Comments by "" (@Green__one) on "JerryRigEverything" channel.

  1. Weight has negligible impact on range where it matters, on the highway. Weight really only affects range in a noticeable way in stop and go (city) driving, where range isn't an issue at all anyway.
    2
  2.  @jddplays2757  the only reason anyone even talks about comparisons like that is just because of the complete absence of options in the space. As I pointed out, in internal combustion vehicles, nobody would even consider such a comparison. They're just simply different market segments, but somehow as soon as the electric we just lump everything together. It's not because it makes sense to cross shop those vehicles, it's just that there's nothing else to cross shop against. The F-150 starts at a lower price, but also in a much lower trim, once you option it up similarly, not that there really is a similar, you end up up at that same price point. If you're looking for something to take to the job site, get the F-150. If you're looking to for something to take into the backwoods, get the r1t. But you can't ignore what you plan to use the vehicle for.
    2
  3. If you can come up with ANY tire that never has this type of failure, you'd be instantly very, very, rich. Things like this happen, regardless of what tires you have. Could it have been avoided with a different driving line, or a different tire, or a different truck? maybe. But any one of those could also have made it MORE likely rather than less. You saw the case where it got a flat, not the case where it didn't but another truck might have. Tires get flats. It happens, it's life, and there's absolutely no reason to believe that you would have been immune from it in other circumstances.
    2
  4. I'd be shocked if you don't have any glass roof vehicles in Australia, there are just so many makes and models out there right now. Just because a roof is glass, doesn't mean it's a disaster. The all glass roof on my Model S lets in a lot less heat than I ever imagined, and the whole car gets less solar heat than most of my previous vehicles despite a lot more glass.
    2
  5. Doesn't really work that way. Shortening the air suspension on one wheel wouldn't lift it, it would still hang to the ground, but even if it did, that would be super unstable and dangerous because the opposite corner isn't guaranteed to be heavier than the one you're working on to keep it down, and your corner up. Onboard jacks at each wheel would add a lot of complication for a feature that would be used exceedingly rarely (statistics show that the vast majority of cars NEVER use the spare tire in the entire life of the vehicle). An optional pneumatic jack instead of the included one would be kinda neat though, you already have a compressor...
    2
  6. It would still spin. Electric motors don't provide any noticeable resistance when not powered.
    2
  7. Hard to do that when the cybertruck only has one concept vehicle out so far and not even a production intent prototype. Maybe in 5 years?
    2
  8. The amount of solar panels you can fit on a vehicle is not enough to meaningfully charge the vehicle. There's just not enough power available, any EV company that puts solar on a full size vehicle is doing it completely as a gimmick and not for any practical purpose. Solar is great. Put it on the garage roof, not the truck roof. Even if you could engineer a way to lift a single wheel off the ground (which would require a completely new and novel form of suspension) the vehicle would still need to shift a whole lot of weight to the opposite corner somehow to make it stable, and that just can't be done in any practical way.
    1
  9.  @Robert-j6r8c  11,000lbs
    1
  10.  @Robert-j6r8c  that depends. Most gasoline and diesel powered vehicles see significant range penalties while towing, this is no different. The weight isn't the issue, wind and road resistance is. When towing a small trailer with my model S I see a 25% or so hit to range. They say worst case for rivian is 50% but that's probably extreme.
    1
  11. "it'll never be a serious 4x4 without being basically submersible"... it is. It has a deeper fording depth than any other stock production vehicle I've ever heard of, and the only limit there is that they're worried it might float away if it goes deeper.
    1
  12.  @themeatpopsicle  I'm not sure why you would demand that a stock production vehicle must be better than a heavily modified off-roader. That's a somewhat ridiculous position to take. But in the case of water handling, yes, it is. Assuming you loaded the weight right, you could probably drive this thing across the bottom of a lake.
    1
  13. What if you have the front full of stuff? That's no less likely than the bed.
    1
  14. That would be a hybrid pickup. You can already buy those. They're the worst of both worlds, but if you insist on having one instead of the benefits of pure electric, go for it!
    1
  15. He already said that the R1T is the perfect size for him, and that he's coming from an off-road tacoma. This sounds like a much better suited vehicle for him than the F150 lightning. Nothing at all against the F-150 lightning, it looks like a good choice, but the 2 trucks are geared to completely different market segments.
