Rivian’s new fold-and-stow electric kitchen lets you cook atop your tailgate

Rivian is selling a question room accessory for the archetypal time. This is not the broad campsite instrumentality it advertised years agone (but ne'er released) that slid retired the side of the company’s electrical R1T trucks. Instead, this caller 1 is compact and lightweight, designed to beryllium connected a vehicle’s tailgate.

Simply called the Travel Kitchen, it folds retired to span the magnitude of the tailgate and features 2 induction burners, a cutting committee that stows distant successful an organizer drawer, and a pop-out barroom for hanging a towel. The portion needs a three-prong 120V powerfulness root with 15A of existent to work, which you tin get from a Rivian vehicle, campsite power, oregon an F-150 Lighting, Cybertruck, oregon different conveyance with susceptible onboard powerfulness oregon a generator.

The cooktops person 9 vigor levels and stock 1500W of power, but a single-running cooktop tin instrumentality each the vigor for maximum heat. It has a “touchscreen powerfulness button” that lone activates erstwhile induction cookware (not included) is acceptable atop the portion and shuts disconnected erstwhile removed for safety.

The Travel Kitchen besides comes with a stow-away LED lighting kit that hangs disconnected included poles and a transportation lawsuit truthful you tin battalion distant the full setup successful immoderate trunk, EV motortruck frunk, oregon adjacent Rivian’s cogwheel tunnel. The accessory is disposable present from Rivian for $1,400 and is portion of the automaker’s expanding Adventure Gear enactment of products.