Rivian

[SBD4]

https://youtu.be/k7rKsZZPT1Y

[goingbush]

Its great. Would I have one, yes, but I still prefer and will buy the Bollinger B1 if it comes to Australia.

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[Homestar]

Hmmm, the Engel would fit under the bonnet. In fact you could make the whole area up front a fridge... [biggrin]

Do we know what sort of price point they are aiming at yet?

[goingbush]

Hmmm, the Engel would fit under the bonnet. In fact you could make the whole area up front a fridge... [biggrin]

Do we know what sort of price point they are aiming at yet?


US $72,500 . for the Rivian

Bollinger B1 is US$60,000 for the 60kwh model or $68,000 for the 100kwh model . Battery prices are falling though.

article on the B1 here
CHARGED Electric Vehicles Magazine - Issue 37 MAY/JUN 2018 by CHARGED Electric Vehilces Magazine - Issuu (https://issuu.com/chargedevs/docs/iss_37_issue.com_file/52?fbclid=IwAR03FAXoAb9yRBp8295m8CUSY5DOZulDBJAmzb QFiwPeKEt9aDi2As7Efkw)

[Homestar]

So still both well over $100K here. Well maybe I can buy a used one in about 20 years... [bigsad]

I keep hearing battery prices are falling, but all EV's are still way out of the average punters price range still - even the new Hyundai Ioniq is $20K more than it's ICE equivalent and around $45K (plus $2K if you want a hardwired 7KW charger in your garage) and this is 'Australia's cheapest EV'. That's still more than I've ever spent or could afford for a vehicle - and as pointed out by more than one person, they are doing away with an engine and gearbox, so batteries must still be very expensive - they would need to come down in price by orders of magnitude I think - here's hoping...

[DiscoMick]

Better start saving for the electric version of the new Defender.

[Zeros]

Rivian:

147359

[SBD4]

A good run through on some of the features.

https://youtu.be/QMfxJEfb4lw

[SBD4]

https://youtu.be/i9BIg4Dph1E

[Arapiles]

Hmmm, the Engel would fit under the bonnet. In fact you could make the whole area up front a fridge... [biggrin]

Do we know what sort of price point they are aiming at yet?

US prices are now on their website:

R1T - Rivian (https://rivian.com/r1t)

R1S - Rivian (https://rivian.com/r1s)

[oka374]

They used two prototype Rivians as support vehicles in the Long Way Up series last year. They got a fair bit of use in a wide variety of terrain and landscapes and bot they and the electric Harley's suffered from decreased battery capacity in very cold temperatures. Interesting to see them towing one of the Rivians with a truck to recharge the batteries with the regen at one stage where no charging was available.

[loanrangie]

They used two prototype Rivians as support vehicles in the Long Way Up series last year. They got a fair bit of use in a wide variety of terrain and landscapes and bot they and the electric Harley's suffered from decreased battery capacity in very cold temperatures. Interesting to see them towing one of the Rivians with a truck to recharge the batteries with the regen at one stage where no charging was available.The Rivians did a great job with only minimal issues considering they were the only working prototypes in existence.

[oka374]

Yes it was impressive considering the country they travelled through. Was also pretty impressive the amount of work did organising all the charge stations along the route.