Electric Rivian pickup crash-tested. How did it do?

They ensured they were all set for this.

The Insurance Coverage Institute for Highway Security (IIHS) has actually finished its very first crash tests of the Rivian R1T electrical pickup, however not prior to checking its devices.

The company wished to ensure its devices might deal with the weight of the 7,000-pound pickup and the future heavy electrical trucks and SUVs it anticipates to be examining in the coming years.

To do that, it packed up a number of old SUVs with sufficient ballast to get them to 9,500 pounds, which is 1,000 pounds above the weight limitation for a light-duty automobile.

TEST DRIVE: THE 2022 RIVIAN R1T ELECTRIC PICKUP IS A GAME-CHANGING TRUCK

The pulley system that gets the cars approximately the needed 40 miles per hour speed showed to be stout enough, so it went on and strapped the R1T to it to learn how it would fare.

Rather well, it ends up.

The Rivian R1T got the greatest Leading Security Select+ ranking..
( IIHS)

The midsize team taxi got the greatest Leading Security Select+ ranking by scoring the needed Excellent scores in all 6 crash, roof-test and head restraint tests, being readily available with automated emergency situation braking of Superior ranking, and having Excellent headlights basic throughout the design line.

The Rivian R1T weighs roughly 7,000 pounds.
( IIHS)

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The R1T is both the heaviest automobile IIHS has actually evaluated to date and the very first electrical pickup, with the Ford F-150 Lightning yet to be executed the routine.

The R1T revealed very little invasion into its traveler cabin.
( IIHS)

Regardless of being bigger than the R1T, the lightest variation of the F-150 Lightning weighs about 1,000 pounds less, thanks in part to its smaller sized, lower-range battery pack.

The R1T got a Great ranking on the driver-side little overlap front test, which is among the hardest in the examination.
( IIHS)

IIHS has actually not revealed when it anticipates to evaluate the F-150 Lightning or the GMC Hummer EV pickup, which is presently provided just in a 9,000-pound design that is technically a durable automobile.