That is totally bonkers.

Is this a truck or a racing vehicle? Rivian: Yes.

I made this same drive in my R1S a little over a week before this. My time was a bit slower.

Pack temps held all the way until 8:12 before going amber. Thermal control on this Gen 2 appears to be absolutely insane! And an impressive driver to boot!

The 0-60 and the HP numbers don’t mean anything until you watch a mad lad push the vehicle to the absolute limit on a world famous hill climb like Pike’s Peak. That was nuts!

The stability of the car, the set of brakes, and the dexterity of the driver were outstanding. Incredible! The pilot dances with death throughout the narrow and steep mountain route. How wonderful! Rivian comes to Brazil!

Epic run! Gardner pushed so hard for that sub 11 minute time. Thanks Rivian for making these vehicles, and for posting the entire clip.

8:30 - shoves understeer @ 111mph, feeds full throttle on exit, lifts, pitches it in over the bumps, full throttle exit, checks the rear view mirror, looks at the gauges then fist pumps the air. That's success right there!

brand loyalty enhancement.

Watching from the helicopter it looks so tame and casual, onboard, it's anything but! Great job Gardner and the Rivian team! So stoked to have my R1T Quad!

Glad to be part of the Rivian family!

To think I get to drive this same truck everyday, definitely my happy place. Thanks Rivian❤️

Congratulations Gardner and the entire team of talented people at Rivian. So much to be proud of!

To quote Ron Weasley, that was bloody brilliant!

the way it shoots uphill out of the corners is really impressive

Incredible driving Gardner. You’ve got some serious stones to push a 7,000 lb truck along those cliffs at those speeds. My heart was pounding watching the video particularly around some of the high speed sweepers that got a little bouncy.

Epic the truck doesn’t have down force feature this is insane,incredible and faster than many other vehicles congratulations to the driver thanks for sharing!

8:56 Heart in mouth moment!

NGL I gripped my own seat when he was going into some of those turns at 80+ 😬, Great run Gardner, and congrats Rivian!

Lane Keep Assist and Lane Departure Warning OFF. Lol 😂

I was on the edge of my seat the whole video 😮! The stability is insane!

When I heard the record I was excited. Seeing the video I'm terrified. It's honestly kinda scary that this is a production truck. 😬

I have a Ford Lightning but I gotta say this is an amazing run by this truck. Props to Rivian.

Rivian should offer some limited package with this livery, or some inspired by it, much the way Bentley did a few years ago.

Nice! I own a R1S and these are fun vehicles to drive. That instant power is something that still impress me daily.

My right ear loves this

WOW! Stock as a rock straight from the factory, including the tyres. That's impressive!

The truck is a masterpiece, but the driver may have been even better. A murderous symphony of AWD tire squealing combined with vista's of plunging horror. A heroic expression of a man's will.

That was simply Insane!! Rooting for you guys! Go Rivian!

That was intense. What a great run. Congratulations. Total awesomeness.

I saw 119 mph at one point.

The last two minutes were heart stopping! Holy 100+mph. 😮 Go Rivian!

Seeing him save the truck at 90+ while she's getting squirrely made me pucker

Great to see Rivian doing stuff like this! Such awesome vehicles.

Incredible truck and incredible driving!! Congratulations Rivian!

ASCEND TO THE CLOUDS!!! Amazing run by Gardner Nichols!

Honey let's buy a pickup for camping and groceries. Me on weekends.........! Super excited to be a part of this company.

Just had my group Zoom call. Cant wait for my interview. Super excited to join the Rivian family!

Great driving and performance 👏

Looks like a comfortable race up the peak!

Oh man, that was stressful. Awesome driving!!

That was absolutely insane!

Amazing. Congrats to everyone involved.

Let's Gooooo!! What an awesome run!

Nichols' ability to handle the understeering at the end of the course was incredible. Great Driving and wonderful display of engineering.

Incredible to send Pikes Peak with so much understeer. What a driver!

What an epic run!!!

Wouuu, power Rivian🏁

Very impressive for one of my favorite trucks

I'm a proud owner of Rivian stocks after seeing this.

