2025 Rivian R1S - POV Driving Impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- 2025 Rivian R1S Adventure Performance Dual Motor
665 horsepower 829 pound-feet torque
370 miles of Range (410 without all terrain package)
Performance Upgrade $5000
Adventure interior
All-terrain package
20” all terrain dark wheels
0-60 3.4 seconds
Adventure trim$75,900
Dual Motor Performance AWD$5,000
Max battery$14,000
LA Silver paint
20" All-Terrain Dark wheels$1,000
All-Terrain Package$3,700
Air Compressor
Black Mountain + Dark Ash Wood interior$750
Chilewich mats
Panoramic Glass Roof
NACS DC adapter
$100,350
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Best review I've seen on the Rivian so far. Very thorough, yet to the point, honest, and entertaining. Especially the attention to smaller but important details like cabin noise, rattles, creaking, steering feel, etc. That gets overlooked far too often, especially at this price point.
Keep it up.
I've had my R1T about 8 months now, thing is absolutely amazing rides so nice, hauls ass, and is a joy to drive.
Looking forward to that R3X! It’s the only EV so far I’ve been wanting to get 👀
fr, I don't usually get excited about EVs but that R3X looks amazing
Just don’t buy. Lease or used. EVs are depreciating like crazy.
@@Localtraveler2376and EVs are a scam.
Same here! Hope they open orders up soon!
Yeah me too! And it will be a lot cheaper.
I love my Tesla, but I could 100% see myself getting a Rivian next. Awesome cars and super cool CEO.
I really hope this company makes it. It's got so much potential.
8:49 the reason why apple pay is activated is probably because of the NFC reader inside the console for reading the key card of the car
That is some of the coolest ev whine I’ve ever heard.
I love how squeaky the door panel was the second you got out of the truck lol.
its just the handle, not the card itself, idk they could easily fix it.
Thought the same thing. $100k for squeaks lol
@@ChristianBarresii see you you've never owned a or driven Mercedes G55...
I just replaced me a Tesla last week with the R1S. First day I took it on a 4 day camping trip. It's miles better than my Tesla.
Miles? How?
@@Nick-fd4nz teslas suck
I agree with you on the door handles… I wish that they would give the option for requesting regular door handles.
The squeaky front door is unacceptable at this price point.
It's the plastic on the interior handle, I agree not great to hear, would be an easy fix.
And for a 2025!? I want a used Corolla after that
Well it is an American car so....
I think it was just unique to that vehicle cause my neighbors got a new R1S a month ago and theirs doesn’t squeak at all so I guess they fixed it already.
Really rooting for Rivian. Seems like a great company and I agree the R1S is just cool. They nailed the EV Range Rover concept
Thank you for actually talking about the ADAS system. SO MANY reviewers skip this in their reviews.
The fact that they used to have 17 ECUs blew my mind, but going down to 7 is great.
Funnily enough, a lot of car companies used to boast about having hundreds of them. We're now getting to where consolidation of compute and zonal architecture is cool, thank god.
Ice is not a problem for those handles….speaking as an owner since 2022, from Minnesota.
Awesome video Topher!
I cant wait to buy one of these in my sleep, hope my card dont decline before I wake up tho
One of the coolest SUV’s
funny that a day before this I was considering this car and then you post
Anyone who has a cat...Did the turn signal sound make you think Felix was about to empty their stomach? Nice review on a promising "do it all" EV.
beautiful car. Will buy this one day!
One thing I wish they would show is hard stop at fast speed.also I would love review with it during the winter
Agreed, fav EV currently available.
t. Bus rider
The 2021
Cool appliance for getting from point A to B
Amazing SUV 🔥👍
Is it just me, or at 14:55 launch it sounds like there are 2 separate motor whines that kick in?
Test drove this a month ago and man it was fast. Only thing I was iffy on was the regen option. I hope there is a way to turn it off completely. Also, no Android auto sucked too. But man is it practical. The only EV I would ever have.
The infotainment is very good though, I don't miss AA at all. Regen can be reduced but I don't think turned off entirely. Once you get used to driving an EV most prefer the highest regen settings and rarely use the brakes.
Just leased one and can confirm you can’t completely turn it off.
Regen and one pedal driving is really a nice feature. Driving becomes so simple. No need to move between pedals normally, just feather the accelerator.
I'm just waiting for the R3 and the Kia EV3.
