Took delivery of our 2025 Dual Max R1S

[JeremyP]

We finally took delivery of our R1S on Saturday before our early pricing expired. There was a lot of uncertainty and anxiety around the delivery the week leading up to it since our vin was changed twice due to vehicles that wouldn't make it to the Denver service center in time, after having locked in a vehicle from the shop a few weeks earlier and having it sit at the factory. We could only take delivery on Saturday since we had to drive from Grand Junction (4 hour, 250 mile drive). The actual delivery was smooth and we had them charge it to 100% for the drive home. It was 260 miles home, mostly on I70 over mountain passes and we still had 31% left when we arrived with 2.6 mpk efficiency. I kept up or went faster than traffic in standard height, so I was pretty impressed with the efficiency. Overall we are really enjoying it!

Update:

We took a trip up onto the Grand Mesa yesterday to view the fall colors, and again after 125 miles going from 4500 to 10,800 feet and back the efficiency was 2.6. I'll be testing out towing our camper soon to see what that efficiency/range is.

I'm really surprised how close in height the R1S in highest mode is to my 4runner on 37" tires. I did have to work hard to keep the 4runner low when I swapped the front axle in.

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[CarGuyCarl]

Sounds like a great first trip in the new R1. Any plans for off road action or is that saved for that awesome looking 4Runner in your profile pic?

 

[JeremyP]

Sounds like a great first trip in the new R1. Any plans for off road action or is that saved for that awesome looking 4Runner in your profile pic?

We will take the rivian on mild trails (just 90 miles from Moab!) and the 4runner will be devoted more to the extreme trails. I already picked up a set of the dodge ram 20" wheels and all terrain tires for trail use.

 

[ForestNSea]

Congratulations! Love the color you chose and photos!

 

[mpshizzle]

We took a trip up onto the Grand Mesa yesterday to view the fall colors, and again after 125 miles going from 4500 to 10,800 feet and back the efficiency was 2.6. I'll be testing out towing our camper soon to see what that efficiency/range is.

On Saturday, I did a nearly identical trip in my Baymax (my new R1S Dual Max), but in Utah. 80MPH highway, with a mountain climb from 4200ft to 9800 ft. When I got home trip average (after about 250 miles was 2.6 mi/kwh. We went from 80% and came back with 19%).. Performed GREAT!

I don't have regen assist (or wahtever that is called) turned on - and on the way down I did loose just a bit of regen. Just a sliver. But after about .5 miles on flat ground it came right back. Battery never got above 95F front motor never got above 125F. Performed great!

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

Welcome to the family! Great trip report and excellent efficiency, plus the views!

 

[JeremyP]

On Saturday, I did a nearly identical trip in my Baymax (my new R1S Dual Max), but in Utah. 80MPH highway, with a mountain climb from 4200ft to 9800 ft. When I got home trip average (after about 250 miles was 2.6 mi/kwh. We went from 80% and came back with 19%).. Performed GREAT!

I don't have regen assist (or wahtever that is called) turned on - and on the way down I did loose just a bit of regen. Just a sliver. But after about .5 miles on flat ground it came right back. Battery never got above 95F front motor never got above 125F. Performed great!

I forgot to turn the regen assist off but the decent was fairly slow with traffic and I gained 5% on the way down. The thin air is a nice range boost!

 

[Golfer04]

I forgot to turn the regen assist off but the decent was fairly slow with traffic and I gained 5% on the way down. The thin air is a nice range boost!

Are you max or large battery?

 

[JeremyP]

Are you max or large battery?

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[JeremyP]

Congratulations! Love the color you chose and photos!

Thanks; we were planning on getting red canyon but there weren't any showing up in the shop near us, and we weren't excited about flying across the country to try to bring one back.

 

[Outbid5189]

Congratulations! Looks like you're off to a good start with R1S.
I also took the delivery just last night and yet to plan any kind of travel. Congrats again!

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

Awesome shots! Congratulations! I am sure you can guess which one I like better though ?

 

[ForestNSea]

Thanks; we were planning on getting red canyon but there weren't any showing up in the shop near us, and we weren't excited about flying across the country to try to bring one back.

The red is really nice! Maybe it’s for the best so you get less speeding tickets? ?

 

[JeremyP]

I went by a cat scale to check the weight of the R1S/ trailer combo and did a short highway efficiency test at 65 mph. Our trailer has 450lbs of tongue weight and there was just under 4200lbs on the rear axle. Our trailer is 4500lbs total. I got 1.03 mpk for 40 miles total on the highway and 1.1 for 59 miles overall including secondary roads. There was a bit of a breeze and 85 degrees. I want to check again at 60 and 70 to see how much it changes.

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