I've been watching Rivian since I first heard (5 years ago) they were developing/building/testing an electric truck. I immediately sent them my $1k to hold a place for me with the maxpack truck. I'm getting my Rivian in blue, the Adventure package. Wish they still had the "tank turn" option, but they eliminated that fun option a while back due to it being a hard thing to program and it being more a gimmick than something useful.
This country (US) is crying out for electric trucks, but the cars (Bolt, Leaf, and Tesla) came first. The Ford Lightening is eagerly awaited by Ford fans, but I'm thrilled to be ditching my diesel F250 Super Duty Crew Cab with 8' bed that gets 13MPG but can pull a house off its foundation for a new, fast, fossil fuel free electric truck. My F250 is a awesome machine for pulling and hauling, but da@n it is expensive to fuel. I noticed today (with horror) that diesel just jumped to $5.39/gallon. Three days ago it was $4.99.
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I cruised past the gas station this afternoon in my electric car, checking the gas prices, after hubby and I finished shopping. Our total miles driven today were 47.2 miles. That's pretty much normal for us living out in the countryside with most conveniences (like Home Depot) 20+ miles away.
Re: the Rivian - my husband (who follows the Rivian forums closely) keeps asking if I want to drop down to a large pack battery (300+ miles per charge) to get a truck sooner, but I'm firm on wanting/waiting for the max pack (400+ miles per charge). If my Leaf taught me anything in 4 years of ownership, its that "you can't have too much battery, but you can have too little".