Chevy Silverado EV VS Rivian R1T: How two EVS deal with the famous MINT 400 rough road
Something special fell into the desert outside Las Vegas this week: Two of Evs took mint 400 for the first time.
Since the MINT 400 was launched in 1969, vehicles have been operated in the desert beaming race distinguished by dead dinosaurs. Specific spectators and race participants are used both in the smell of race fuel in the air because everything starting from the motivated V8 truck trucks to V8 to modest beetles of the 11 -flyer fly over the jumps, climbing rocks, and go to the dry lake bed.
It all changed in 2024 when a group of R1T and Mint Matt Mart Martlli friends entered EV. This year, Chevrolet entered the game and entered the concept of Silverado EV Zr2 Road Race Concept, a modified version of Truck EV. The Concept’s Delect comes at a time when Chevy is preparing to launch the Silvedo EV TRAIL 2026 coach, the first EV variable on off -road, this summer.
While Rivian is a largely -up stock truck that provides 35 -inch BFGOODRICH tires, Silverto EV got many special parts.
The longer control arms of Hummer EV were taken to allow 13 inches from travel. The air suspension was suspended in favor of double springs at the front-at a spring rate of 1,600 pounds per inch-and one coil sales at the back. They do not have to support a lot of weight and sit in “only” 978 lbs/inch. Hey, this is what happens when the truck weighs approximately 10,000 pounds.
Long springs and 37 -inch BFGOODRICH tires means that the Silvedo EV racing truck is 15 inches. However, the truck itself is so large that I originally estimated that it was only 11 or 12 inches. This is the power of the ratio.
TI-Motor is also taken, with two motors in the back and one in the front. Chevrolet all say it produces 1100 hp and 11,500 pounds of torque.
Do not be severely beaten on a torque number. Chevrolet talks about torque, which is not the measure that the industry usually uses to talk about torque. The company did not give up all numbers to do mathematics, but it is safe to say that the engines produce more than 1,000 pounds of things. Nothing is still sneezing in.
Chefy did not change a battery of 205 kWh. In the street truck, it is good enough for a distance of 440 miles, theoretically enough to race for all four rolls in Mint 400. However, the height of the passengers, the size of the tires, air pressure, air pressure, and dirt abandons them.
Tim Dimitrio, the group director to perform off -road performance in Chevrolet, told me that in a limited amount of tests, the average truck reached 0.5 miles/kilowatts in dirt. But he did not really know how the battery of the driving units interacted with the Sahara solid race.
Not completely square
The chance of seeing Rivian and Chevy Silvedo EV trap in mint due to technology. Although both cars did the race, they were in different seasons.
Rivian competed in the EV production category; Chevrolet, as a car currently not presented to the public, was in the open EV category. Each truck was in one category.
What is worse, R1T Rivian got two -seat of 73 mph, Chevrolet only one roll. It is common for production vehicles to get fewer truck rolls, but I have been hoping that both trucks excite two girls to test both efficiency and charging.
When I asked Martelli about the contradiction, he said: “The Rivian has already raced and completed one roll in the last year’s race. When we graze in any new chapter we try to reduce it. We don’t want them to fail. This is not good for anyone. So we try to manage this by giving them a little more at a time.”
We call it mint 73
As soon as the trucks came out of the starting line, I immediately ran to Silvrado Yves Chevrolet presented me to fuel my car on the weekend.
The first hole is in the 21st mile race, and the first part of the cycle is very fast. The difference leaks from the lake bed, through a few sections of the lubricants and processing some sandy laundry. By the time when I reached the first hole, I missed the truck.
The second hole area is a quick campaign for vehicles, but Chevy only has to pass the course of only 16 miles. We have found a place to stand in time to see Silverado EV with a corner or lower than the hole in a cloud of dust.
The truck crossed the finish line by 40 % of the drawings. This means that it reached an average of 0.6 miles/kilowatt – a little better than the team expected. It took two hours and 10 minutes to complete the cycle, so its average speed was about 34 mph. It is not very heavy for a large OL truck.
Both the driver Chad Hall and the co -driver Mark Stelo were in good moral condition after the race.
“There are absolutely no problems,” Stelo said.
For Rivian, it is Mint 146
After leaving Chevy, I disturbed it to the American electrical chargers to check the rural.
Yes, Rivian must charge a 149 kW battery to make a jet and fortunately, there is a 350 kW charger just a quarter of a mile from the race cycle. The team only must enter and get out of the course at the same point.
I reached a scene of the chaos that it controls.
Dawn R1T Air Spring in a 50 -mg race or so. The team was busy fixing it while the truck was charged.
The driver, Nick Paris, told me that they arrived at the shipping station by 20 % of a fee, which puts his efficiency in the bosom of 1 in the same mile/kilowatt hour, such as the heaviest Sellafo.
He admitted that he has a amount of lead, and hit 110 miles per hour on the bottom of the dry lake. “We have seen Zivi in front of us,” said Brett Riecer. And we said, “Let’s go” and the zoo! ” The Rivian passed by the race was running.
He was accused to 90 %, and he left Rivian in his second bosom. The car blew up in front of them, but it only decreased for 15 minutes.
The Rivian team has reached the finish line by 10 % of the shipping and despite the truck paid 128 miles per hour on LakeBed, their LAP 2’s efficiency remained 0.6 mile/kilowatts.
With the shipping deadline, it is difficult to get medium speed, but I will put it slower slower than Chevrolet. Chad Hall is, after all, a professional race truck driver. Rivian team is just a group of delightful private sectors.
Regardless, since the end of both trucks, both the winners of the class and will receive the first place cup.
Where is Ford, Jeep, Tesla?
While the battery density and infrastructure charging means that these electronic powered excavations will not be competitive with ice racing cars and trucks, it is certain that there is a room for more EVS to enter the battle to test the shipping speed, range and durability.
Ford’s performance – when lightning enters? Hi Jeep, what about Wagoneer entering next year? Heck, I will even support Uncle Elon entering the Internet. GMC can throw Hummer, and maybe its workshop can control Taycan Cross Turismo. Volkswagen helped get the ID4 to the finish line in Baja in Mexico 1000 a few years ago, so let’s bring this little man as well. Imagine the scene of all these vehicles fighting to excel electric dirt.
