Accelerator Pedal

[goldburger]

For those of you who have driven multiple Rivian's have you noticed any difference in the accelerator pedal, specifically the amount you have to press it to get the truck to go? I always felt like I had to depress the pedal pretty far in order to get the truck going and often have leg fatigue as a result. I have had two loaner trucks before and have noticed a difference but I am currently in a loaner now and it just feels so much better. I don't drive with a heavy foot but I have to be much heavier and make the pedal travel further to accomplish the same thing in this loaner, where I am every so lightly depressing it to get it up to speed and feathering lightly to maintain that speed. I feel in my truck I have to make the pedal travel more up and down as well to maintain a consistent speed. I also notice the truck on OEM 20's gets really consistent and great efficiency, better than my truck when I had the OEM 21's on it. There is no variation to my day to day driving of where I go and when I go.

Has anyone else noticed a pedal that you have to press further down than say on other Rivian's?

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[Dark-Fx]

Only driven the two in my driveway. The distance doesn't feel different but it does vary depending on your drive mode. It's possible they make minor changes between updates as well, so if the loaner is behind you might be able to tell a difference.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

No. The loaner I had was identical in throttle response with my truck. Sport to sport was the same.

 

[DaveA]

For those of you who have driven multiple Rivian's have you noticed any difference in the accelerator pedal, specifically the amount you have to press it to get the truck to go? I always felt like I had to depress the pedal pretty far in order to get the truck going and often have leg fatigue as a result. I have had two loaner trucks before and have noticed a difference but I am currently in a loaner now and it just feels so much better. I don't drive with a heavy foot but I have to be much heavier and make the pedal travel further to accomplish the same thing in this loaner, where I am every so lightly depressing it to get it up to speed and feathering lightly to maintain that speed. I feel in my truck I have to make the pedal travel more up and down as well to maintain a consistent speed. I also notice the truck on OEM 20's gets really consistent and great efficiency, better than my truck when I had the OEM 21's on it. There is no variation to my day to day driving of where I go and when I go.

Has anyone else noticed a pedal that you have to press further down than say on other Rivian's?

I agree it’s a heavy pedal in almost all modes but Snow. Probably to make us use driver + more for data collection. ?

 

[goldburger]

I agree it’s a heavy pedal in almost all modes but Snow. Probably to make us use driver + more for data collection. ?

So the pedal feels heavy in my loaner but not it my actual truck.

 

[DaveA]

So the pedal feels heavy in my loaner but not it my actual truck.

Does the loaner have fewer miles?

 

[COdogman]

 

[madgrey]

I drove a loaner R1T for a few weeks while my R1T was at the SC. The throttle behavior was pretty much identical and I'd probably characterize it close to what you are experiencing in your loaner now. Easy to modulate and no dead zone on "tip-in".

 

[goldburger]

Does the loaner have fewer miles?

Almost the exact same.

 

[zefram47]

It's possible they make minor changes between updates as well, so if the loaner is behind you might be able to tell a difference.

They've definitely changed the throttle mapping between updates and it drives me nuts. This last one changed the way regen ramps up as you come off throttle and my muscle memory is not dealing with it well.

 

[goldburger]

Only driven the two in my driveway. The distance doesn't feel different but it does vary depending on your drive mode. It's possible they make minor changes between updates as well, so if the loaner is behind you might be able to tell a difference.

Loaner has the same software update as mine. I actually updated the software in the loaner so I could see Halloween mode. The throttle mapping didn’t change between updates, and mine has been consistently light since I got the truck.

I cant really be the only one who experiences this— it’s noticiably different— but I’m reticent to bring it up as service advisor Mike was already very rude, mocking, and condescending, and I’d rather limit my insanely poor interactions with him.

 

[jemkewl]

Driven an R1S on 22s and drive my R1T on 21s.
Throttle is not heavy in either in AP mode and noticed minimal difference between the two different vehicles.

 

[Christopher]

While over time I think the accelerator behavior has been tweaked, I have not noticed a difference between my R1S and R1T against 4 other Rivian vehicles I've driven.

 

[azbill]

I find it to be heavy in conserve mode, and even heavier in tow mode.

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

What is the state of charge? I had mine charging to 70% daily and i have noticed a difference in response since i changed it to 80%. Some variation in response is normal in EV as the temperatures change. Behind the scenes the amount of power you can pull out of the battery is fluctuating.

My Teslas were really noticably hindered in cooler weather both on accelerator response and regen. Once the temps warmed up it was a whole different car.

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