Originally wanted the Volvo EX-30 but unsure when that'll come to US.
It needs wider seats without the flared sides on the seat and bucket seat back rests.
This is not a race car. We want wide comfortable standard seats !
Awesome bro keep it up ❤💯💪
Wow nice
still have an r2 on reserve for 2026 but bought a tesla m3lr in the meantime. super interested to see the cheaper lucid also. if they made a model 3 sized lucid that's basically a smaller lucid air pure... that'd be perfect yeah? it's about efficiency for me... who is going off road really? 90% of trucks and suv owners lie to themselves.
I know two guys who bought rivians both sold them because of reliability issues.
Happened to all evs. Owning and using a vehicle irl is much more different than watching a TH-camr reciting the marketing talking points given to them by the manufacturers.
How well do the lights work with night driving? Do they adapt around corners? Are they bright enough for those of us with older eyes?
I've always liked the R1S, but I'm surprised at the noise at speed and under acceleration. They let a LOT of that electric motor whine into the cabin. At speed, there's wind noise, but that's to be expected given its shape, and then I can hear the tire whine from those ATs. I suspect, if you chose a different, less aggressive tire, there would be significant noise reduction just from that. Like you said, for $100K, I'd expect a bit better quality, but it's a nice truck. The Model X has always been a dream car of mine, but it has its issues, too. The Rivian would probably be better, but even in kneel mode, I'm unsure my 5'3 wife would be able to get into it comfortably. How do you make an electric SUV and not put electric step sides on it? Seems like a missed opportunity.
There is a "kneel mode" that lowers the suv so you can get in n out more easily
I love people who hate it simply because it’s electric. Tells you a lot about the person.
It is a VERY big part of the car's identity. So if you don't like electric, then you probably won't like this vehicle just because of that.
@@ytj22 I’m talking about the people. They take one look, go “eww, it’s electric” and walk away.
@@Ben-jz3mt right. If you aren't the type to like electric, then there wouldn't be much reason to look any further. It's kind of a major part of the vehicle.
It's okay for people to like different things. Assuming that tells you anything else about them seems like a stretch
@@CADClicker Hey, that’s fine. But it seems these people don’t even consider anything else about the car. It could be a nice car to have, and have good quality, but nope it’s electric I don’t want it.
3:22 Not just climate control. There seems to be a bunch of added features there: a compass, what's playing via Bluetooth, a Bluetooth enable/disable feature (either for headphones or for passengers' phones), a light (or brightness) switch, etc. It would've been useful to get a proper showcase of that UI. I will give you props for improving the infotainment showcase on the front, which is nicer now, but you forgot the start-up entirely (it appears, albeit partially cut, when you're messing around with suspension settings).
Did this car have the standard or the premium sound system?
Beautiful truck, but when you opened the drivers door to get out, that handle creaking cringed me. Crazy!!
I'm pretty sure that door panel made cheap noises when he opened the door 😂
That charging port isn't NACS, NACS is the Tesla charging port. The port on this particular vehicle is CCS1.
This is incorrect. NACS is the North American Charge Standard hence the abbreviation. Yes, it was Tesla’s invention, but it is not Tesla-specific. Companies are currently working to adopt this standard.
You were correct in that the port on this Rivian is indeed CCS. However, that won’t last long. Once 2025 rolls around, all new Rivian’s will come with a native NACS port and a lot of other companies will follow suit.
@@_zach Tesla invented, developed, and helped to standardize NACS, so it is indeed the Tesla port. “Erm, ackshually, Tesla made the port open to other manufacturers and adopted ISO 15118” is irrelevant to the fact that it is the Tesla port. I don’t call an Edison screw a “ANSI C81.61 and IEC 60061-1 socket ☝🏻🤓”
I think this is a beautiful vehicle, however, the lack of physical buttons and having to do everything through the center screen terrifies me a LOT, which is why I haven't jumped on the EV bandwagon. Now that the Scout is coming out in the Traveler and Terra and they promise to bring back more physical buttons, I feel as though that should be an option from EV manufacturers. It is not that they can't create them, they choose to not. But I personally feel more buyers would be quicker to want an EV if we still kept some "traditional" settings. I think the benefit of an EV is obviously not using gas...but aside from that, there should not be a compromise on something simple as buttons and dials. Just my two cents.
Excellent review!! I’m disappointed that such an expensive evicted is so noisy inside!! At $100K I want a library space, not road noise!
