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It would be cool to be able to install an extended battery in the gear tunnel some day. I wonder what it would take to attach it to the main electrical system of the Rivian? I could also imagine a battery pack that could be backpacked into the bed of the truck. ā€” Iā€™m talking 10+ years down the line.
My mileage extension fantasy would be integrated solar and batteries in an Airstream/Rivian coordinated design! Maybe make up for the lost range that results from towing.
 

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i asked about where the crazy 1500 range comes from and the two responses I got, first from the video poster was 'solid state batteries will be in cars next year' and that Apterra will release a lift kit for their 1000 mile car.

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Ok, i'm out.
 

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I just did that trail last Saturday. Had no Idea it was one way no signs stating as such and nobody said anything, we made it to the top with ease and a large crowd watching us. we had 2 jeep wranglers and one gladiator in our group they seemed impressed that we all made it we told them we where looking for Diablo drop off and they told us we just came up it. We didn't have lockers on our rigs, didn't seem to be worth the hype but the view was amazing from the top you can see across the desert from there. If the Rivian didn't make it up I would have been very surprised. I wonder how far they went and where they charged at, I didn't notice any charging stations around the towns out there.
 
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Iā€™m just happy I didnā€™t waste 10 minutes watching this. Oh wait
 

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To be fair, there are plenty of overlanding routes out there that require fuel drops AND jerry cans. Until similar range extenders exist for EVs, there will be some routes that will be inaccessible unless the driver is ok using solar panels to gain 30miles range per day. Those routes are certainly what the narrator has in mind.

Me, personally? 300 miles is fine.
EVs should also be *FAR* more efficient overloading, since speeds will be low, where ICE are *least* efficient. As evidenced by the Trans America Trail drive.
 

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EVs should also be *FAR* more efficient overloading, since speeds will be low, where ICE are *least* efficient. As evidenced by the Trans America Trail drive.
Yep. No wasted energy from idling an engine. "Gained" energy from regenerative braking. No efficiency losses from an alternator creating electricity to power stuff like HVAC or refrigeration. Etc. Etc.

There will be big challenges for extreme overlanding trips, but there are with ICE vehicles. The difference is that overlanders are used to having to address the ICE challenges and the EV challenges seem insurmountable because nobody has actually done it and set up the same kinds of processes for EVs.

EDIT: FWIW, I am not really interested in overlanding at all, but I am fascinated by the challenges it presents for EVs.
 

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I've done a little bit of dirt off roading like the video, and I've done alot of similar off road driving in deep snow on frozen, steep slopes. HOW you drive is equally or more important than the vehicle's technical capabilities. My impression is that the driver of the Land Rover was't very experienced. The gas pedal is not an on/off switch, lol.
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