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I spend a day at the Pacific Raceway with the new quad-motor Gen 2 Rivian R1T and R1S running 0-60 and quarter-mile times with both vehicles. The new quad-motor R1T shaved about a second off the Gen 1’s quarter-mile time and can now cross the line in a blistering 10.5 seconds.
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Rivian R1 Gen 2 overview: https://youtu.be/mFLxv8MfaVI?si=1TOAKhCxsYwLiVIB
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00:00 Intro
03:44 0-60 run in the quad-motor Rivian R1S
05:24 0-60 run in the quad Motor RIvian R1T
06:39 Quarter-mile in the quad motor Rivian R1T
09:11 Quarter-mile in the quad-motor Rivian R1S
12:35 Track day summary
16:49 Recap at the track
18:00 Outro
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