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British motoring journalist James May picked Rivian Automotive Inc.’s (NASDAQ:RIVN) R1T over Tesla Inc.’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Cybertruck, saying he would choose the Rivian if forced to decide between the two electric pickups.

May Praises Rivian’s Interior And Design

May, best known for "Top Gear" and Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime Video series "The Grand Tour", took a Rivian R1T Quad on a road trip across Virginia with co-hosts Lucy Brown and Eve Rawlings.

During the trip, May praised the truck’s interior styling, design mood and "gear tunnel," a storage compartment that runs across the vehicle behind the rear seats. He said that if Rivian made a smaller vehicle, roughly the size of a Tesla Model Y, with the same interior and overall character, he would "be up to that" back home in the U.K.

While demonstrating the tailgate and tonneau cover, May noted, "The tonneau on the load bay opens with that button there, rather like it does on the Cybertruck, in fact. And there is our luggage." He added that the R1T "would only hold roughly half as much" luggage as the Cybertruck.