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Hugin

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2. I was caught behind a Rivian in heavy rush hour traffic recently...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:41 AM

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It looked to be fairly new and due to its erratic stop-n-go behaviors it’s operator must’ve been new to an EV as well. They seemed to be having some trouble adapting to the different acceleration/torque curve of an EV. Maybe it was set in some sort of an off-road mode. Many horns were sounded.

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