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Has "Conserve" mode changed with Gen 2?

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ksumnole

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So, I've been driving in All Purpose since I got the car this winter. I've been seeing ~1.5-1.9mi/kwh on 22"s, driving conservatively on the freeway, which is fine cause it's cold and rainy and windy (on sunny calm days it shoots well above 2.0). Today, on a whim, I tried conserve mode, And even though we're in the middle of a massive storm, I saw 2.3-2.5mi/kwh on the freeway both out and back, which blew my mind.

Is conserve really the real deal? I've been thinking it must be a bit of a gimmick given that Rivian recently took off the "mileage using conserve mode" on their site, but at least according to the energy meter, it seems real. I loved seeing the battery gauge drop to 50% and seeing "200 miles remaining" right next to it :)
I’m of the same opinion, running 20’’ AT. Today I did a 60 mile trip with heavy winds and rain, averaging 65mph, Conserve mode with ride height Standard. Hit on average 2.3-2.5mi/kwh. So same or very close to Auto height (low).
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We don’t use the low height much. My wife complains her head hits the headrests to much over road undulations.

on conserve mode in the Tri it should disengage the rear above 20 mph if your not accelerating hard or having traction issues.

the excessive front tire wear is mostly seen when driving in Gen 1 conserve in stop/go traffic. Regardless these are heavy vehicles with A LOT of Torque…so they will experience quicker tire wear.
 

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Funny - Had two mobile techs at my house recently (both driving R1Ts) and they told me that conserve is directly responsible for increased front tire wear…also, even in All Purpose the front motors deliver more power and do more of the regen braking, also leading to more wear on the front tires…
I’ve been carefully tracking tire wear. The fronts wear almost 2x faster than the rears (using 99% All Purpose).
Correction , “improper use of conserve mode” is primarily responsible for increased front tire wear. I got to ~40k miles on OEM 20”’ATs with no issues and 2 rotations….by using the modes correctly (there has been no lack of launches or “driving it like I stole it”)…
 

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I use conserve mode on the highway for long trips where the drive is more or less constant speed, i.e. no regen. For In town driving or trips from home where I don’t care about range, I use all-purpose.
 

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Sadly rivian released an update that took away the selected drive mode, suspension settings and more recently took away even more settings that now all reset every time I get in the dual. It's basically turned into a front wheel drive soccer mom mini van now. Regen only comes from the front and drive as well. I didn't sign up for this crap. I hate front wheel drive.
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