Interesting article on the Rivian 1/2 ton in 3 feet of water.

[Voyageurs]

Not something I would do if it was my truck, but kinda cool.

Watch Rivian's R1T easily navigate through at least 3 feet of water

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe tweeted the R1T pickup driving through a "lazy river"-like pool of water, submerged up near its hood.

electrek.co

 

[FL-JOE]

We are camped about 30 miles from their Bloomington/Normal plant (Illinois). Not sure if Rivian is having issues or not but they keep pushing out there roll out on most models.

 

[Voyageurs]

Yah. We noticed that. End September now. You should see if they give tours. Might be fun.

 

[Joe Hogan]

Sitting on a high voltage 100 Kw pack, you will want it water proof!!!??

 

[Voyageurs]

Sitting on a high voltage 100 Kw pack, you will want it water proof!!!??

Yep. I can imagine bad things would happen if it wasn’t a reasonably well sealed battery. Lol . We have been up to the bottom of our door sills in our Tesla. That’s the extent of my comfort zone. .

 

[FL-JOE]

Yah. We noticed that. End September now. You should see if they give tours. Might be fun.

I might check into that. As a kid I hunted on all that property where the plant sits now. It is a huge facility that was built for Mitsubishi. I hope these guys last longer than they did.