The biggest compliment I can give to the Rivian R1S is that it makes life easy. Exemplified by a recent trip I took to Big Bear with friends — prior to the record-breaking snowstorms that slammed Southern California — the R1S is one of the most comprehensively well-designed and engineered vehicles I’ve ever experienced.
Rivian’s first sucker punch against established automakers is the R1S’s styling. Being a from-scratch startup is one of the company’s biggest advantages, as…