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Driving Amazon’s ELECTRIC Delivery Vehicle: Rivian EDV

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.

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Why HN readers recommended 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.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Friday Adventure Club
Topic
electric delivery vans
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
3
Recommendation years in dataset
2022–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I watched a video [0] (that I think I found here, maybe Reddit) months ago about these trucks (a driver did a full “review” of it), it was pretty freaking cool. I started watching it thinking “I’ll only watch a minute or two” and got …

    joshstrange on Hacker News · 2023-07
    In Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages

  • At the smaller end of electric trucks, here's a driver evaluation of the Rivian delivery truck made for Amazon.[1] This looks like it was designed by time and motion study people. It's optimized for a very specific job. Door control and access are all really …

    Animats on Hacker News · 2022-12
    In The Tesla Semi cab from the practical POV of someone who drives trucks

  • there's also this 20 minute video from an actaul amazon driver, not a car reviewer, which is pretty cool: [VIDEO]

    notatoad on Hacker News · 2023-10
    In Amazon reaches 10000 Rivian electric delivery vans in U.S.

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