R1S car camping = successful experience

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Had a very successful car camping experience over the weekend in my R1S. Using the AC on full power all night + powering my refrigerator and tailgate light ended up costing just over 60 miles in range for 30 hours of camping with one overnight ( with AC on in south Florida ). Very happy with the results. Will likely be more discipline with usage to reduce energy consumption but not bad for a first at trip . The inflatable air mattress advertised to be for the R1S was very comfortable even for a big guy like me (6’1 tall). Hoping for Rivian will add additional camping mode functionality to the app ( it was inconvenient to get out of the car and go to the driver side to make configuration changes).

Just curious did you try using Alexa to make the HVAC changes? I just started playing with it recently and you have a lot of HVAC commands it understands including turn on, off, fan speeds even third row fan speeds.

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[Oxbow78]

Just curious did you try using Alexa to make the HVAC changes? I just started playing with it recently and you have a lot of HVAC commands it understands including turn on, off, fan speeds even third row fan speeds.

I did not but something to think about for next time

 

[Glongo]

I did not but something to think about for next time

It works. I just tried “Alexa set temp to 68”. Also “max” and “auto” work

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