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$7,500 to spend on R1S: upgrade to Adventure trim, or 75mi of range?

If you had only $77,500 to spend on the R1S, which of the following configs would you pick?


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skyote

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Hm, very true. At today's "range per $" difference, the equation certainly supports your argument much more than mine! :clap:
And that's not counting interest if you financed that $10K and potential time value of your charging dollars.
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And that's not counting interest if you financed that $10K and potential time value of your charging dollars.
The ROI from a purely financial standpoint is... pretty much never.
50-100K miles of charging at ~100 miles at a time (or less) would basically never happen.
If you leave home with 300, and need 400, you would add 100 miles.
If you leave home with 300 and need 800 for the trip, you would public charge for an additional 100 miles with the large vs the max (800-300 is 500 miles of public charging vs 800-400 or 400 miles of public charging).
Each trip would save you at most ~$15.
$.43 per kWh minus home charge costs which average about $.12 for a net increase of $.31/kWh (as an average)
If the Rivian gets only 2 miles/kWh (500 Wh/mi), that 100 miles would cost you an additional 50 kWh (likely less).
$10K/$15 = over 660 trips where you would need to add 100+ miles of range with public charging. That's once a week for ~13 years (if you ignore interest and/or investment potential of the $10K).

There are lots of reasons people want/need the Max pack. Financial savings is not one of them.
 
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$10K pays for a lot of public charging!
If you pay top tier EA rates, it would be over 50K miles worth. If you look at the price differential and a subscription plan, it's likely approaching 100K miles from public charging before you break even on the additional $10K for the max pack.
That's a really useful perspective to have for us folks who are second-guessing our decision to go with the 300mi pack. Stick that $10k in Rivian stock and pay for hundreds of thousands more miles of charging :D.
 

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The other side of this is I get stuck with my wife out in the middle of nowhere just once because I settled for the 300 mile pack and end up "losing half" in the divorce.... :swear:
 

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The other side of this is I get stuck with my wife out in the middle of nowhere just once because I settled for the 300 mile pack and end up "losing half" in the divorce.... :swear:
If that scenario precipitates a divorce, she's just looking for a reason and if not that, then one day you'll put on a shirt that clashes with your socks and that will be the final straw :punch:
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