2022 Rivian R1S da R1S: Abin da muka sani zuwa yanzu game da sabon abokin hamayyar Amurka na Tesla da Ford F-150 Walƙiya da Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series kishiyoyinsu

R1T babbar motar daukar kaya ce mai girman wutar lantarki daga Rivian.

Tesla shine babban suna a cikin EVs na Amurka, amma sabon abokin hamayyar Rivian yana neman canza hakan.

An saita Rivian don ƙaddamar da samfuransa na farko, babbar motar ɗaukar kaya mai girman girman R1T da R1S SUV mai alaƙa, daga baya a wannan shekara a Amurka, tare da rarraba duniya ciki har da Ostiraliya nan gaba.

Tun da farko Rivian ya shirya jigilar motocinsa na farko ga abokan ciniki a watan Yuli, amma ban da kalubalen fara sabon kamfani, kamar duk masu kera motoci, cutar ta duniya ta rage jinkirin Rivian da karancin kwastomomi. Yanzu kamfanin ya tsara sabon buƙatun watan Satumba don motocin abokan ciniki na farko.

Injiniya Rivian Brain Gase ne ya sanar da hakan. Jagoran Cars Komawa a Nunin Mota na New York na 2019, zuwan alamar a Ostiraliya lamari ne na "lokacin", ba "idan" ba, la'akari da yadda dacewa da samfuran biyu za su kasance a nan.

"Yaushe" tambaya ce mai ban tsoro," in ji shi. "Yaya za ku zabi kasuwanni masu mahimmanci dangane da abin da ke da mahimmanci ga alamar ku, a ina za ku ga tallace-tallace?

"Kuma wannan shine dalilin da ya sa Ostiraliya ta kasance mai ban sha'awa a gare mu, saboda ku mutane suna raba abubuwa da yawa daga kan hanya da dabi'un dabi'un da nake tsammanin kamfaninmu yana da shi. Kuma ba ku kan kunkuntar hanyoyin Italiya inda ya fi wahalar shiga wannan motar.

"Motar tana da ma'ana a kasuwar Ostiraliya. Muna ganin ƙima mai mahimmanci, musamman tare da SUV a cikin kasuwannin tuƙi na hannun dama.

"Kuma mun hada komai na motoci a gaban B-pillar, don haka ta hanyar samun babbar motar hannun dama ba karamin shamaki bane saboda ina da SUV na hannun dama."

Wakilin Rivian ne ya sanar da hakan. Jagoran Cars A wannan makon ana shirin kera motocin tuƙi na hannun dama don Ostiraliya, amma har yanzu ba a tabbatar da lokacin ba.

Duk da yake duk wani gazawa yana da ban sha'awa, kuma rashin nasarar sabon alama yakan haifar da tambayoyi game da yiwuwarsa, Rivian ya bayyana yana cikin matsayi mai kyau don sadar da alƙawarinsa, kuma ga dalilin da ya sa.

Manyan masoya

Tun lokacin da aka fara halarta a hukumance a 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show, Rivian ya zama babban ɗan wasa a cikin masana'antar kera motoci ta Amurka duk da cewa bai riga ya isar da abin hawa ba. An ba da rahoton cewa, kamfanin ya tara sama da dala biliyan 10.5 tun lokacin da aka kafa shi, inda Amazon da Ford suka kasance kan gaba wajen zuba jari.

A wannan watan kadai, Rivian ya tara dala biliyan 2.5 don faɗaɗa ayyukan masana'anta (ya riga ya sami tsohuwar masana'antar Mitsubishi a Illinois) da kuma faɗaɗa ƙasa da ƙasa.

Jarin farko na $ 700 miliyan na Amazon ya haɗa da ƙaddamar da ƙaddamar da layin Rivian fiye da R1T da R1S don haɗawa da motar isar da kaya ta musamman ga giant ɗin fasaha.

Kamfanin Amazon ya riga ya fara gwajin motar a wasu biranen da aka zaba kuma yana shirin kera motoci 10,000 nan da shekarar 2022 kafin daga bisani ya sayi motocin 100,000 don sauya rundunarsa zuwa motocin lantarki.

