Rivian cooks up the last word modern tenting accent, the Journey Kitchen

When EV producer Rivian made its debut in 2017, it planted its flag within the floor to assert the territory of final electrical off-roader. Others have adopted, however the Californian’s firm mix of clean, neo-tech design with genuinely rugged, sensible particulars, have rapidly made its R1 and R1T autos akin to the automotive equal of Gorpcore, technically proficient, extraordinarily succesful, but additionally trendy and fascinating in each scenario.

While Rivian will quickly delve into extra conventionally car-like designs with the upcoming Rivian R2 and R3, the R1 and R1T stay pitched at out of doors lovers, each honest climate and foul. This new accent from the corporate is assured to get outward bounders salivating. The brand new Journey Kitchen is a conveyable, multi-functional affair that designed to fit into the SUV’s storage’s locker.

Rivian describes the kitchen because the ‘excellent cooking companion’, and while it’s not fast the pull-out, semi-integrated kitchen idea proven in early renders, it’ll positively do the job. Designed to work with the R1’s integral energy supply (or any 120V supply with 15A of present), the all-electric two-burner induction cooktop is a masterpiece of fold-out design.

When unpacked from its customized carry case and opened up, the kitchen matches exactly on the truck’s drop-down tailgate. Along with the dual burners, the kitchen contains drawers and inserts for utensils, in addition to a chopping board, and particular LED hangout lights that may be affixed to poles that slot into the work floor. The hob itself is managed with a lockable capacitive contact management panel and can solely switch warmth to an induction pot on a burner, making it safer to make use of.

‘We got down to create a cooktop that was useful, whereas nonetheless being uniquely Rivian and feeding into that way of life,’ says Rivian’s Chief Design Officer Jeff Hammoud. Pack down and storage is particularly essential out within the area, and the Rivian Journey Kitchen makes good use of the R1T’s Gear Tunnel cupboard space, an 11.6 cubic toes house that runs the complete width of the truck and will be accessed from both facet. The 1.34m lengthy unit can even match into the entrance trunk of the R1, in addition to the rear trunks. The corporate guarantees that extra bespoke journey gear might be accessible quickly.

Rivian Journey Kitchen, $1,400, Rivian.com, @RivianOfficial