Cold weather operation

[Bristlecone]

We live in Colorado and have an R1S on pre-order. It will replace a 4Runner as our go-to-the-mountains vehicle. We have a remote cabin, at 11,500 feet elevation, and for six months of the year we snowshoe in (2 miles) because the road is not plowed. We park where the plowing ends. So our vehicle often sits out in quite cold conditions for 1-3 days at a time. I'm wondering how this will affect the Rivian. Obviously less range in cold weather. But what about sitting out in harsh conditions and then being asked to get up and go? Looking for advice.

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[Budman]

There was a great post on the Ford Mach-e forum last winter. A guy in Fairbanks stress tested his Mach-e at -40 deg F. The car fired right up after cold soaking outside a garage overnight. Range was reduced by about half but otherwise worked fine.

 

[ads75]

Unfortunately with most non-employee vehicle deliveries starting in March of this year, there are probably few direct examples of a Rivian in a harsh winter environment.

 

[crashmtb]

Routinely leave a Tesla model S parked at -30c with no ability to plug in. Does fine.

 

[Marchin_MTB]

You may find increased vampire drain though Rivian is whittling away at this problem with successive software updates. There have been cold-soak tests done on the R1T and the website has videos documenting some of that cold weather testing.

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