Rivian R1S Twin-Motor Massive Pack Will get Up To 352 Miles Of EPA Vary

The brand new Twin-Motor (DM) model of the Rivian R1S all-electric seven-seat SUV seems to be noticeably extra environment friendly than the extra highly effective Quad-Motor (QM) model.

The just lately revealed EPA vary and effectivity score for the Rivian R1S DM with Massive Pack battery (round 135 kilowatt-hours) signifies a few 10 p.c vary enhance over the Rivian R1S QM.

The best EPA Mixed vary of 352 miles may be achieved with default 21-inch wheels (12 greater than initially estimated by the producer). Bigger, 22-inch wheels, cut back the vary to 341 miles, however that is nonetheless not a nasty outcome and 21 miles higher than Rivian initially estimated.

The swap to 20-inch all-terrain (AT) wheels has the largest affect on the driving vary of the automobile, because it drops to 307 miles (seven miles greater than initially anticipated). That is a considerable 45-mile distinction (virtually 13 p.c), in comparison with the default 21-inch highway tires.

All the numbers are legitimate for DM and DM Efficiency variations of the automobile.

• Twin-Motor AWD (DM AWD): 533 hp, 610 ft-lbs, 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds
  • Massive Battery (20-inch AT): 307 miles (494 km)
  • Massive Battery (21-inch): 352 miles (566 km)
  • Massive Battery (22-inch): 341 miles (549 km)
• Efficiency Twin-Motor AWD (Perf. DM AWD): 665 hp, 829 ft-lbs, 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds
  • Massive Battery (20-inch AT): 307 miles (494 km)
    Massive Battery (21-inch): 352 miles (566 km)
    Massive Battery (22-inch): 341 miles (549 km)

It is value noting that the Rivian R1S DM vary numbers mirror those for the Rivian R1T DM pickup, which we described yesterday.

The current replace to the EPA’s web site brings us additionally the brand new vary score for the Rivian R1S QM with 20-inch all-terrain wheels, which joins the beforehand revealed knowledge for 20-, 21- and 22-inch highway tires (by the best way, the 20-inch highway tires aren’t selectable in Rivian’s configurator).

This enables us to stipulate all variations with the Massive Pack battery and calculate the distinction.

Rivian R1S Quad-Motor AWD: 835 hp, 908 ft-lbs, 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds

• Massive Battery (20-inch AT): 274 miles (441 km) – 33 miles (or 10.7%) lower than DM
• Massive Battery (20-inch): 289 miles (465 km)
• Massive Battery (21-inch): 321 miles (516 km) – 31 miles (or 8.8%) lower than DM
• Massive Battery (22-inch): 303 miles (488 km) – 38 miles (or 11.1%) lower than DM

As we are able to see, the extra highly effective and extra succesful Quad-Motor variations often have a few tenth much less driving vary, which is as a result of larger power consumption of the powertrain. The QM can also be costlier than DM, which ought to be thought of when shopping for.

In the case of power consumption, together with charging losses, the EPA score for the default Rivian R1S DM Massive Pack with 21-inch wheels is 78 MPGe: about 432 watt-hours per mile (269 Wh/km).

The usage of bigger wheels will enhance the power consumption by a couple of p.c, whereas the swap to all-terrain wheels will enhance the power consumption by virtually 15 p.c.

Moreover, we connected vary and power consumption numbers for the R1S QM with 20-inch AT tires. This specific model is form of the worst-case situation – the very best power consumption and the bottom vary of 274 miles.

The Twin-Motor model of Rivian R1S and R1T automobiles entered manufacturing in Could, however that is not the one huge new factor for Rivian. The corporate additionally intends to launch two new battery pack choices – Customary Pack and Max Pack (anticipated to be 180 kWh).

The Rivian R1S DM Max Pack, with a spread of as much as 390 miles, was promised to enter the market this 12 months, however as of immediately, this configuration will not be out there to pick out on Rivina’s web site.

* estimated/unofficial values; acceleration depends upon the precise configuration

** 20-inch wheels can be found solely with all-terrain tires, however the QM model was rated for each highway and AT tires.

All Rivian R1Ss can tow as much as 7,700 lbs (3,493 kg).

* federal tax credit score of as much as $7,500 may be out there via leasing.