Rivian filed to patent a “tank turn” in 2019. Toyota did the same thing in 2020. Ford Authority has discovered that Ford also did the same thing in 2020, a few months after Toyota. In an application ...

The Rivia n R1T and R1S won’t be getting a tank turn function after all. Despite having initially promised such a feature for the electric adventure truck, and even posting a video of it in action, ...

When Rivian first burst onto the EV scene with the R1S SUV and R1T pickup in 2019, few features grabbed more attention than "Tank Turn" – a party trick that allows the EV to spin in place like an ...

Or so the teaser would have us believe. We’ll know for sure in a few days. When Rivian first burst onto the EV scene with the R1S SUV and R1T pickup in 2019, few features grabbed more attention than ...

Mercedes-Benz is not messing around with its move to zero-emission vehicles. Its EQ lineup is only getting stronger with each new addition. The EQG, however, is going to introduce something rather ...

A couple of recent Ford patent filings showcase some interesting ideas for off-road vehicles. An application published with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on April 21 describes ...

Never mind Elon's Tesla Cybertruck, the Rivian R1T pickup and R1S SUV are still very much on Roadshow's most anticipated new trucks list -- EV or otherwise. And if both all-electric vehicles weren't ...

Electric vehicle startup Rivian has previewed the innovative tank turn feature that will be available with both the R1T pickup and R1S SUV models. The world first caught its glimpse of Rivian’s tank ...

Rivian first confirmed the tank turn feature for the R1T and R1S in December 2019, but the EV maker has postponed its introduction several times since then. In September 2021, for example, the EV ...

Sidd started as a freelance writer for TopSpeed back in 2017 and took up a full-time position a year later. 2,100+ articles later, he got into the editorial side of things and is now the sitewide ...

Another electric, overland-focused SUV is announced, and yet another cool party trick comes with it. Mercedes last week showed off a camo-wrapped EQG electric G-Wagen ripping what are commonly known ...

Back in 2019, when Rivian was just another EV startup, it delivered a tidal wave of virality by teasing “tank turn,” in which a shiny new R1T pickup drove in, spun in place, then drove off. A recent ...