Electric Vehicles

Electric Adventure – Rivian R1T All Electric Pickup Truck

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Meet the Rivian R1T electric adventure truck.  Rivian is a startup company that began in 2009.  However, they did a good job of staying under the radar in the automotive industry until recently.  A video of their upcoming pickup truck the R1T made it onto YouTube. Shortly thereafter, a debut at the L.A. Auto Show. Rivian has since released a new video of the truck. The specs are fairly impressive, at least by today’s standards. At the top end with a 180kWh battery option, the truck is expected to have a range of over 400 miles per charge. The base model, with a 105kWh battery pack will have a range of over 250 miles.  Even the smallest battery is larger than any other EV on the market today.  Of course, the 2020 Tesla Roadster is expected to have a 200kWh battery.

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Tesla Submarine Easter Egg: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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This appears to be a short-lived user interface change to the Suspension Settings. The Tesla Model S/X with air suspension the screen showed a submarine type vehicle. This update was rolled out in the initial V9.0 of the software.  Soon after the v9 software received a minor update about a week or two later it was reverted back.

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LEGO Bugatti

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Quite simply, a full scale LEGO Bugatti.  LEGO decided to back up their statement for their LEGO Technic series about “Build for Real”.  The vision?  They had a team build a 1:1 scale of the Bugatti Chiron.  The LEGO built car can even drive and is powered by LEGO Technic Power Function motors.  This makes your typical LEGO set build look extremely elementary.

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