All Hat No Cattle

And there it is. Of course, an electric pickup will not be for everybody. But if you run a business that runs high mileage around town, and have a bunch of trucks, you have to consider how much you can save on fuel in a year.

And as for charging, every state will be different. Most people have no idea about what is going in renewable energy out West.

For example, in my home state, NV Energy is doing this: And they are planning to double that percentage.

As for that electric truck towing, it is rated at 11,000#.

https://electrek.co/2018/11/29/rivia...p-truck-order/

Who knows if this company will make it? But I'm glad that they are trying.

Just so I don't see any more posts about the best engine oil and air filter.

gDMJoe

Features I like ...
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• in-bed storage of spare.
• drop-down/away tailgate with built-in steps.
• full-width LED high-mount, tailgate taillight.
• over-bed, low-profile carriage rack.
• behind-cab, below-bed storage compartment.

irish26

I believe in the next 10 years we will have several options to choose from when it comes to electric trucks. It will take much longer and much greater leaps in battery technology before they actually overtake their fossil fuel guzzling counterparts, but they will certainly be intriguing. Probably the most appeal aspect is all of the extra storage space that will come with electric trucks. That storage "tunnel" on this Rivian truck would come in handy quite often.

RLXXI

According to the web site, the Rivian has autonomous mode using an array of sensors including radar, lidar, gps, and some other sensors I forget about. It's all explained on the site and in the videos on the site.

The key questions I have are....

1) Battery life cycle
2) Replacement battery cost
3) Charging adapters for home use/minimum specs
4) Charging station locations (N.America) ~ planned
5) Warranty
6) Trade in allowance
7) Shop manual for after warranty repair

Many more questions but those are my top priority.
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OCMike

iTrader: (1)

All this sounds like pie in the sky claims to lure in investors then go bankrupted.

Unless they have a good source for reasonable priced batteries none of this is going to make a difference, and it will never see high volume production.

Yep...I know I'm being negative.

Mike

RLXXI

I'm of the same leery mind set which is why I haven't put in a pre order, that and the fact there is no way in hell I'm buying a 1st year model anything. I'll wait at least 2 years after sales start so they can work out the bugs that usually follow most vehicles. IF they even come to market.
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RLXXI

Don't be so quick about that, Tesla is doing better than any other ev on the market and this past year was their best yet.

https://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/
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All Hat No Cattle

Today's Wall Street Journal said that Tesla reported 245,000 deliveries for 2018, and that they were lowering their price $2,000 to help offset the loss of the $7,500 tax credit, which has dropped to $3,750, because they sold over 200,000 vehicles.

Who would have predicted this 3-4 years ago? And they are only allowed to sell them in half the country because of dealer monopoly laws.

RL1990

Ford is already working on this, not pure electric but will be a plug in hybrid. Their new system sandwiches an electric motor between the engine and transmission. It will be debuting on the new Lincoln Aviator. The Aviator will have a 3.0 EB engine making 400HP and 400 lb/ft of torque. But with the hybrid system power goes up to 450+ HP and 600+ lb/ft of torque. The best thing is that Ford says since it's tied to the transmission it will work on any vehicle that uses the 10 speed transmission, engine doesn't matter except it has to have start/stop capability. That would mean the F-150, Expedition, Navigator, Ranger and upcoming Explorer will all be in line to have it.

This will give a truck with this technology tons of potential. It can operate on pure electric power in low load situations. The regenerative braking system can slow the truck for downhill towing without using the truck's and trailer's brakes. And of course the big increase in fuel economy. And since it's a hybrid and not pure electric if you run out of juice you still have all the power that the engines provide today.

RLXXI

Do the same thing with a portable generator in the bed of the RT1. Can't find a place to plug in? Ha you got it in the back. I ran my entire house on a portable 5700W gen after a few hurricanes down here several years ago. Had a tri fuel carb on it, hook it up to a propane tank or run it on the gas tank for 12hrs. Not being in the back of a truck rolling down the hwy, I ran it mainly on natural gas.

Only thing I couldn't run was the central hvac.
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