Mt Hood Trip Report

[RealBillNye]

Congratulations on your new truck!

The numbers that the truck reports from that trip don’t seem to add up when I try to extrapolate 100% range. They all check out except when I compare kWH consumed to percentage of pack used. 32 kWH for 29% of pack would give a 110 kWH pack which doesn’t sound right based on other reports.

I’m not trying to be difficult, but any idea why it isn’t adding up to the 125-ish kWH usable rating?

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[jjswan33]

Congratulations on your new truck!

The numbers that the truck reports from that trip don’t seem to add up when I try to extrapolate 100% range. They all check out except when I compare kWH consumed to percentage of pack used. 32 kWH for 29% of pack would give a 110 kWH pack which doesn’t sound right based on other reports.

I’m not trying to be difficult, but any idea why it isn’t adding up to the 125-ish kWH usable rating?

I guess it’s probably a factor of rounding and accuracy of the trip computer. I did comment about the trip computer giving me some strange numbers when I reset right before coming down.

I’ll have to repeat the experiment using both trip computer and resetting one of them at the turn around point and see if it all adds up.

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[gd_r1t]

Badass pic, and one of my favorite pictures of Rivian Blue yet.

I absolutely love the color when it looks darker. In the sun it looks bright and less deep/robust, and I'm not sure how much of that is true and due to sunlight vs. people's phone cameras aren't great quality. What camera did you use for this pic?

 

[jjswan33]

Badass pic, and one of my favorite pictures of Rivian Blue yet.

I absolutely love the color when it looks darker. In the sun it looks bright and less deep/robust, and I'm not sure how much of that is true and due to sunlight vs. people's phone cameras aren't great quality. What camera did you use for this pic?

I used an IPhone 13 pro. In my experience your impression is more or less right. In direct sunlight the blue brightens up to almost a pastel blue but when in the shade very satisfying dark blue. I noticed this in LA when I first saw the truck at the Aqua Dolce event and it had me thinking a bit but no regrets at all, I love the color.

Maybe this photo helps, where part of the truck is in the sun and part is in the shade:

 

[SASSquatch]

Badass pic, and one of my favorite pictures of Rivian Blue yet.

+1. This is my favorite R1T forum pic and I am Launch Green with envy.

 

[Olsonsolar]

So I was bored after dinner so naturally I wanted to take the R1T for a drive.

So I decided to drive from my home in Sandy, OR (~800 ft above sea level) to Timberline Lodge (~5800 ft above sea level) over a total distance of 35-36 miles. Temperature was low 50s F in Sandy and mid 30s F at Timberline.

I drove with auto climate control on at 69 and heated drivers seat at level 1. 20” AT tires installed.
For the first flatter part of the drive between Sandy.and Rhododendron (and reverse) truck was in conserve in standard ride height
For the steepest part of the climb between Rhododendron and Timberline and back I used all purpose in standard ride height

Leg 1 (to trip) - Started at 66% SOC and arrived at 40% SOC

35.2 miles
1.17 mi/kWh
30 kWh used

leg 2 (return trip) started at 40% SOC (got up to 42% SOC) and arrived home at 37% SOC

35.7 miles
17.87 mi/kWh
2 kWh used

Overall 2.23 mi/kWh

A couple of observations in general I noticed on the trip:

The trip meter doesn’t give correct information when you have gained energy via regen. I watched the trip meter go from 2kWh used to 1kWh used to 0kWh used then back up to 1kWh and 2kWh used. The trip meter didn’t appear to understand that wasn’t consumed but gained energy.

Auto High Beams work pretty well, turn off a bit closer then some other drivers may appreciate. I also blinded someone That passed my on a 4 lane part of the highway. They didn’t turn off until he had completely passed me and the car could see the other cars taillights. I suppose this could be fixed by adding some logic to turn them off when someone drives into your blindspot.

So what would these numbers equate to KWH used per 100 miles

 

[jjswan33]

So what would these numbers equate to KWH used per 100 miles

2.23 mi/kWh: 1/2.23 = 0.448 kWh/mi

multiply by 100 as needed.

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