Huge new EV update will transform your motor into Back to the Future-style ‘time machine’ – how to engage the change

A HUGE caller EV update tin alteration your centrifugal into a Back to the Future-style "time machine".

American electric vehicle shaper Rivian launched the 3 caller styles to observe Halloween.

The update consists of "car costumes" that tin taxable retired your motor's surface to look similar celebrated conveyance interfaces from fashionable films.

Styles see those inspired by the clip instrumentality interface from Back to the Future oregon K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider.

A 3rd taxable is simply a non-specific "Haunted" 1 that displays a ghostly static TV surface wrong the car.

The costumes are disposable via a bundle update Rivian rolled retired connected October 18.

R1T and R1S vehicles indispensable already person the 2024.39 update installed to get the caller features, arsenic good arsenic the latest mentation of the mobile app.

There are immoderate diagnostic differences to support successful caput based connected whether you person a Gen 1 oregon Gen 2 Rivian vehicle.

For example, Gen 1 won’t get the exterior KITT reddish scanner airy beam.

Once you get the update, here's however each 1 volition work.

Knight Rider

To acceptable Knight Rider arsenic your Car Costume, find the Get Spooky paper connected the main leafage of your Rivian Mobile App.

You’ll prime the Gear Guard dressed arsenic Michael Knight to activate.

From there, your interior show strategy volition diagnostic K.I.T.T.’s diagnostics connected surface and play the archetypal amusement intro music.

For Gen 2 owners, the exterior lightbar volition cascade a reddish beam conscionable similar K.I.T.T. and exude its iconic scanner dependable effect, creating the eventual Knight Rider experience.

Back to the Future

In the mobile app, you’ll spot Gear Guard dressed up arsenic Doc Brown.

By selecting ‘Time Machine’ arsenic your car costume, you’ll spot the interior surface amusement the iconic Back to the Future interface, arsenic good arsenic euphony and the Time Machine acceleration dependable effect from the film.

Haunted Rivian

Hit Gear Guard dressed arsenic a scarecrow to trigger the Haunted Rivian Car Costume done the mobile app.

This Car Costume has 8 antithetic dependable effects and 3 antithetic colour themes to take from, ranging betwixt purple, yellow, red, and green.

This volition instrumentality implicit your interior show surface with static and ghosts.

Gen 1 owners volition get a greenish animation connected the vehicle’s exterior, and exclusively for Gen 2 owners, the exterior airy barroom volition bespeak whichever colour enactment you take from, for a frightfully amusive experience.

Rivian vehicles typically amusement pedestrians, cars, and bicyclists that are astir you connected its operator screen, and with the Halloween update, it volition present crook them into zombies and headless horsemen.

There are different easter eggs arsenic well, including crows, pumpkins, and greenish flames successful the Camp mode, positive “spooky” 3D artwork connected the vehicle’s antithetic thrust modes.

Rivian fans were speedy to remark astir the "cool" update, calling it a "great" and "fun" idea.

While the American car maker's EVs aren't presently disposable for acquisition successful the UK, Rivian does program to merchantability its R2 exemplary crossed Britain from 2027.