Out of Spec: Rivian R1T Highway Range Test

[Canthoney]

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[Joints4Sale]

It's awesome that final milage was off only by 4 miles from the Guess O Meter. Incredible at 70mph.

 

[Attesan997]

This is exactly the video I’ve been waiting for. Glad there were no surprises, this will work perfectly for me for the type of all around driving I’d do. Hopefully Driver+ and lane keep assist can be decoupled in the future. I don’t mind roads aren’t mapped but a good bit of trip fatigue could also be mitigated by a basic lane keep assist with or without a “simple” adaptive cruise.

 

[guernsej]

I can't access youtube right now - what were the results? Was it with off-road package and 20s?

 

[COdogman]

Pretty good I’d say. Living in CO like Kyle I wouldn’t be comfortable going with anything other than the 20” ATs, but those of you who don’t need those will get a few extra miles each charge.

 

[COdogman]

I can't access youtube right now - what were the results? Was it with off-road package and 20s?

Yes, his truck has 20” ATs. Start of trip with full charge the system told him he would have 293 miles and when he returned to the office after confirming on Google maps he got about 290 miles. He had a tail wind headed east and a headwind coming back. Pretty good overall!

 

[Joints4Sale]

I can't access youtube right now - what were the results? Was it with off-road package and 20s?

Yes, 20" AT tires in conserve mode. 293 miles projected on the GOM 100% charge, 289 miles driven by Odometer and 292 miles per Google map calculation.


EDIT: LOL, COdogman and I were replying at the same time.

 

[guernsej]

Thanks!!

 

[Canthoney]

Pretty impressive results I would say. Looks like if you really baby it you could get beyond the EPA results. I’m sure with the other tire configurations, you’ll get a better range as well.

 

[Guy]

It was surprising that the truck said 124KW used down to zero. The pack is 135 and the thought had been that was very close to the useable amount. Maybe not.

 

[Mister Person]

Why is 73 mph on the dash really 70 mph?

 

[Taycanfrank]

This is about the range I'd get from my Taycan 4S on 20" tires doing the test the way he did, maybe a bit less.

Good result but not amazing. I'd like to see the test in All Purpose mode as it sounds like conserve isn't the most enjoyable to drive in, especially for those of us with beat up highways.

I'd also like to see the test at 80-82ish MPH, which is the real speed most of us will highway cruise at. There tends to be a large efficiency drop from 70 to 80.

 

[shamoo]

Why is 73 mph on the dash really 70 mph?

There's always some error with indicated (speedometer) speed and actual GPS speed. Some cars have a large variance, some have smaller. 3mph at ~70mph is one of the better ones I've seen. The variance gets a lot higher as speeds increase.

If you watch "top speed" runs on YouTube where the speedo says something like 200mph, GPS will show something like 185mph instead.

 

[Canthoney]

It was surprising that the truck said 124KW used down to zero. The pack is 135 and the thought had been that was very close to the useable amount. Maybe not.

I believe the battery buffer is 128 kW, I don’t remember where I saw that though

 

[bael]

Pretty impressive results I would say. Looks like if you really baby it you could get beyond the EPA results. I’m sure with the other tire configurations, you’ll get a better range as well.

And he said it had the off-road equipment

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