With the tri-motor Cyberbeast, however, which has 845 hp, can sprint to 60 in just 2.6 seconds and has a top speed of 130 mph, that problem suddenly disappears, albeit for a $20,000 price penalty.

During our test, the Rivian R1T Dual-Motor Performance with the Max battery gave us a 264-mile Road-Trip Range, which makes it the longest-traveling Rivian we’ve tested.

And this is the 600-hp dual-motor version. We're predicting that the 315-hp single-motor Cybertruck might be best avoided while the 845-hp Cyberbeast version will presumably make fireworks.

Compared to the quad's 3.0 second 0-60 mph time, the R1T dual-motor in Performance form takes just 3.5 seconds. Even the "slowest" version will still do that in 4.5 seconds.

Rivian gave its dual-motor models a lot more go when it introduced the $5,000 Performance Pack. The package ups power from 533 horsepower to 665 hp, with an impressive 219 pound-feet torque gain ...

This dual-motor Foundation Series truck packs 593 hp and 525 lb-ft of torque, enough to push the 6,660-pound stainless-steel attention magnet to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds and through a quarter mile in ...

The standard Dual-Motor variant offers 533 horsepower, 610 pound-feet of torque, and a 0-60 time of 4.5 seconds for the R1T and the R1S. This model with the Max battery starts at $89,000 for the ...

Only the 835-hp Quad-Motor Rivian R1T and the 1,000-hp GMC Hummer EV 3X threw down quicker acceleration times than this two-motor R1T. TL;DR: Spending that extra 10 grand on the Max battery doesn ...