Woman checked out a 2025 Rivian R1S and was blown away when she was handed the key
- Car enthusiast declared the key of the 2025 Rivian R1S ‘the future’
- The EV SUV with a massive three rows of seats
- However, this innovation was entirely unexpected
Published on Dec 16, 2024 at 7:50 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Dec 17, 2024 at 7:27 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This mom-fluencer and car enthusiast TikToker from the US state of North Carolina knows her cars – but the key of the 2025 Rivian R1S EV, in particular, blew her away.
It’s an SUV with a massive three rows of seats.
It also has some pretty impressive safety credentials.
However, it was the key that made her declare it ‘the future’.
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The 2025 Rivian R1S EV
The SUV is plenty big enough for a family, as Jana Askeland of Real Mom Car Tours explained.
What’s more, the 2024 Rivian R1S earned the much coveted ‘Top Safety Pick’ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
However, what really got the car expert from Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area activated was the SUV’s tool to get into it.
“The guy handed me it and he said ‘Welcome to the future’,” she explained.
When she realized how the EV turned on and off she was inclined to agree.
She simply swipes the credit card-like object across the flush door handle to unlock.
When it’s time to switch off and lock up, you simply park, swipe the card across the popped-out handle, and walk away as it turns itself and locks.
“This is so wild,” she enthuses.
Other cars with an impressive key
Lifting this humble car element seems like a trend in automotive newness currently.
Tesla is finally launching an app that turns your Apple Watch into a car key.
It’s one of a few new functions and features released in the ‘Holiday Update’.
Meanwhile, this Oregon man who managed to get a Bugatti Divo showed how the key is sent and even that’s impressive.
Its carbon-fiber encased crate reflects the finish on the supercar.
The downside is that replacing a lost Bugatti key costs more than a lot of people’s cars.
All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
