Yeah, with the 22" Super Sport wheels and Michelin Pilot Sport 5s that are rated for at least 168 MPH, Rivian really should unlock a top speed that it's still accelerating at the 1/4 mile, since the Quad with that wheel/tire combo actually will see some track use.
Agreed, especially if they are isolating it to the launch mode which has to be activated from a stop and takes a couple seconds to actually initiate. It's just pretty lame and I don't think they will be selling as many of these as they anticipated at the current configuration. I thought the whole point of launch mode was to be able to unlock the full potential during a 1/4 mile time? It raised the limit from 112 to 130 and that allowed the tri motor to get a better 1/4 mile time but it's still limiting the quad. Why would you even buy the quad at nearly 20k more if it's basically very very marginally better than the tri?
I believe that's what the target demographic is, however, it's a flop on performance if it gets speed limited before even reaching a 1/4 mile. They are being overly cautious with that speed cap and I would absolutely not throw down 140k after taxes for something that's being neutered by software. The launch green is also hideous, the teal accents don't go with any of the colors outside of the Storm Blue...Oh well they will flounder for a while until R2 is released. I just hope there is more thought put into the performance variant of the R2 than there was for the R1.
That does bring up an interesting point - I wonder if the NACS-native support >500A?
