
The Rivian R1T, an electric pickup, wins MotorTrend Truck of the Year Award
CNN
Some brand new car companies are hitting huge home runs with groundbreaking new vehicles, according to the staff at MotorTrend.
The Rivian R1T has just been awarded the 2022 MotorTrend Truck of the Year Award just a month after the Lucid Air won the Car of the Year award.
In each case, it was the first time any automaker has won the award with its first vehicle. Tesla won Car of the Year in 2013 with the Tesla Model S, another electric vehicle from a startup automaker, but that was Tesla's second model, after the original Tesla Roadster.

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