Max Pack Progresses as Battery Lab Expands — Official Rivian Stories

[DuoRivians]

Max Pack Progresses as Battery Lab Expands

https://stories.rivian.com/max-pack-progress-battery-lab-expansion

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[pc500]

Neat.... But how many kwh?

 

[elfordon]

Simultaneously, our test and development teams are out validating the final build in real-world conditions. They have recently completed endurance runs in Alaska for cold weather, the Nevada and California desert for hot weather, and Moab, Utah, for off-road range validation.

Once approved, Max pack will be heading to customers later this year.

Later this year?? Meaning Dec 31?? Ugh.

 

[atebit]

“Battery” and “Expand” in the same sentence is baaad.

 

[Quick]

Did anyone notice they appear to not be using a Rivian in their testing/shots? That mirror, door handle, and fender flare appear to be from a Ram.

 

[Killer95Stang]

Did anyone notice they appear to not be using a Rivian in their testing/shots? That mirror, door handle, and fender flare appear to be from a Ram.

Not really any type of conspiracy... If they hired a professional camera crew, they often drive whatever they want. Also, test vehicles are often towed in to places like Death Valley, to complete high temperature testing. Not many places to charge there, and diesel or gas engines have proven reliable towing in these conditions.

Last summer we traveled through death valley with 125 degree temps. VW and Audi were testing, with all vehicles being towed in by diesel trucks.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Did anyone notice they appear to not be using a Rivian in their testing/shots? That mirror, door handle, and fender flare appear to be from a Ram.

Feels like they just pulled any photos from testing and chunked them into the article without paying attention. I think they did initial powertrain validation using top-hats from other pickups.

 

[COdogman]

I seem to recall early Rivian testers using F-150 bodies? Either way it could just be a support vehicle.

 

[Dark-Fx]

I seem to recall early Rivian testers using F-150 bodies? Either way it could just be a support vehicle.

Those were the ones we knew about.

 

[jbssfelix]

Not really any type of conspiracy... If they hired a professional camera crew, they often drive whatever they want. Also, test vehicles are often towed in to places like Death Valley, to complete high temperature testing. Not many places to charge there, and diesel or gas engines have proven reliable towing in these conditions.

Last summer we traveled through death valley with 125 degree temps. VW and Audi were testing, with all vehicles being towed in by diesel trucks.

At least here in CO, test vehicles are often flown out to DEN, then driven from the airport up to the mountains. So many zebra cars along 56th and I70 where I live (just west of the airport).

 

[Speedrye]

I didn't get past "up to 400 miles in the R1S"...

 

[R1Ted]

Did anyone notice they appear to not be using a Rivian in their testing/shots? That mirror, door handle, and fender flare appear to be from a Ram.

Actually, you can see an R1 front end in the background pulling a trailer. In the 2020 hot weather towing video there was a Ram support truck, so this might just be an image from that test.

 

[R1Ted]

Okay, my turn with the conspiracy theories... Did anyone notice that the top cover of the battery seems to have a couple inch bump up? Maybe taller cells? Extra cooling?

Looking at some of the Munro videos, the sheet looks mostly flat.

 

[Quick]

Actually, you can see an R1 front end in the background pulling a trailer. In the 2020 hot weather towing video there was a Ram support truck, so this might just be an image from that test.

I’m going to go with “Rivian is coming to get them”. Ha ha

 

[Autolycus]

Okay, my turn with the conspiracy theories... Did anyone notice that the top cover of the battery seems to have a couple inch bump up? Maybe taller cells? Extra cooling?

Looking at some of the Munro videos, the sheet looks mostly flat.

One thing doesn't even require comparisons of parts in different contexts (I really wish Munro's staff shown a full pan around of the entire battery pack before they started tearing it down, so we could see all sides, top and bottom, as they sit in a vehicle):

The connectors are oriented very differently between the in-vehicle large pack and that max pack being tested.

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