2022 Rivian R1T Interior Review: A New Standard?

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Rivian's new electric pickup is riding the wave of the future. Does the interior quality and tech set a new standard?

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 I'm Christian Seaborn from Motor Trend.

00:07 And as you can see from this very dirty Rivian R1T,

00:10 I just got off the trail.

00:11 So I'm gonna plug her in, go grab a coffee,

00:13 and then I'll show you around the interior.

00:14 What do you think?

00:15 (upbeat music)

00:18 All right, so now that I've got my coffee,

00:23 now that we're plugged in,

00:24 let's take a look around the interior.

00:26 So the Rivian R1T's interior is kind of a nice mix

00:30 of old and new.

00:31 On the old front, you have a traditional automotive feature

00:34 such as this really nice wood grain dashboard,

00:36 which is probably my favorite feature.

00:37 But on the new front,

00:38 you have the very obvious kind of Tesla-like screens.

00:41 You have a very high resolution screen

00:43 for your instrument cluster,

00:44 and then another one for your infotainment features

00:46 in the middle.

00:47 The center console is really neat.

00:49 It's pretty deep.

00:50 And in front of it,

00:51 we have this really useful kind of storage shelf,

00:53 which I just noticed is actually little Rivian logos

00:56 that'll wirelessly charge your phone.

00:57 In front of it, we have, where my coffee's sitting,

01:00 is this cup holder that pops out.

01:02 To be honest, this is the only cup holder up front,

01:04 and it's not enough.

01:05 In back, the seats aren't quite as comfortable as the front.

01:12 The front seats, I can happily spend literally 12 hours

01:14 on the trail getting beat up in.

01:16 But legroom's pretty real neat.

01:18 Interior materials stay in the same quality in the back.

01:20 A lot of manufacturers will cheap out

01:21 on the materials in the back.

01:22 Rivian hasn't.

01:23 And as for cup holders,

01:25 there's a flip down armrest,

01:27 and then you can actually, behind the armrest,

01:29 roll up this little door and reach into the gear tunnel

01:32 and grab whatever you need.

01:33 On the center screen, we have a drive mode screen,

01:35 and there are five drive modes,

01:38 all-purpose, sport, conserve, off-road, and towing.

01:41 And each of those generally has

01:42 a couple other settings in there.

01:44 Plus, we have multiple suspension heights.

01:46 Overall, honestly, I've spent well over 40 hours

01:49 in the Rivian R1T's interior.

01:51 I think the design's really nice.

01:52 I think it seems really well-built,

01:54 especially in this pre-production phase.

01:55 Its biggest misses are basically lack of storage.

02:00 There's a good amount,

02:01 but more cup holders are always welcome.

02:03 Other than that, some maybes,

02:05 the more hard buttons for features

02:07 like volume or temperature.

02:10 But those are things that Rivian is aware of

02:13 and working on, so we shall see what the future holds.

02:16 But otherwise, in all honesty,

02:18 for a new automaker with their first effort off the bat,

02:21 I'm generally pretty impressed with the Rivian R1T.

02:24 If you wanna hear more about the interior,

02:26 if you wanna read what it's like to drive the Rivian R1T,

02:28 please head to MotorTrend.com for more.

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