Anyone seen the Rivian vehicles?

[JLS]

now that is funny.

No shit, I just blew coffee across my laptop screen.

 

[JLS]

Call Solyndra support....leave a message

Damn you, had to use Google again.

Sounds like I'd need more than one beer while waiting for the callback.

 

[mtmuley]

A four wheel drive pickup should have a proper V8 engine under the hood. mtmuley

 

[noharleyyet]

A four wheel drive pickup should have a proper V8 engine under the hood. mtmuley

....and a Remington 700 EtronX in the gunrack.

 

[mtmuley]

....and a Remington 700 EtronX in the gunrack.

The all electric hunter. mtmuley

 

[LuketheDog]

https://www.atlismotorvehicles.com/xt-truck

This looks more capable than the Rivian, interested to see where these companies are in 10 years though...

 

[BrentD]

A four wheel drive pickup should have a proper V8 engine under the hood. mtmuley

I've become surprisingly happy with a turbo V6. I cannot imagine an electric truck, even if I did not hunt.

 

[SandyCreek]

until it gets cold out and you're battery life is 75% of what is advertised..

 

[blueridge]

That front grill is fugly, but I like the concept and would consider it if affordable. IMO this is where tax incentives should be focused.

Helped a friend wire a charging station for his Tesla two weeks ago and got to drive it. Holy hell that is one nice car. Just have to be mindful of range, but for 99% of my daily driving it wouldn't be anywhere close to an issue, and more and more charging stations are popping up everyday.

 

[BrentD]

The Wading Depth of 3 feet might be a bit shallow for Randy on his bison hunts. I think he needs more like 4+.

I don't know how he pulled that one off.

 

[Bulldog0156]

I wish Toyota would come out with a full size pickup that gets 25+ mpg. I don't care so much about towing power, but I love the space that my full size pickup affords. 14-17 MPG hurts though.

 

[Irrelevant]

I wish Toyota would come out with a full size pickup that gets 25+ mpg. I don't care so much about towing power, but I love the space that my full size pickup affords. 14-17 MPG hurts though.

Word. I've only ever owned toyota pickups, and with each new one the mpgs have dropped.

 

[elkhnter]

A four wheel drive pickup should have a proper V8 engine under the hood. mtmuley

Or a Power Stroke

 

[NYyotekiller]

A four wheel drive pickup should have a proper V8 engine under the hood. mtmuley

Amen!

 

[Southern Elk]

A four wheel drive pickup should have a proper V8 engine under the hood. mtmuley

Unless it’s a Cummins.

 

[NYyotekiller]

If I’m dropping $70K on a new rig it’ll look something more like this....

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a25384331/2020-chevrolet-silverado-hd-2500-3500-photos-info/

 

[mtmuley]

There is no way an electric pickup will be useful as a hunting rig. I hope to see them. My fee for dragging them to civilization is gonna be steep. mtmuley

 

[mtmiller]

There is no way they are going to make a phone that I can put in my pocket, communicate with satellites, keeps me from getting lost and takes a picture of my dead deer. That's crazy talk.

 

[JLS]

Thanks Miller, I just got to try the new like/laugh function.

Finn says bring the electric pickups. He can pee on the solar panels while I’m drinking beer.

 

[LCH]

I saw something a while back on these, I thought I remembered an estimated starting price of around 150k. My memory could be faulty though.

IF they got to the point that you could drive one 3k miles from home, get around the mountains in all sorts of inclement weather, and get you 3k miles back without constantly stopping to charge, at a price competitive with other pickups, I would consider one.. even if I do prefer the growl of a combustion engine under the hood.