Rivian’s Updated Power Tonneau Cover Starts Reaching R1T Owners

Rivian has reportedly began putting in the redesigned energy tonneau cowl for the R1T all-electric pickup, in keeping with a Rivian Forums user 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 production of the original powered cover 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 nevertheless it has an up to date spring system to stop the panels from getting out of alignment, in addition to an up to date backside panel system. The center and gearing of the mechanism have additionally been strengthened, and there are a number of tweaks that assist maintain the slats and gears clear.

Video supply: ColoradoAdventure / Rivian Forums

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 manual cover that R1T owners can grab from Rivian–this one comes with a zipper bag that matches neatly within the pickup’s distinctive Gear Tunnel.

We acquired in contact with Rivian to substantiate if the facility tonneau is transport country-wide and to ask for added particulars. We’ll replace this story once we hear again.

When the unique electrical cowl debuted, it rapidly grew to become one of the most criticized things concerning the Rivian R1T as a result of it was loud and finally acquired 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 guide counterpart–was showcased by Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe.

Again then, each choices had been alleged to ship through the summer time, however solely the guide cowl began transport 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 unique covers and puzzled what truly modified with the replace. I assume we’ll know extra once we hear again from Rivian.