- Hey guys, it's Justine
and behind me is the brand new Rivian R1S.
And this is the SUV version of the Rivian.
You guys may have seen some of the trucks
but this thing is so awesome.
(car chirps)
And did you hear that?
It sounds like a little chirp!
My sister and I got a chance to test this out
and we're actually in Yosemite right now,
driving this around, testing it.
My sister has definitely been doing more of the driving
than I have, but this has been so much fun.
So let's hop in and let's chat about it.
(car chirps) So great.
(relaxing music)
- [Justine] So now we're gonna be hopping in,
we have two options with us right now.
We actually have the little key fob
which is like a little carabiner, and this is amazing,
'cause you can just hook this onto
your belt, your backpack, whatever.
And there's also the key card, you can use your phone.
And Rivian also has a few other options, too.
They even have like a wristband that allows you
to unlock this.
But we basically have been using the phone
pretty much for the entire trip.
But since we have the key fob, let's unlock
(car chirps)
and chat about this incredible SUV.
It's so amazing!
(relaxing music)
- [Justine] Oh! The heated seats are on, too!
So now that we're inside,
this thing is so spacious and that was one
of the things I was most excited about because
on our impromptu trip here, we went with our parents.
I'm just gonna be honest.
I pack a lot, no matter what I'm going for or where,
the amount of gear, the amount of clothes,
the amount of things that I pack, it's excessive.
And add in three other people,
we were able to fit so much in this.
It was absolutely shocking.
About to load up the Rivian.
Let's go!
(upbeat music)
- [Justine] I love that this has a frunk, of course
since there's no engine in the front like most vehicles.
You're able to store so much in there
and it even has an emergency lock, which we did test.
If you happen to find yourself inside of the frunk,
there is a little release where you can press a button
and you'll be able to get out
which is an incredible safety feature.
I don't recommend doing that,
and Rivian also doesn't recommend doing that.
But the fact that that feature is there
I think is very, very important.
Something else about the frunk that's really cool
is you can actually use it as a cooler.
There's a little plug that you can unplug
to be able to let out water if you did put ice in there.
So this really is one of those vehicles that you
can kind of make whatever you need it to be.
Like if you need your frunk to be a cooler, you can do that.
This does have seven seats in it.
And for our configuration that we have right now
on the road trip, we put the last two seats back
and those folded down and we're able to store all
of our luggage and everything in the back.
It also has a little secret compartment
which you can store more stuff in, which is so amazing.
Like when I say that you can fit a lot of stuff in here,
I am not exaggerating.
Now also inside of that little secret compartment
is a first aid kit and there's an air compressor,
which is actually really helpful because
if you are off-roading or if you're going on a beach
or sandy conditions or if there's dirt,
and you need to let some air out of your tires
to kind of make your way through whatever it is
that you're trying to get through.
And then once you're out,
you need to add the air and you're in the middle of nowhere.
How do you do that?
Well, Rivian's got you covered; a built-in air compressor.
I also really like this because I can fill
up my bike tires when I'm at home.
- [Jenna] Well, there's a bike rack accessory.
- [Justine] My sister from the back seat has said that...
actually I added that on to my pre-order,
was the bike rack accessory.
There's even like a surfboard accessory.
There's so many other accessories that you can get
for the rack up top and even a tent.
They have just so many accessories.
And I think that's one of the cool things
is because we need to also remember
that this is still very early for Rivian.
Somebody had sent a tweet that I think they were
trying to offend me by saying "Rivian just got started,
there's so many other EVs that have been around
for a long time".
And after driving this, if this is Rivian
just getting started...oh my goodness!
Having this be a pre-production model,
I was definitely expecting there to be errors
or maybe some laggy software or things not working.
And we have honestly had no issues whatsoever.
And I was really surprised by that.
Just knowing how many times I've tested a lot
of pre-release software or pre-release products.
Everything has worked so seamless
and I'm so incredibly impressed.
So like I said, if this is the beginning,
I cannot wait to see the future of Rivian.
My sister actually pre-ordered one a really long time ago.
And at the time, I didn't really need to do a car upgrade.
And I'm so jealous because the second that I opened up
this door, when Rivian brought this over for us,
I immediately regretted not pre-ordering years ago.
So the color of this is really beautiful.
They do have a bunch of other options
that you can configure on the website.
So not only can you configure the interior, the exterior,
but you can also configure various wheel types.
And this color is the El Cap Granite,
which is quite fitting because we are here in Yosemite.
And we even got some video footage
of the El Cap Granite in front of El Capitan.
This is the Launch Edition package, and this has all
of the same contents as the Adventure package.
So you can choose between the two,
but with the Adventure package,
it changes the interior badging.
You have free wheel upgrades and you have access
to the limited launch green exterior color.
This also has the large battery pack, which will estimate
about 360 miles of range with the quad motor.
Depending upon which wheels you do decide,
it does say on the website,
some of them will give you less range,
some will give you more.
So depending upon what the look is that you're going for
or what you plan on doing with the car,
that will depend how much range you'll get.
These are the 22 inch sport wheels, bright.
They partner with Pirelli to develop these specifically
for their vehicles and their unique capabilities.
So the current package that I'm sitting in right now
runs about $95,000.
This is the Adventure Quad Motor Large pack,
El Cap Granite, 22 inch bright wheels
with the Black Mountain interior,
and it has the tow hooks.
You can go zero to sixty in three seconds.
And did we test that?
Yup, you better believe it.
- [Jenna] I'm straightened out.
- [Justine] Yep.
- [Jenna] Hold on, straightened out again. One, two...
(car revving)
- [Justine] You hit 60.
- [Jenna] Yeah, that felt like it was zero to three seconds.
And we were also on an incline.
