Rivian R1T Owner Warns EV “Will Roll Over Easier Than You’d Expect” After Farm Accident

A 2022 Rivian R1T Launch Version has wound up at a salvage yard for public sale after the proprietor someway managed to roll it on a farm.

For essentially the most half, autos that find yourself being auctioned off by wholesale salvage corporations like IAAI and Copart are listed on the market with only a few particulars about what occurred to them. This isn’t the case right here because the proprietor of the R1T has taken to the ‘Rivian Automotive Followers‘ web page on Fb to explain what occurred.

The proprietor states that he was driving the electrical pickup on a discipline at his father or mother’s farm when it unexpectedly rolled over and landed on its facet. He says that it was so sudden that he hadn’t even put his seatbelt on however that the airbags saved him secure. He warns everybody on the Fb web page “that these vehicles will roll simpler than you’d anticipate them to.”

Rivian was knowledgeable of the crash and reportedly despatched two engineers to the crash website to research simply how the EV rolled onto its facet at what seems to be comparatively gradual speeds. We suspect that the lengthy grass and gentle floor could have performed an element.

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Pictures taken within the aftermath of the crash present that complete injury has been achieved to each facet of the electrical pickup, its roof, and the hood. The windshield has additionally been smashed.

It’s laborious to know if any vital injury has been achieved to the powertrain of the R1T however no less than two of the wheels seem like sitting at a barely odd angle, indicating that some suspension injury could have additionally been achieved.

The IAAI itemizing states that the EV has an precise money worth of $96,503 and is accessible via its department in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Pictures Rivian Automotive Followers/Fb & IAAI