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Jameson is based in Southern California and has been driving electric vehicles since 2009 and writing about EVs, sustainability and policy for Electrek since 2016.

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Rivian already has a patent on Tesla’s Cybertruck ‘range extender’

rivian patent range extender auxiliary battery

Tesla delivered the first Cybertrucks yesterday, and with that delivery event came the revelation that in order to get the range it promised, the Cybertruck needs a separate battery pack in the bed. But a similar battery pack system was already patented years ago by one of Tesla’s competitors in the electric pick-up space.

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