- [Justine] It's also cold out,
so the battery's not prepped.
This has a towing capacity of 7,700 pounds.
It has various drive modes.
There's all purpose, sport, conserve,
towing, off-road, and crawl.
Something that is really cool to kind of witness,
which I'll show you guys here in a second,
is the way that you can adjust the suspension.
Okay, so right now we're in the high setting
and I'm gonna take it down to the low.
And this is taking us down to 10.1 inches.
There's also a highest and lowest setting as well.
Look at this! We're going down.
This has completely changed my shot.
This is great.
Okay, I'm gonna go back up.
Dude, this thing is so great.
I love it.
It is definitely getting dark.
Speaking of getting dark,
there's actually a flashlight right here
in the side.
Like this is so great!
Like what a great idea.
There's also another fun little addition
right here under the center console.
And this discharges inside of the car, which is so awesome
because you never know when you might need to
have some music out in the wilderness.
If you want it, you've got it.
Now, since this is an SUV,
one of the other things that I love is the back hatch.
Now what is unique about this is the fact that,
I've seen this in other vehicles too,
but I love that they have this included,
is there's a top and a bottom hatch.
So if you have a bunch of stuff in there
and you don't want it to go rolling around,
you're able to kind of just open up the top
and that little bottom half stays put.
So all of your stuff doesn't go rolling out.
And something that has really made it easy to put luggage
and gear in and out of this is you're able to
adjust this little ramp right here.
So if it's down, you can see this little ridge right here.
But if you lift it up, it's nice, flat, and smooth.
So you can put in your gear or Rivian recommends going out
and stargazing and you can be super cozy with some blankets.
The panoramic glass roof is so awesome.
And even on our way up here, it was really hot.
It was like 115 degrees on the drive up.
And it is UV coated to protect you from getting a sunburn.
And even though it was that hot,
I was actually quite surprised 'cause I thought that
it would have more of an effect on the drive up.
And it really wasn't that bad at all.
I do like that there are air conditioned seats in the front
and also heated seats in the front and the back.
And that does vary between if you get the Adventure pack
or the Explorer pack.
It was nice because the model that we have
does have air conditioned seats in the front.
And it also, since like right now, it's actually quite cold,
it does have heated seats, so I've had that on and
just having like a nice little spa day.
So the entire trip here was really fun.
And I was concerned because obviously, I think this is a lot
of concerns that a lot of people have
when getting an electric vehicle
with what is the charging like?
It does take a little bit of extra planning
because you do have to map out your route.
But what is great is in the dashboard, we're able to put
in our start and put in our end location.
And it gives you suggestions of where you should charge,
depending upon how many chargers are along the way.
And what we did is we actually mapped ours a little bit
differently than what it suggested,
depending upon what we wanted to do.
So we found some cool restaurants, it was able to charge
for like an hour and a half for lunch.
- Alright, time to feast and then hit the road.
I am watching the charging.
- [Justine] And then we continued on our way.
And then we had to do a bathroom break.
So we found a Walmart and there, we were able to charge
for like another 30 minutes
while we shopped, got some things for the trip.
So I've been eating popsicles, napping,
I'm having a great time over here.
- [Jenna] Yeah, how's your experience as a passenger?
- Oh, you're doing a great job.
Keep it up, Jenna.
- [Jenna] Okay. Dad, how's your experience?
- Great.
- [Jenna] Mom?
- Great.
- [Jenna] Everybody having a good time?
- [All] Woo!
- [Justine] And here at the lodge,
there is actually a fast charger.
So we've been driving around all day and coming back
and being able to charge overnight.
In the park though, they do have Rivian branded chargers.
So that's pretty great to know that
that option is there if we need it.
We tested it out and we charged a little bit.
But since the car was pretty much charged already,
we didn't really need to spend much time there.
And it's great though because
everything is connected to the app.
We could be out and about, roaming, having lunch,
or doing whatever it is that we need to do,
and can always check on it on the app.
Well, that's it.
I just wanted to give you guys a quick little overview
and how awesome it's been to test this out.
I've been a huge fan of Rivian.
I've loved the R1T and it's been really cool
to check out the R1S,
especially here in like adventure town.
Everyone has been stopping me and my sister
and wanting to see it, wanting to talk about it.
We've made so many friends.
So if any of you met us along the way, hi, I'm Justine
and that's Jenna in the car.
And pretty sure Jenna and I sold a few pre-orders here.
So Rivian, you know, we just, we did, we did our best.
(laughing)
A huge thank you to Rivian though,
for letting us borrow this, 'cause this was such a fun trip.
And I have been dying to go on a road trip
and this was the perfect opportunity.
And it was so much fun to get to hang out
with my sister and my parents.
There's Jenna!
I mean the fact that our parents even came along.
Like they extended their trip to make this trip happen.
And since they were in the backseat for most of the time,
they were quite comfy back there.
And it's great to just see something like this still
have so much leg room and space if you're in the backseat.
'Cause I know as a back seat passenger sometimes,
it can get a little cramped back there.
And they had a ton of room.
And even in the third row, when those seats are up,
there's still a lot of room back there.
There's a lot of room back here.
- [Jenna] There's a lot of room.
- [Justine] Look at this.
If anybody questions if there's not enough room
in the backseat, like there's a ton of room back here.
So this thing has absolutely exceeded my expectations
and I am so excited for my sister to get one.
I definitely was playing around with pre-orders.
So I may or may not have pre-ordered one as well.
The white just looks so, so fresh and all the accessories.
Oh my God.
I'm just, I'm freaking out.
Okay. I'm gonna go because the sun is going down
and the moon is gonna come up
and long ago somebody probably left with the cup.
If you know, you know.
♪ 'Cause he's going the distance ♪