Rivian was the first carmaker to bring an electric pickup truck to market, beating the established players like Ford and GM, not to mention Tesla. The Rivian R1T truck was not only the first but also genuinely good, as appreciated by critics in the media, the teardown veteran Sandy Munro and those who bought it. Many R1T owners swear by their truck and praise its capabilities, even when driving in snow and other difficult conditions.
But an interesting story shared on the Rivian Automotive Fans Facebook (private) group claims the R1T truck has an inherent problem that makes it easy to roll over. The owner wrote in a post that he was casually driving his electric truck in a field at their parents’ farm, no monkey business involved, when it suddenly rolled over and landed on its side. According to his post, this happened so suddenly that he hadn’t even put the seatbelts on. Thankfully, the airbags did their jobs and kept him safe. The owner wanted to warn other Rivian R1T drivers that “these trucks will roll easier than you’d expect them to.”
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