While Rivian has said the video was not released in an official capacity, the terms "Tank Steer" and "Tank Turn" were both trademarked by the forward-thinking automaker in September 2018, as Inside EVs revealed. Those trademarks are dead according to Autoblog, their applications failed.
the R1T and R1S utilize four independent motors at the wheels; there's no reason they can't rotate the vehicles — wheels spinning forward on one side and in reverse on the other, as in the video, to do a smart about-face
This video clip is CGI by the way.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/29132/video-shows-rivian-r1t-pickup-truck-doing-impressive-180-degree-turn-with-tank-steer
https://electrek.co/2019/07/24/rivian-electric-pickup-truck-tank-steer-video/
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