Rivian Rollover

[Ogre]

Anyone interested in a slightly used Rivian?

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2022/12/1...ian-truck-owners-will-roll-easier-you-expect/


It should be pretty tough to do this, but the owner says it wasn’t that crazy and it looks like it happened on fairly flat ground.

 

[Crissa]

I'd expect them to roll fairly easily and I'd expect the lack of a seatbelt contributed to losing control.

-Crissa

 

[Ogre]

I would think they would be fairly good about rollover since they have battery packs low to the ground. I guess 16” of clearance is a bit too much. Hopefully Cybertruck is a lot better here.

Once things go south, being unbuckled could lead to accelerating the problem fast.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Anyone interested in a slightly used Rivian?

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2022/12/1...ian-truck-owners-will-roll-easier-you-expect/


It should be pretty tough to do this, but the owner says it wasn’t that crazy and it looks like it happened on fairly flat ground.

A bent EV is still an EV. Right? A Rivian can survive a roll can’t it?

 

[Ogre]

A bent EV is still an EV. Right? A Rivian can survive a roll can’t it?

Clearly it can “survive” it.

I don’t think I’d want to buy a truck with that kind of damage myself.

 

[Crissa]

EVs are less bothered by rollovers than ICE vehicles because they don't have so many fluids with air gaps.

Same problem with denting the fuel source and drive components, tho.

-Crissa

 

[tmeyer3]

A bent EV is still an EV. Right? A Rivian can survive a roll can’t it?

Sure, but good luck convincing your insurance company that haha

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Clearly it can “survive” it.

I don’t think I’d want to buy a truck with that kind of damage myself.

I meant that the owner will want to keep it.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Sure, but good luck convincing your insurance company that haha

The pictures make it look like it just fell on its side and stayed there. It might just be surface damage.

 

[Crissa]

The pictures make it look like it just fell on its side and stayed there. It might just be surface damage.

Probably is.

I've turned my motorcycle upside down many times to no ill effect to it except a couple broken pegs.

-Crissa

 

[LoneWolfO6]

Anyone interested in a slightly used Rivian?

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2022/12/1...ian-truck-owners-will-roll-easier-you-expect/


It should be pretty tough to do this, but the owner says it wasn’t that crazy and it looks like it happened on fairly flat ground.

Maybe he was motivated by the Model Y pictured ripping through the field. Messing with the bull the Rivian got the horns?! Glad he was ok.

 

[Ehninger1212]

Idc who you are.. vehicles don't just randomly decide to roll over..

I will chalk this one down as user error.

 

[egandalf]

Idc who you are.. vehicles don't just randomly decide to roll over..

I will chalk this one down as user error.

Definitely strikes me as a bad decision to go "full send" expecting thick grass/straw to offer the same opportunity to get loose as gravel. Followed by a cat-like attempt to pass it off as no big deal on their part (as when my cat accidentally slides off the couch then acts all casual about it).

Friction clearly disagreed with whatever he was attempting to do. He was trying to make the truck do something physics clearly disagreed with.

How much lateral speed do you think is required to send a bottom-heavy vehicle into a 270° roll?

 

[jerhenderson]

Better get a NHTSA investigation going.

 

[CyberGus]

As a future Cybertruck owner, I admit being torn between wanting to test the limits of my truck, and the limits of my insurance