Recent content by mroe

Has anyone mounted a full size spare to a swing out carrier on the R2 yet?

well that answers what I was asking in this thread: https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/r2-conserve-mode.61662/

Is there anything functionally different? Or is it just a cosmetic reskin effectively?

I get the fish tacos there every time I charge :) Driving down 395 again this weekend - looking forward to it

The larger battery variant I think will end up being similar in cost to the standard R2

The Truckee RAN is going to be flooded once R2 production ramps up...

I do the drive from Oakland to Truckee often. In the summer, I can make it with 20-25% remaining. It's very tight in the winter. Based on everything I've seen from the R2, you should be able to make it in the summer no problem, but cold weather may push you over the edge. I usually just stop...

Exactly. My R1T lifetime efficiency is similar to EPA MPGe when I *do not* account for charging losses.

Idiots in the back unite! You are missing the fact that EPA MPGe includes charging losses and EPA range does not. See my long explanation above.

Thank you @TexasBob for pointing that out. I just calculated the same number (300.96) the hard way just now above lol

The reference to 96 MPGe (or any EPA MPGe value in my opinion) is not helpful as a comparative datapoint here. It's measuring something else. EPA MPGe as a measurement includes charging loses (see italicized emphasis in the definition here...

Rivian Roamer has R2 data logged for 23 vehicles over 15K miles thus far: It's still a small sample size compared to a full car population over a long period of time (and I assume people drive their car much spicier in the first couple thousand miles), but overall it looks like real world...

Why do you believe Rivian would not be deceptive? Most consumers will not educate themselves and trust advertised EPA values.

Sounds pointless based on that range estimation difference, which is why I presume they chose to not support this mode on the DM R1? But maybe they are including it on the R2 because RWD is nicer to drive than FWD?

I was taking a look at the R2 owner's guide and noticed it included conserve mode. Conserve mode notably isn't included on the dual-motor R1 as all purpose automatically it switches to single-motor FWD when efficient. The R2 documentation curiously also states that "Conserve mode automatically...