Koyaya, ba komai ya tafi daidai ba don Rivian. A cikin Afrilu 2020, Ford, wanda ya kashe dalar Amurka miliyan 500 a Rivian, ya ba da sanarwar cewa shirye-shiryen sa na SUV na alfarma na Lincoln wanda ya danganta da dandalin Rivian zai ƙare.

Ford ya ci gaba da cewa ya ci gaba da yin hadin gwiwa tare da Rivian kuma ya zargi cutar kan matakin soke shirin Lincoln.

Matsayi mai ƙima

Wataƙila Rivian R1S SUV ya dace da dandano kuma yana buƙatar mafi kyau?

Kamar yawancin samfuran da suka yi nasara, Rivian ya yanke shawarar ƙaddamar da babban ƙarshen kasuwa don duka R1T da R1S. Tare da R1T farawa a $67,500 da R1S farawa daga $70,000, Rivian matsayi da kanta sama da $39,900 Ford F-150 Walƙiya kuma a maimakon haka idan aka kwatanta da tukuna da za a saka farashi Toyota LandCruiser Series.

Wannan ba wai a ce Rivian ya wuce kima ba, saboda bisa ga samfuran farko da muka gani, kowannensu yana da kayan da ya dace don tabbatar da farashin alatu. Dukansu, alal misali, za su iya yin tafiya har zuwa kilomita 480 ba tare da caji ba.

R1T na iya zama ute, amma ba za a yi niyya ga masu siye da ke neman dokin aiki mai aiki ba, tare da datsa fata da itace da daidaitattun ƙafafun alloy 20-inch (mai haɓakawa).

Zane da na'urorin haɗi da aka ba wa Rivians sun bayyana a fili cewa motocin suna yin amfani da su ga mai haɗari. Misali, R1T ya zo da “ramin gear,” wurin ajiya na musamman wanda shine fadin mota kuma ya dace tsakanin taksi da tire. Rivian ya riga ya ƙaddamar da "motar jigilar kaya," dogon benci wanda zai iya shiga da fita daga cikin rami.

Idan ba haka kuke so ba, zaku iya zaɓar Camp Kitchen don rami. Wannan zaɓi na $5000 yana ƙara dafaffen dafa abinci mai ƙonawa biyu, kwandon ruwa, da aljihunan tebur cike da kayan abinci da kayan abinci, gami da tukwane da tukwane.

Hakanan zaka iya zaɓar tanti mai mutum XNUMX daga Yakima akan ababan kan hanya da ababen hawa. Wannan shawarar sanya kanta a matsayin alama ga waɗanda ke son abubuwan ban sha'awa na waje na iya tsayawa Rivian da kyau idan ya isa Ostiraliya.

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Fasahar abin hawa lantarki mai haƙƙin mallaka na Rivian na iya jawo sha'awar kuɗi da yawa daga Amazon, Ford da sauransu, amma yana buƙatar yin aiki a cikin ainihin duniyar idan kamfani yana son yin nasara. Wannan gaskiya ne musamman a cikin yanayi na musamman na Ostiraliya.

Rivian ya riga ya sanya R1T zuwa matsanancin gwaji - fiye da gwajin masana'antu na yau da kullun - ta hanyar samar da motocin farko na farko da aka shirya don amfani a cikin jerin Apple + TV na 2020. Hanya mai tsayi.

An zaɓi R1T guda biyu azaman motocin tallafi don wasan kwaikwayon, wanda ya nuna ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Ewan McGregor (na star Wars shahara) da abokinsa Charlie Boorman sun hau babura na Harley Davidson Livewire na lantarki daga Ushuaia, Argentina, a Kudancin Amurka da Tsakiyar Amurka zuwa Los Angeles. Riviese ya yi tafiyar kilomita kusan 20,000 a wurare daban-daban kuma ya yi tafiya ba tare da wani babban koma baya ba.

Kwanan nan, an ga misalan R1T da R1S a New Zealand, wataƙila a lokacin gwajin yanayin sanyi a wurin gwajin Kudancin Hemisphere kusa da Queenstown.