The Rivian Electric Amazon Delivery Van Is Highly Innovative and Incredibly Cool
What it is
Doug DeMuro reviews the Rivian electric delivery van built for Amazon, walking through its quirks, features and design innovations. It is a long, detailed tour of the vehicle inside and out.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as the most thorough walkthrough of the Amazon Rivian van, useful for seeing its real size and delivery-specific design.
- 3 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2023, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“This is a thorough tour, and I want one”
Thorough tour of Rivian's Amazon delivery van.
ctvo, 2023-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Rivian in talks with Amazon to remove exclusivity clause of EV van agreement”
“Duug Demuro gave a full tour of the vehicle”
Full walkthrough of the van, showing its real size.
dmix, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages”
“Doug DeMuro did a rather comprehensive walkthrough as well.”
Comprehensive walkthrough of Rivian delivery van.
ortusdux, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: rivian, amazon, ev, vehicle review, doug demuro
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