Rivian wowed the internet with its video showing an R1T electric pickup doing a tank turn, basically turning around its own axis by driving one side forward and the other in reverse. Since showing the video, though, Rivian has not mentioned this feature or implemented it in the production R1T, but now it looks like we may see it reach production from another manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz with its upcoming all-electric G-Class, which will be called EQG.
During a conference held by the manufacturer last week, mainly focused on how Mercedes is looking to prioritize profit margins over sales volumes (as seems to be the trend among many premium automakers these days), the company briefly showed a clip of the upcoming EQG performing a tank turn. So even though the focus of the conference was the manufacturer’s move away from smaller cars, to focus on vehicles from the C-Class upward, the EQG stood out.
