Rivian R1T
It's from 2021, when you were 15.
- Iconic generation
- R1T Launch Edition (2021)
- Origin
- USA (Normal, Illinois)
- Powertrain
- Quad-motor AWD (one per wheel)
- Power
- 835 hp / 908 lb-ft
- 0–60 mph
- ~3.0 sec
- EPA range
- ~314 mi (Large pack)
- Towing
- 11,000 lb
- Price when new
- $73,000 (2021 Launch Edition)
About
As of 2026, it's 5 years old.
Plenty of startups promised an electric pickup; Rivian actually shipped one, and beat Tesla, Ford, and GM to market in 2021. The R1T arrived as the first electric truck you could actually buy, and rather than aping a traditional pickup, it reinvented the whole concept around adventure.
It is a Swiss Army knife on wheels. There's a front trunk, a clever full-width 'Gear Tunnel' running through the body for storing skis or a slide-out camp kitchen, and a quad-motor setup that puts one motor at each wheel for absurd off-road control. It can wade through rivers, climb rocks, and then dust a sports car on pavement.
And it is genuinely quick. The original quad-motor version made 835 horsepower and launched to 60 mph in about three seconds, in a body-on-frame truck that can tow 11,000 pounds. That combination of capability and silliness simply did not exist before.
The R1T proved an electric truck could be aspirational rather than utilitarian, an REI catalog you can drive. It set the template every adventure EV that follows is measured against.
Rivian R1T through the years
R1T unveiled
Rivian reveals its adventure-focused electric pickup at the LA Auto Show.
First deliveries
The R1T ships, beating every rival to become the first EV pickup on sale.
Scaling up
Production ramps and the dual-motor and other trims broaden the lineup.
Second generation
A re-engineered R1T arrives with new motors and a quad pushing past 1,000 hp.
