a great truck and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it🤘🏻
I would hope for such a ridiculously expensive vehicle it would hold up after a single year, but nice review
Agreed and thanks!
The real question is: is the opinion of someone with a man-bon truly reliable? 😅
I cut my hair you can trust me know 😂
The camp speaker is the only disappointing thing about the truck.
It’s worked well for me - what problems do you have with it?
First!
Not worth the $. If it gets wrecked, it cant be repaired at just any shop and parts are too expensive
My guy, drop the TH-camr voice. Just talk normal. Cool truck.
What a douche thing to say
Somewhat new to this TH-cam thing so still working on voice and filming while talking - thanks for the feedback!
@@ChargeOverland all good! When youre talking to your friends you talk completely normal. Then when you talk to the camera you have a beat to every sentence with the last word drawn out. Just be you! Cool truck!
I don’t think he understands what the term offset means lol