Sometimes even the highly capable EVs require a helping hand.
Here is an interesting and quite unusual road situation when a Rivian R1T all-electric pickup truck was high-centered on the snow and immobilized.
We have not idea how it happened – maybe the driver wanted to drive through the snow on some kind of parking lot? Anyway, the Rivian R1T got stuck, despite its powerful and very capable quad-motor, all-wheel drive powertrain. If wheels have only a little contact with the ground, then not much can be done.
As we can see in the video provided by Tesla East Bay Fremont, there is also a Tesla Model S electric sedan, which was used to pull the Rivian R1T out of the snow trap.
The all-wheel drive Tesla Model S managed to quite smoothly pull out the R1T, with only a bit of sliding. It’s nice to see that electric cars now can help each other in difficult situations.
Some suggest in the comments that maybe lowering and raising the air suspension a few times would help.
More recently, we saw how the Rivian R1T helped to recover a semi truck that slid off the highway into ditch.
The life often proves us that any vehicle can stuck, this way or another, and electric vehicles – even those considered the most capable – are not exceptions. We guess that sooner or later someone will be immobilized even in the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck.
With mass electrification, drivers should be able to help each other because EV drive is outstanding for towing at low speeds.
Beside towing, electric vehicles might be also useful to power electrical equipment, other EVs on the road or even whole buildings in the case of emergency.
[can we embed also the Instagram post – seems the same video]
Source: Teslarati
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