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Originally Posted by Hersbird

That Rivian test was a failure. To say that was worst case is wrong too. I say get rid of a car hauler and put a 9000 pound box camper behind it 8' wide and 9' high with awnings and AC units sticking out and run it.

There was a problem with the downhill. They NEVER use cruise control so I don't know why the change. Any of the modern full size pickups will auto brake to maintain speed downhill if the cruise was set and obviously this Rivian was using the friction brakes. Probably why the brake lights kept coming on. It was only regen braking at about 20 kWh where supposedly it's capable of and that hill and weight would have used 150 kWh. Hopefully they will redo at least that part.

I guess it is a failure if you bought a Rivian to haul 8,000 lb trucks up mountains. I bet it handles the occasional trip to Home Depot just fine.

I wonder how it would do pulling one of the teardrop trailers that are all the rage right now. This one is 21 foot and 3200 lbs. (Little Guy Max)