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Driving Amazon’s ELECTRIC Delivery Vehicle: Rivian EDV

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What it is

A first-day ride-along with an Amazon delivery driver using the Rivian electric delivery van. She covers the van's new technology, how it compares to the standard Ford Transit delivery vehicles, and quirks and issues she noticed on the job.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a rare review from an actual delivery driver rather than a car reviewer, showing how the van's design suits the job.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I started watching it thinking “I’ll only watch a minute or two” and got so engrossed I watched the whole thing.”

    Driver's full review of Amazon's Rivian van.

    joshstrange, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages”

  2. “here's a driver evaluation of the Rivian delivery truck made for Amazon.”

    Driver evaluation of Rivian delivery van's job-optimized design.

    Animats, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “The Tesla Semi cab from the practical POV of someone who drives trucks”

  3. “there's also this 20 minute video from an actaul amazon driver, not a car reviewer, which is pretty cool”

    Twenty-minute review from an actual Amazon driver.

    notatoad, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “Amazon reaches 10000 Rivian electric delivery vans in U.S.”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: rivian, amazon delivery, electric vehicles, driver review, last-mile logistics

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