Add another one to Rivian's list of patents, this time it's for a new type of airbags. The new airbags “may be deployed to fill an interior space in a vehicle to support persons in a vehicle that is involved in a side crash, particularly, a person facing a far-side crash.”
For some reason they used a sedan for their illustrations, but that's probably just for the patent application and not for a new vehicle.
I'll start.
Toyota 4Runner. I love the thing. Partially because it's old fashioned. It's a bit old now, so I might keep it even when I pick up my Rivian. Sort of like a classic car... haha.
This just seems nuts to me. The White House announced that they're lowering the fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.
The rule calls for fuel economy and emission standards to increase by 1.5% annually, rather than the approximately 5% increases in the 2012 rule. According to the rule...
No, its not real. Just a good April fools joke put on by a Fire Department. Still, I can't help but think what a real Rivian ambulance would look like, based off the Rivian-Amazon delivery van. Even an R1S rapid response vehicle.
Rivian said they “expect some level of delay” but won't get into details.
"The world has changed a lot in these last few weeks. We’ve shut down all Rivian facilities to protect our team and to help slow the spread of COVID-19. While this situation has required us to redefine workflows and...
Wired Magazine released this massive cover story on Rivian. It touches on areas like RJ Scaringe as a student at MIT, when he founded Rivian, the R1S/R1T/Delivery Van, and it also compares Scaringe and Rivian to Elon Musk and Tesla.
If you have some time it's really worth the read. One of the...
