Rivian R1S Dual vs. Tri vs. Quad Comparison Review by Out of Spec

[Ed Sasso]

I have a 2023 R1s launch addition, are there any performance upgrades available

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[bfilippo]

Thanks for the thread. Now I'm even more curious, is the LFP battery not recommended for towing? Does anyone have an LFP and tow? From the videos, I know @OutofSpecKyle has the large pack.

I tow my Drascombe Lugger and wooden rowboat a few times per year to bring in/out of the mooring, but I don't really tow more than 75-100mi round trip generally. Obviously range dropped, and I would probably not tow with the R1T during the middle of winter given the range hit and conditions here in Maine, but during summer and fall, I felt very comfortable towing with it.

 

[Hillbilly]

Yeah, not watching the ridiculous marathon videos this guy posts. Let me guess. The more motors the faster it is? I'm shocked!

 

[Supratachophobia]

Feature length films are as long as it takes for me to explain things. I’m sure there’s plenty of other creators that can sum this up in a TikTok with the same information!

Surely there is a middle point between the severely deficient attention span of a vertical video and a feature length movie? Personally not complaining, I will nerd out right along beside you.

 

[cmsmith]

I tow my Drascombe Lugger and wooden rowboat a few times per year to bring in/out of the mooring, but I don't really tow more than 75-100mi round trip generally. Obviously range dropped, and I would probably not tow with the R1T during the middle of winter given the range hit and conditions here in Maine, but during summer and fall, I felt very comfortable towing with it.

How is your efficiency with the LFP dual motor on a daily basis (kw/h)? Curious about the 270 mi LFP being enough (even in winter if cold weather drops the range 20%).

 

[bfilippo]

How is your efficiency with the LFP dual motor on a daily basis (kw/h)? Curious about the 270 mi LFP being enough (even in winter if cold weather drops the range 20%).

From my earlier post:

My current winter range (~3900 miles started trip around Thanksgiving), is 1.96

Assuming that’s true, I am likely getting ~180 miles of range, on average, this winter. It’s been quite cold basically the entire winter and the truck has lived outside the entire time as my garage is full of construction materials. I would imagine this is absolute worst case scenario since my battery starts cold on every trip unless I happen to have charged overnight, which doesn’t happen super often as I have solar and another EV so I often charge during the day.

I do often have multiple people in the truck and my most common driving is about 30-45 miles round trip on windy rural two lane highways at 45-65mph. Very little “highway” driving for long stretches to get better efficiency.

I did also use snow mode probably about 50-60% of the time this winter when local driving until this past week it has warmed up a little.

I didn’t get any real insight into warm weather efficiency as it was delivered 9/28. It was 2.12 for those two months on average. I suspect based on that limited info during fall, I will hopefully get pretty close to the 2.6-2.8 needed to hit the EPA range during warm weather season.

Stock 20” AT/AS Goodyear Wrangler with powered tonneau cover, typically closed.

 

[comtns]

How is your efficiency with the LFP dual motor on a daily basis (kw/h)? Curious about the 270 mi LFP being enough (even in winter if cold weather drops the range 20%).

My R1S dual standard got 1.81 miles per kWh for its first 500ish miles in the mountains of Colorado, in mostly moderate (for here) weather. (I've been bicycling most days.) Multiplying by a 92.5 kWh battery pack, that's 167 miles range. (Lower than the base model 3 with LFP that I traded in. Maybe enough though, with all the chargers around nowadays.)

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