Rivian has reportedly began putting in the redesigned energy tonneau cowl for the R1T all-electric pickup, in response to a Rivian Boards person who had the brand new cowl fitted to his truck final week.
The information comes greater than a yr after the Regular, Illinois-based EV maker suspended manufacturing of the unique powered cowl as a result of it tended to interrupt, so a redesign was so as.
As per the unique poster, the brand new and improved tonneau nonetheless makes use of one motor however it has an up to date spring system to forestall the panels from getting out of alignment, in addition to an up to date backside panel system. The heart and gearing of the mechanism have additionally been bolstered, and there are a number of tweaks that assist hold the slats and gears clear.
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The brand new energy tonneau cowl isn’t within the gear store simply but and pricing hasn’t been introduced. There’s additionally a $1,800 handbook cowl that R1T house owners can seize from Rivian–this one comes with a zipper bag that matches neatly within the pickup’s distinctive Gear Tunnel.
We received in contact with Rivian to verify if the facility tonneau is delivery country-wide and to ask for extra particulars. We’ll replace this story once we hear again.
When the unique electrical cowl debuted, it rapidly grew to become one of the vital criticized issues concerning the Rivian R1T as a result of it was loud and ultimately received jammed, defeating its objective. In October of final yr, the American automaker stopped making it altogether after which, in Might of this yr, the redesigned model–together with its handbook counterpart–was showcased by Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe.
Again then, each choices had been speculated to ship through the summer time, however solely the handbook cowl began delivery in June, whereas the powered variant wanted a number of extra months to get to clients.
As for the brand new model of the powered cowl, some discussion board customers stated it sounds precisely like their authentic covers and puzzled what really modified with the replace. I assume we’ll know extra once we hear again from Rivian.