The second a part of Motor Pattern’s journey throughout the US with the Rivian R1T has been launched, exhibiting Jonny Liberman and Miguel Cortina driving the pickup from Dalton, Georgia to Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Fairly than driving the R1T alongside motorways for hours and hours on finish, Motor Pattern determined to check it alongside the 4,253-mile Trans America path which consists virtually solely of unpaved roads. It takes so much longer than driving from coast to coast alongside the freeway however it’s rather more difficult and takes you thru rather more scenic areas.

Additionally See: Rivian R1T Prototype Crashes Into Parked Ford Explorer And Mercedes S-Class

Throughout this leg of the journey, the crew drove their two Rivian fashions alongside some somewhat troublesome paths and at one stage, have been confronted with a blocked-off a part of the path. This pressured them to search out another route by the bushes and regardless of the R1T being fairly a big truck, it didn’t encounter any points.

Rivian itself is establishing a variety of Stage 2 charger stations throughout the Trans-America path, together with in present RV parks and at lodges and motels have been these on lengthy roadtrips will possible cease every evening. It will make it a lot simpler for different EV homeowners sooner or later to take their automobiles alongside the path.

Watch Additionally: Motor Pattern Takes Rivian’s R1T Electrical Pickup Truck On The 4,253-Mile Trans-America Path

Whereas some might have reservations about driving an EV alongside the Trans-America path, Liberman says the crew didn’t encounter any main points and easily charged the R1Ts every evening and by the morning, that they had a full cost.