    1
  16.  @jddplays2757  sure, if you're buying a pickup today you always ignore your use case and check out both the f-350 long box crew cab dually, and the Chevy Colorado. Totally worth checking out the standard cab versions to haul your family of 4 too. Wouldn't want to limit yourself by taking into account use cases. It's just like how people cross shop the Hyundai Accent and the Mercedes S Class when looking for a sedan...
    1
  17. Electric vehicles excell in cold weather. Unlike internal combustion vehicles you never have to worry if they'll start, or wait for the engine to warm up before you get heat in the cab. You can also pre-heat them from the app on your phone, and you're never standing outside freezing while you pump gas. Owning an electric car in a place that gets real winter I would never want to go back to an internal combustion vehicle!
    1
  18. Name another electric truck that already exists and is making customer deliveries that costs $40k for a quad motor all wheel drive version? If you say cybertruck you missed the "already exists", the "quad motor" and the "$40k"
    1
  19. Similar spec trucks from any major automaker are all priced up in that range. This isn't an entry level truck. As for "good luck beating ford's much cheaper truck", it's not about beating it. They're in completely different market segments. It's like comparing a mercedes s class to a honda civic, sure, they're both sedans, but they aren't going after the same clientelle!
    1
  20. Wouldn't be an issue with the cybertruck? you think a wider vehicle with less control of the individual wheels (3 motor rather than 4) would be less of a problem in technical offroading? Someone's been drinking the kool-aid!
    1
  21. Do you currently use a mid-size pickup for that? This is geared towards the tacomma crowd, not the F-350 crowd.
    1
  22.  @stevematthews2459  so in other words, you aren't the target market. This truck isn't in the same segment as a Dodge 1500. This is competing with things like the Tacoma.
    1
  23. With the max pack you'd have to stop once to charge, but probably 3-4 times for washrooms or food. Assuming highways with speed limits over 100km/hr, I'd probably plan for about 10-12 hours or so.
    1
  24.  @spicehedge  rivian has CCS fast charging. It will take about an hour to charge up when using a level 3 charger.
    1
  25. "vegan leather" is the new marketing speak for "fake leather". On the bright side, the quality of "fake leather" has improved dramatically since the vinyl seats many of us remember from our childhood nightmares.
    1
  26. Most high end trucks are up in that range, this isn't unreasonable for what it offers.
    1
  27. no
    1
  28. Why? The Tacoma (nearest competitor) doesn't come in those ratings. This isn't a work truck, or a fleet truck, or a ranch truck. This is an adventure truck, completely different market segment. If you want something full size look at the Ford F-150 lightning, then you can start begging them for a 250/350 version.
    1
  29. You need to do more research. It does in fact have 4 individual motors, one for each wheel. They are mounted inboard to reduce unsprung weight and to allow as much articulation as possible, those are the shafts you see, but they are not connected together to a main drive motor.
    1
  30. Quietly.
    1
  31.  @CraigTaylor rivian adventure network
    1
  32.  @noahderrington5156  Prepare for disappointment. The concept truck they showed off isn't even remotely street legal, so there will have to be major changes for the final version.
    1
  33. Wouldn't work. First of all, there's only 6" of difference in suspension adjustment and the suspension travel is more than that. Secondly, you can't guarantee that the corner you need to change weighs less than the opposite corner so would rise in the air while the other falls.
    1
  34. I think you underestimate just how large a battery these vehicles have. Charging your devices, using the air compressor, etc have effectively ZERO impact on range. My phone is capable of drawing a maximum of 25W. My car draws about 20,000W while driving flat and level on the highway. What's 25W? it's a rounding error! The air compressor could draw maybe up to a couple hundred watts, but you'd never run it for more than a few minutes at a time, and that's still a tiny fraction of what driving on the highway takes. The only really "energy intensive activities" that affect range in any noticeable way at all, are moving the vehicle.
    1
  35. Not possible, when you lift a vehicle, the wheels hang down. That's suspension travel and it's necessarily more than the amount that an adjustable suspension can adjust. Also, even if you could do that, it would rely on the opposite corner of the vehicle being heavier than the corner you're working on to keep it in the air. Something you can't guarantee, especially when you don't know which corner will have the flat.
    1
  36. Yes, but if you compare to fully loaded pickup trucks from other brands, the price doesn't seem that out of line.
    1
  37.  @Chris-ql1sq  everything starts expensive and then comes down. Everything. You have to start somewhere.
