El Cap Granite Rivian R1T Photo Thread

luckydogg · Jun 22, 2021

Thanks for posting these -- since it's not indicated when or where they are from we can't really judge them too harshly, but there's a few areas where body panel alignment looks off.

Larry I · Jun 22, 2021

Was this a delivery? Can you confirm the interior color? Looks grey not black.

R99 · Jun 22, 2021

Larry I said:
Was this a delivery? Can you confirm the interior color? Looks grey not black.

Since it has the manufacturer plates and the red button in the interior this looks like a prototype rather than a delivery.

Wildabeest · Jun 22, 2021

Those are from a video posted to Instagram reportedly by the neighbor of a Rivian employee who showed him the truck and took him for a ride. The post has since been deleted (and said employee likely fired!).

eHauler · Jun 22, 2021

El Cap does well at blending in all the black parts to create a clean looking R1T!
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Larry I said:
Was this a delivery? Can you confirm the interior color? Looks grey not black.

Welcome! Did a Rivian Guide reach out to you yet?

IntimidatorTJ · Jun 22, 2021

Hard to choose my final color. The El Cap looks nice in the photos...but if you want to have some pop, the Blue looks hard to beat. But wait, Forest Green might be interesting.....hmmmm.

JES · Jun 22, 2021

Wildabeest said:
Those are from a video posted to Instagram reportedly by the neighbor of a Rivian employee who showed him the truck and took him for a ride. The post has since been deleted (and said employee likely fired!).

Wow, fired? 😮

Wildabeest · Jun 23, 2021

JES said:
Wow, fired? 😮

I was sorta of kidding. But given Rivian’s corporate culture of stealth, I would not be shocked.

ERivTruck · Jun 23, 2021

It is a BIG NO-NO to take civilians in rides on test and development vehicles. HUGE liability. The giant red button is an electrical kill switch for BEV vehicles and an emergency fire suppression system for ICE vehicles. That tells you the seriousness that anything could happen in a development vehicle. So yes, I could see an employee getting fired for taking people joy-riding in a vehicle.

R99 · Jun 23, 2021

Wildabeest said:
Those are from a video posted to Instagram reportedly by the neighbor of a Rivian employee who showed him the truck and took him for a ride. The post has since been deleted (and said employee likely fired!).

JES said:
Wow, fired? 😮

At the very least they're going to be in trouble from their superiors.

drcarric2650 · Jun 23, 2021

ERivTruck said:
It is a BIG NO-NO to take civilians in rides on test and development vehicles. HUGE liability. The giant red button is an electrical kill switch for BEV vehicles and an emergency fire suppression system for ICE vehicles. That tells you the seriousness that anything could happen in a development vehicle. So yes, I could see an employee getting fired for taking people joy-riding in a vehicle.

I'm not going to tell anyone... so if any employee that lives around me that wants to give me a ride, I won't tell anyone.

MilesK · Jun 24, 2021

Another El Cap Grey photo for the list.

http://instagr.am/p/CQcIR2tnzOH/

TonkerToy · Jun 30, 2021

R99 said:
Some new photos are out of the R1T in El Cap Granite!

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Nice color but I just got out of a gray pickup truck. You know how that goes. I chose the LA Silver. For some reason I think that the silver fits the trucK more than any other color. It seems to compliment the sleek look of the truck and does anybody notice that silver is the color used mostly when Rivian advertises the R1T?