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Has it been confirmed that all of these settings can be used at highway speeds? I believe they use half shafts like the X. With the X, the half shaft angle becomes too great at the higher settings and the higher settings can only be used at low speeds. Even the normal setting in the X causes...

Here are some charts to consider: Battery Degradation for our first X: Efficiency of the car vs. quoted efficiency: After battery degradation and my driving efficiency, the Realistic Range of the car at 100% went from 250 down to 186 and a 90% charge went down to a range of just 167 miles:

We do not know how aggressive Rivian is going to be in trying to maximize their EPA range rating. There are ways they can go for the highest range possible, but is not achievable in the real world (This is the Tesla approach). Or their EPA rating could end up like the Taycan, which is easily...

They publish charging speeds for two different chargers. They do not specify which vehicle these are for, nor do they give specifics on the wheel configuration, which can have an impact on range. The mobile charger provides 7.68kW of power and adds 16 miles per hour of range. You have to deduct...

I was not judging. I was just curious based upon your Taycan comments. The Taycan is a solid car. If I was in the market for a sedan, it would probably be at the top of my list. We are pretty active in our Teslas. I wish you could have seen our X last weekend climbing a trail in the North...

For most homes built in the last 20 or so years. I would say yes. The charger rating has to be 20% less than the breaker than you install it on. So a 48 amp charger would need a 60 amp breaker. This is because the chargers draw a sustained current and code requires that the breaker and...

I have to ask. You seem to be pretty enamored with the Taycan. Why aren't you buying one of those?

I have only owned Teslas since 2015. The charging curve for a Tesla is very bad. They quote a large number, but it does not maintain that high level and drops rapidly. I believe Tesla is the exception. The Rivian is quoting an average of 180.6kw for 20 minutes to add 140 miles of range...

Redoing the calcs for the larger Taycan battery, yields similar results: The Taycan has a 93.4kw battery pack and the R1S has a 135kw pack. (The Taycan is including the buffer and I assume the R1S is as well). The R1S has a 45% larger battery. The Taycan charges in the 20 to 80% window at an...

I used the regular Taycan that I found specs for 71 usable and 79 total capacity

Yes and less stress on the battery. I think that is why Ducrider mentioned the 180 pack may be worth waiting for.

Here is my understanding. The Taycan has a 79kw battery pack and the R1S has a 135kw pack. (The Taycan is including the buffer and I assume the R1S is as well). The R1S has a 71% larger battery. The Taycan charges in the 20 to 80% window at an average of 224kw (see below). So the R1S can be...

The last I heard was that you can sit in it and drive it right after they deliver your vehicle.

I worry about that as well. One thing to consider is something another member of this forum educated me on. Because the pack is larger, the amount of energy being applied to each cell is relative to the pack size and therefore less on a 135kw pack than on an 85kw pack. You can charge the...

I think these comments make a lot of sense. I was trying to highlight the possibility of some of these in one of the other topics. There are many things that seem to be open with mixed or confusing messages being sent. Seems awfully close to launch to not share the details, so they may be...

You were very skeptical of this in previous posts. Has the recent 300kw announcement changed that?

That is what I thought. So 300kw at anything less than 800V seems to be off the table. There has been so much speculation on this forum about battery voltage and peak charging Kw. Some seem to act as though they know, the indications from Rivian then seem to contradict those here that purport...

Can you get to 300kw with 480v using any of the available chargers?

You make very good points. I have wanted the 300kw, not because it may be that much faster, but because it is the latest and greatest. I hate buying something new only to see the better version released a short time later. Even though, I am happy with the version I have. The need isn't real...

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