Rivian Automotive will not enable the "tank turn" feature in its R1 off-road vehicles because the four-wheel thrust needed to rotate in a circle is potentially damaging to trails, CEO RJ Scaringe ...

Rivian will not be adding a "tank turn" feature to its electric vehicles, company CEO RJ Scaringe has confirmed. It would have allowed them to spin in place like a top.

On Christmas day, Rivian posted a video to its YouTube channel of a unique "Tank Turn" feature that it seemed to indicate would actually be included on next year's R1T pickup and R1S SUV.

Rivian first showed the feature, which allows a quad-motor R1T or R1S to turn in place like a tank, in 2019. A patent application for a seemingly related "K-turn mode" surfaced in 2021.

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 ...

Although Rivian initially held back on the tank turn feature ahead of the R1S and R1T’s launch, it is coming for the long-awaited second generation of the quad-motor models.

Rivian has been masterful at keeping interest stoked in its upcoming R1T electric pickup as the vehicle edges closer to launch. But one of the R1T's most-hyped features — the tank turn — won't ...

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A new Rivian video has a surface that shows the Rivian pickup in what looks to be near-production form. The video is showing a new feature of the quad-motor pickup that allows it to perform Tank Turn.

It's also not clear whether Tank Turn will be standard or optional. We likely won't know more until the Rivian R1T pickup and R1T SUV hit the market, which is expected to be in late 2020 or early ...