Probably my favorite looking EV. I just wish some of the EV's would come with opening sunroofs. I love having mine open in my land rover but I don't know of a single one with an opening roof
Right
Literally every car in this price range has satellite radio, why is that a surprise?
Now I feel humiliated because of my ride. Anyways, thx for the upload!!!
When you were in the back puting the seat up, it felt like when your trying to put on a lid on an over packed Tupperware.
Clean no nonsense design. I dont know why people don't buy these vehicles over mediocre Tesla.
wait, you have to drive it manually?
I love the truck but the interior door handle feels so cheap and you can hear the crackles in this video.
I’m not the biggest fan of electric vehicles, but this looks pretty nice. I really don’t like the turn signals, they tried what bmw did a while ago and im thinking it’ll fail just as badly
That fried egg roll crunchy door is 🤮🤮🤮🤮
please drive an old cummins
Would you own this vehicle or the r Lexus gx550 or top of the line Land Cruiser?
I was thinking about that and I’d take the Rivian. May buy one of these someday!
the main infotainment screen looks like a dashboard from productivity software, lol, C'mon make it at least a bit more interesting Rivian
What's the curb weight? Don't left out the weakness of ev lol
Over 7 K lbs
Rivian or mg
Do you have to take the card out of your pocket to start the car?? That’s outdated …
No AA/CP and the tesla-like extermination of buttons are unfortunate dealbreakers to me.
I searched your channel for the EQS SUV, but didn't see anything. There's the EQS sedan, but not the SUV. Any plans to do that one?
Just filmed the Maybach EQS 680!
Is there a push button to start? 😂
There is no such thing
👍
That creaking is bad, hopefully it’s just that vehicle. Not going to sell otherwise. I sold my 18 f-150 for a 24 because it creaked so much. Unacceptable at any price point in 2024
The front trunk is really unnecessary in electric cars
Just sold my 2024 R1S, 6,600 miles and owned 10 months. Couldn't take the regularly occurring problems. Some of the problems were serious safety issues. Had the mobile service unit to my house 1/2 dozen times. Am I just a disgruntled buyer, YES, I lost $40,000 with this sale. DO NOT BUY A RIVIAN! You can buy a very reliable and defect free car for the $110,000 I spent on my MaxPack disaster!
This is so minor but that blinker sound is not it
No CarPlay or Android Auto?! I was already annoyed by the headlights and on the fence about buying one because they look like a Pixar character, but a distracting UI that doesn't make life easier at least with a MODERN mobile interface? I'm out.
Creeeeeeeekkkkkkkk
Was wondering what the tire lifespan is on that thing? I heard EV tires wear out about twice as fast as ICE vehicles of the same class. Those tires look expensive to replace.
I truly want Rivian to become a successful American car company, but they are heading toward bankruptcy unless they start selling more affordable cars. They are losing $30-33K per car they sell. This is not sustainable.
Who cares that it's reliability is in the crapper, it's handsome on the road and that's what 99% of buyers only know about cars :)
Only one ped drive, im out, ✌🏾 🚶🏾♂️
It’s electric!!!!!!!!
Like a 100k$ brick
Why do people think the design is so good? Its just a squircle shape on wheels. So lazy and uninspired and "safe". The only thing differentiating it from all the other trucks/suvs are those lights
1:50 those headlights are UGLY UGLY UGLY
Its crazy how the Rivians, despite their pricetag, end up as one of the most unreliable vehicles on sale.
Your voice sounds bland like Wendover.
100k car lmao
I don’t see the appeal
Manufacturer demo vehicle so everything is perfect. 😂
Cheap interior , for that price . I was wondering why Americans call gravel roads , dirt roads ?
Unfortunately, Vegan leather is all you're gonna get unless you go with a brand like Lexus, even more oriented luxury brands like Mercedes, Porsche, Acura, and Lincoln use fake leather
Just be glad there's not many hard touch surfaces
Also, it depends on where in the US but a lot of people call "gravel" roads Dirt roads because the roads are mostly dirt with a fairly small amount of gravel on top
@MrToastyYT Crazy , my 19 Kia Niro hybrid Touring has full leather . My biggest gripe with it is the centre console where my right leg ends up touching is not padded . But our Niro was $35.000 Canadian 5 years ago . Cars now are certainly expensive .
That thing is boxy and ugly
What the heck is this? A Chinese car?
No, all American
2021?
Nah, I think he meant 2025