The Rivian R1T received the highest Top Safety Pick+ rating in IIHS testing, thanks to strong crash test performance and its electronic safety equipment.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has completed its first crash tests of the Rivian R1T electric pickup, but notThe organization wanted to make sure its equipment could handle the weight of the 7,000-pound pickup and the future heavy electric trucks and SUVs it expects to be evaluating in the coming years.
To do that, it loaded up a couple of old SUVs with enough ballast to get them to 9,500 pounds, which is 1,000 pounds above the weight limit for a light-duty vehicle. The IIHS tested its equipment with a Ford F-150 filled with enough ballast to bring the total weight to 9,500 pounds. The pulley system that gets the vehicles up to the required 40 mph speed proved to be stout enough, so it went ahead and strapped the R1T to it to find out how it would fare.The midsize crew cab received the highest Top Safety Pick+ rating by scoring the required Good ratings in all six crash, roof-test and head restraint tests, being available with automatic emergency braking of Superior ranking, and having Good headlights standard across the model line.
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