    1
  38.  @Chris-ql1sq  these things aren't expensive because manufacturers want them to be expensive. They're expensive because they're early generation products. I'm sure rivian would love to make a vehicle that everyone can afford. But it's just not realistic at this point. Batteries are still expensive, so you can make an overpriced economy vehicle, or a regularly priced high-end vehicle. Making a regularly priced economy car just isn't an option yet. It will happen over time, but if you really do want cheap electric vehicles for the masses, you need to be cheering for every one of these startups to succeed. The only way to get there, is through competition, and economies of scale, and the only way to get those is through a lot of these companies succeeding.
    1
  39.  @Chris-ql1sq  every company that tries to make an EV sells out their pre-orders, increases capacity, and sells out again. I don't think there's a shortage of demand for EVs. If anything, it's the car companies dragging their heels, not the lack of demand. The fact is, EVs have reached a point where they are BETTER than internal combustion vehicles for most (not all!) use cases. That alone guarantees the demand, regardless of the environmental benefits.
    1
  40.  @Chris-ql1sq  So in other words you failed to notice that every segment of society has benefitted, and has seen quality of life improvements over previous generations. Just because some people have benefitted more than others doesn't negate the fact that even the lowest have benefitted. Over a decade ago you had a flat screen TV. 3 decades ago such things were science fiction. You're typing this on a device several orders of magnitude more powerful than the most powerful computer available 50 years ago, and you have it in your hands. We could re-structure our society the way you envision. It has gone extremely poorly everywhere that has tried it, and has shown real declines in quality of life, the biggest declines for those at the bottom.
    1
  41. Not the target market. This is competing with the tacoma. For trade/fleet people see the F-150 lightning. Different market segments.
    1
  42. 1) They've done drop tests from I think it was 15" onto sharp rocks and say the armour can take it. 2) Very hard to compare an actual shipping product to vague promises from a company with a history of outright marketing lies and not even a production intent prototype to compare to. So the "disparity" is that one exists, and the other does not. 3) If you think national parks don't have electricity or parking lots, you may never have visited one 4) They offer 3 colour options depending on your tastes, only one of those is light, and they claim that washability was foremost in their material selection. If you don't like light interiors, you're welcome to spec one of the darker ones. As for something capable and not marketing bluster. Rivian is the only one so far to prove that their vehicle is capable, and not just marketing bluster. Your other example is the reverse, only marketing bluster, with no proof of any capability. Rivian have put their money where their mouth is. Now we get to see who follows.
    1
  43. What's better than a rear locker? front and rear lockers! what's better than that? front, rear, and centre lockers! What's better than that? 4 independent motors, one for each wheel. That's what the R1T has. You just can't beat the flexibility of being able to precisely control the motors at each corner independently.
    1
  44. Rivian calls it "gear guard",
    1
  45. According to Rivian it can't be towed with any tires on the ground. Must be flat-decked.
    1
  46.  @BoomerActual  theoretically they could do something like that, they could even release it as a software update. I suspect though that the market for a vehicle this large as a tow behind, while non-zero, is still way too small to bother with.
    1
  47.  @BoomerActual  I have seen full size pickups being towed by RVs, but it is very much the exception rather than the rule. I get that there's a very limited selection of vehicles that you can tow this way, but the most common ones I see are things like the RAV4 or a Jeep. Both of which are smaller than this vehicle. We also may have to consider, that the age of flat towing any vehicle may be behind us. Dolly trailers or even full flat decks may start to be the norm when towing a second vehicle. There are fewer vehicles everyday that can be flat towed, I'm not aware of anything electric that allows it. The key before was having that transfer case that could be put in neutral, but electric vehicles don't need a transfer case, and have no reason to disconnect the motors from the axle except for this special use case. So the question really becomes whether the market for it is really big enough to justify the extra engineering and complexity, and realistically, I just don't think that's the case.
    1
  48.  @bowlingman298  Actually the ford has a lower range, and less horsepower. Neither are currently building their own batteries (though both plan to in future). The Fold F150 Lightning does look like a good truck, though for a completely different market segment.
    1
  49. Rated for more than 3 feet of fording, more than any other stock production vehicle I'm aware of. I'm sure it'll do fine.
    1
  50. So it can get stuck? It has less control of the individual wheels due to not having 4 motors, and it's physically larger size is a major drawback when offroading. The other problem of course for taking the cybertruck out is that it simply doesn't exist yet...
    1