Heatpump is the biggest upgrade in Gen 2, imo

[portdirect]

Ok, with all this new knowledge would any of you pay $6k for a heat pump as an option on any Rivian configuration?

Living in the midwest - probably if I were stuck to a large pack; but I'd take a max with resistive heater over it for 6k any day of the week.

Rationale: we often do a round trip that consumes ~35% each way in winter in our Quad R1T, which leaves us with 15% when we get home (we charge to 85%), with a new Large pack this would leave us with almost nothing unless we fully charged the night before. The impact of using the restive heater is small, but we are just close enough to the edge for our use case that with 109KWH every little would help - with 141KWH I really don't care either way.

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[sirna7]

Ok, with all this new knowledge would any of you pay $6k for a heat pump as an option on any Rivian configuration?

Forget the heat pump. I'll gladly pay $6k to slap in dual NVIDIA processors, paint the vehicle Storm Blue, and add a SKY interior for the vibe any day on my Tri/Quad.

 

[SparkyR1t]

Been driving a Tesla since 2016 and Rivian since 2022. Personally I like the ability of the Rivian PTC heater to pump out warm air immediately in below zero temps. I also like the Tesla heat pump efficiency but I have driven my model y at -15 and the heat pump struggles until the drive line heats up from actual driving and can supply a heat source. I would like to have a vehicle where the heat pump cools/ heats 90% of the time but there is also a backup PTC for this times we go below zero. Best of both worlds.

 

[R1Tom]

Been driving a Tesla since 2016 and Rivian since 2022. Personally I like the ability of the Rivian PTC heater to pump out warm air immediately in below zero temps. I also like the Tesla heat pump efficiency but I have driven my model y at -15 and the heat pump struggles until the drive line heats up from actual driving and can supply a heat source. I would like to have a vehicle where the heat pump cools/ heats 90% of the time but there is also a backup PTC for this times we go below zero. Best of both worlds.

Did Rivian eliminate the PTC heater all together? That would suck for the significantly colder climates if so.

 

[RealBillNye]

Ok, with all this new knowledge would any of you pay $6k for a heat pump as an option on any Rivian configuration?

Not on the Rivian. I actually find that on long trips, cold doesn't affect it nearly as much as I was expecting.

 

[ClayCollins]

A heat pump is effectively an AC that can run in “reverse” to heat. A heat pump and an AC both have compressors…a heat pump really only gives you efficiency gains when heating…(which is still great)

I agree. A heat pump is an AC in reverse and when cooling is the same thing as a standard AC. There are major energy savings during cold weather vs electric resistance heat.

 

[jbl911]

Been driving a Tesla since 2016 and Rivian since 2022. Personally I like the ability of the Rivian PTC heater to pump out warm air immediately in below zero temps. I also like the Tesla heat pump efficiency but I have driven my model y at -15 and the heat pump struggles until the drive line heats up from actual driving and can supply a heat source. I would like to have a vehicle where the heat pump cools/ heats 90% of the time but there is also a backup PTC for this times we go below zero. Best of both worlds.

I agree, resistive heating is a nice convenience when the car has been sitting out in subfreezing temps..

 

[Polar]

I gave up on this thread Sunday night… and I am so glad I came to catch back up on the following five pages!

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