That's freaking awesome 👍

When i first heard of rivian before any r1ts were even in production, i never thought id see a video of one getting a 11 minute time on pikes peak. Ceazy times we live in

Incredible skill! On the limit!

Looks crazy

Name another truck that can do that 👏 way to go Rivian!

That’s insane!

So awesome. And stresses me out so much.

So cool!! I want one of these so bad. I think the Rivians aren't just great performers but they look great. I'm thrilled that VW is stepping in as a partner (future Scout platform?) and I'm rooting (and investing) for their success!!

Awesome and thanks for sharing. I think Pikes Peak was more interesting when it wasn’t paved though! Would love to see the Rivian tearing up that road when it was dirt.

Holy cow 🎉 welcome to today’s hyper truck!! Fantastic job Rivian team and where can I get a race suit like that 👍

INTENSE

Great job Gardner!

Awesome!

This is a great drive, would recommend it to anyone. Hint: the entry gates close 2 hours before the exit gates. So wait to enter until right before the gates close then pull off somewhere for awhile. What this does is allow uphill traffic to clear out. Then you can go balls to the wall. Illegally of course. I think the speed limit is like 25mph. If you don't do it that way, you'll be stuck driving behind some old granny the whole time going 25 mph Trust me on this, I've done it this way 3 times in 3 different vehicles of mine. I've also gone when there was traffic and that was miserable. This doesn't allow time for sightseeing though. This method is strictly for people who want to have a spirited drive and obviously risk driving off the mountain.

Great driving.

Impressive!

Amazing run, congratulations. Looked like those tires were getting really greasy in the last section, not that I can blame them.

That was so RAD!

Great! Crazy! Bonkers!

Impressive how long it stayed cool, than didn't greatly reduce power once warm. Please make us the R1X with really capable suspension and power. I've owned 2 rivians, big fan!

With balls that big I’m surprised he fits on racing bucket seats. Impressive

Wow 🤯

wow just wow

I mean…what is it? 3 1/5 tons, 0-60 in something like 3 seconds, handles like a sports car, fully stock, could easily climb those mountains passing through the woods (one of the best off road vehicles out there)…someone kicked it out of the park in doing their job 😂

Nice Video. Good job. I bet that loud beeping buzz noise got on the drivers nerves as it did mine.😆🤨

That's awesome

Competitors masquerading as performance vehicles while Rivian is putting their money where their mouth is in the real world

I can't wait to get my Rivian.

Wow!!

R3x looks so good

The slip angle🔥

WOW thats crazy!!!!!

Beast

My right ear really enjoyed tthe sound

Cant wait to get rivian in europe..

Can't wait to see a R3 or R3X do this run!

so fast for a luxury pick up is incredible!! and those driving skills are fire !!!

R1T Quad GEN2 ... INSANELY FAST!!!

WOW!

I was really wanting to see this run and view! Did someone forget to replace the proxy media on the export.

Was the liqueur store about to close? 😅 What a performance both driver and the truck.

That was insane. But what was the recorded time? And what place did you all get. Also what was the constant warning beep that kept going off?

Looks like they sorted a few things. Hopefully their new update will make my R1S not feel like it’s breaking its suspension knuckle over a road imperfection.😮

I’m still holding out hope there going to add rear wheel steering at some point. 🔥

Just wondering about the battery, and other, temps during that amazing run. the Hyundai I5N boys said their cars, and they are great cars, could make the full climb without overheating or losing power. Was wondering if this truck could do the same? I see in the video on the bottom right the battery icon goes red, but that could just mean it's warm, and not slowing the truck at all. It looks like it is pulling hard all the way to the clouds. Just curious, as a huge EV fan, I love seeing the technology getting better and better. Really looking forward to the smaller R3, as I may be able to afford that one. Great run, and keep going back to the peak!

I feel salty for putting up the volume before the video started 😂 great stuff though 👏

What a great run. I bet his time would have been even better if the battery hadn't started over-heating!!!

Almost went off the course within the first 3 turns. Was there any particular reason for running stock ride hight and no aero?

How much Regen on the way down?? What was battery % at the top and bottom after descending??

Freaking insane?!!