To my instinct or extremely limited knowledge of bodyshop and stainless steel, it is extremely hard to repair the stainless steel sheet/shell.
Now think about a dent, you can easily fix it using paste, buffering and painting. But how can you fix it with bare stainless stell?
Further more, the...
The table at Electrek should be Wh/km:
Pickup Model/Variant
50 mph
70 mph
Rivian R1T Performance Dual Motor Max Pack (21″)
151 Wh/km
233 Wh/km
Rivian R1T Performance Dual Motor Max Pack (22″)
172 Wh/km
258 Wh/km
Rivian R1T All-Terrain Dual Motor Large Pack (20″)
184 Wh/km
273 Wh/km...
I don't feel it is a work truck, cabin is squeezed, small trunk, truck bed is not as open as. It is more like a family utility truck.
I am not surprised by the price and expect it would go down when Tesla can make enough trucks though. It will depend on production and demand.