Is the Center Console cooled/refrigerated?

[Flypony53]

I have a question on a newly delivered R1S. Picked it up last Thursday (6/29/2023). My question is if the center console is cooled/refrigerated? On my initial drive home, when I arrived at the house after an awesome drive, I opened the arm rests to grab one of my documents and it was very cold inside the console. It was 101 outside that day, so it would have been intentional or a defect. Have had cooled consoles before, but had not read this as a feature from Rivian or anyone else.

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[SoCal Rob]

I have a question on a newly delivered R1S. Picked it up last Thursday (6/29/2023). My question is if the center console is cooled/refrigerated? On my initial drive home, when I arrived at the house after an awesome drive, I opened the arm rests to grab one of my documents and it was very cold inside the console. It was 101 outside that day, so it would have been intentional or a defect. Have had cooled consoles before, but had not read this as a feature from Rivian or anyone else.

I think it’s a side-effect of the cooling duct(s) for the second row vents running close by the console.

 

[racekarl]

I have a question on a newly delivered R1S. Picked it up last Thursday (6/29/2023). My question is if the center console is cooled/refrigerated? On my initial drive home, when I arrived at the house after an awesome drive, I opened the arm rests to grab one of my documents and it was very cold inside the console. It was 101 outside that day, so it would have been intentional or a defect. Have had cooled consoles before, but had not read this as a feature from Rivian or anyone else.

Its definitely not actively cooled and in fact if you install an SD card reader or SSD for drive cam it will get hotter than ambient temp due to the waste heat from those electronics.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Cooled in the summer, heated in the winter.

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