More looks at Dual Motor production

[Administrator]

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[lslick23]

Makes it sound like they are only producing Performance Duals this year, so good to know I got more waiting to do.

 

[Rivian_Hugh_III]

Makes it sound like they are only producing Performance Duals this year, so good to know I got more waiting to do.

They announced this last week. Performance duals this year and regular next year. Some people are guessing that performance will be an allowable later upgrade, but a recent video with Munro raised the question of whether the non-performance might have cheaper internals in the dual that work perfectly for the use case but not for performance. This would reinforce the idea that producing performance duals is a different process that would be emphasized this fall. Of course it also makes the company more money so it could just be that — if you want a dual now you have to buy Performance.

 

[PappaBolt]

Any official word on manufacturing priority of dual vs quad? With a 3rd shift now perhaps both are rolling off the line in numbers.

 

[MrMusAddict]

They announced this last week. Performance duals this year and regular next year. [...]

Do you have a source on this? (Not doubting you, just haven't seen the announcement)

 

[MrMusAddict]

Any official word on manufacturing priority of dual vs quad? With a 3rd shift now perhaps both are rolling off the line in numbers.

My impression is that the push to convert Quad to DM Performance is the result of a supply constraint; "Hey configured pre-orderers, it's taking a while to get enough quads, so you can buy DM Performance sooner!"

 

[PappaBolt]

it's taking a while to get enough quads"

Interesting. If that true then we’re likely to see a phasing out of quads, or a new quad drive unit design to support enduros. Bosch motors seem to be on the endangered list.

 

[Rivian_Hugh_III]

Do you have a source on this? (Not doubting you, just haven't seen the announcement)

It was in the emails people were getting; reported here in the latest thread on revised delivery estimates. People with Dual selected were notified that Performance Duals would be shipping through the Fall with the standard duals beginning to ship in 2024. That's the best I can do. It's out there though.

 

[Mister Person]

I did a factory tour on Aug 25th. The guide pointed out 2 duals on the R1 line in the entire 1 hour tour. They were both R1Ts. In fact he said that the R1S duals were not in production yet and it sounded like it would be a couple months before they were. That may have been incorrect as I thought some dual R1Ss had actually been delivered but maybe these are test vehicles. So, 2 duals out of the dozens and dozens of R1s coming off the line, which were also 95% R1Ss.

 

[Supratachophobia]

They announced this last week. Performance duals this year and regular next year. Some people are guessing that performance will be an allowable later upgrade, but a recent video with Munro raised the question of whether the non-performance might have cheaper internals in the dual that work perfectly for the use case but not for performance. This would reinforce the idea that producing performance duals is a different process that would be emphasized this fall. Of course it also makes the company more money so it could just be that — if you want a dual now you have to buy Performance.

Could be like the binning of Intel processors for the K models.

 

[BluAussie]

It was in the emails people were getting; reported here in the latest thread on revised delivery estimates. People with Dual selected were notified that Performance Duals would be shipping through the Fall with the standard duals beginning to ship in 2024. That's the best I can do. It's out there though.

We have a dual motor R1S non-performance configured and our updated timeline is sept-oct 23.

 

[Rivian_Hugh_III]

We have a dual motor R1S non-performance configured and our updated timeline is sept-oct 23.

That would certainly be a data point against. Maybe it was R1T’s only? Sorry I can’t give more details

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