The Rivian R1T Might Be Getting A Moveable Cinema | Carscoops
What’s higher than kicking again and watching your favourite film whereas tenting along with your electrical pickup?
November 30, 2023 at 19:37
The Rivian R1T has loads of progressive options, none extra intriguing than the slide-out camp kitchen hidden inside the pickup’s gear tunnel, positioned between the cab and the mattress. It seems as if the automobile producer is engaged on one other intriguing accent for the gear tunnel, this time a slide-out projector and show.
Particulars concerning the new characteristic had been found by way of a current trademark software made with the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace. There are different automobile producers which have began experimenting with large inside screens excellent for films, just like the current Skyhome electrical sedan, however that is the primary time we’ve seen a automobile model toying with the thought of a projector like this.
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Photos offered as a part of the trademark software present that the setup can be housed in a custom-built drawer that slides out and in of the gear tunnel. This draw features a small leg to face on and homes the undertaking, wi-fi audio system, a big roll-up projector display. CarBuzz stories that the array additionally features a mirror to tweak the picture being projected and the audio system may very well be eliminated and positioned across the viewer for an epic surround-sound expertise.
The patent additionally reveals that all the things can be powered by the R1T’s battery pack. Moreover, we are able to see that the projector could be faraway from the drawer and positioned elsewhere on the truck, like within the frunk after which directed to a display on the rear of a second Rivian. Very similar to the camp kitchen, it seems that all the things could be simply stowed within the gear tunnel.
Rivian’s camp kitchen was initially a $5,000 choice however that value was elevated to $6,750 earlier than it was discontinued. It’s at present present process a redesign. The slide-out projector and display most likely gained’t be low cost however we’d be shocked if it instructions as a lot because the kitchen when (and if…) it reaches manufacturing.