400 Mile Range Sacrifice
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Rumor is the under-rear-seat storage will be reduced or eliminated. You'll still have the gear tunnel, frunk, and spare tire area, however.
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Sounds like you'll indirectly gain some rear heated seats then!
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I don't recall where I read this, perhaps on the Rivian website, but in the R1s you may not be able to fold the second and third row seats completely flat with the 400 mile pack.
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Ah, that's it. Then that's probably why it's only available in the 5 seat. Not enough space for all that battery.
I believe Rivian added to their website that the 400 miles R1S will be offered in 7 seats configuration. That was just speculation.
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At one time I heard the rumor that Rivian was considering a plug-in system for a portable power bank. Has anyone heard the same and/or have any info?
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They have talked about it, in the past. No announcements of actual products that they plan to bring to market at any particular point in time, however.
The problem is weight.
There is one company I'm aware of that offers portable charging packs -- Spark Charge. Their smallest package is 7kWh and weighs approximately 150 lbs. On a Rivian that would provide an estimated range of about 14 miles -- not a lot. They have a 14kWh package that weighs 250 lbs and provides approximately 28 miles of range -- still not a lot.
The fact is these portable packs are really only useful as an emergency service in populated areas to get you to a DCFC or Level 2 charger as an alternative to towing. These are not equivalent to a "jerry can" for adventurers.
Rivian patents "removable auxiliary battery" for its R1T electric pickup truck
It should help to enable bigger adventures or long-distance towing.
Large tech companies are constantly patenting things that may or may not ever see the light of day. I'm sure Tesla and others have patented similar auxiliary battery packs. Spark is first to market but they're focusing more on leasing to 3rd parties like AAA or other service businesses:
The Roadie, Mobile EV Charger - The First and Only Mobile, Modular, Ultra-Fast EV Charging System
The Roadie is a modular, portable, EV charging system that can charge a vehicle at the rate of 1 mile every 60 seconds. This DC Fast Charging system features stackable batteries to allow for additional charging capacity.
www.sparkcharge.io
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That will go a lot way to get people over "what if" scenarios while we wait for charging networks with fast chargers to become more common. At least for us, Rivian is actively working on their own network.Rivian patents "removable auxiliary battery" for its R1T electric pickup truck
It should help to enable bigger adventures or long-distance towing.electrek.co
Large tech companies are constantly patenting things that may or may not ever see the light of day. I'm sure Tesla and others have patented similar auxiliary battery packs. Spark is first to market but they're focusing more on leasing to 3rd parties like AAA or other service businesses:
The Roadie, Mobile EV Charger - The First and Only Mobile, Modular, Ultra-Fast EV Charging System
The Roadie is a modular, portable, EV charging system that can charge a vehicle at the rate of 1 mile every 60 seconds. This DC Fast Charging system features stackable batteries to allow for additional charging capacity.
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Yeah... the weight is pretty hideous, I'm also concerned about their power transfer rate (we talking L2 here or more of a DC Fast Charge?)
As for the 400 mile range, I am super curious how/if they are going to handle that in the R1S. My assumption is that you are either losing that third row, or, it won't be able to fold flat (or maybe the second row won't be a fold flat solution).
The loss of the under seat storage in the R1T is kind of annoying, but far from a deal breaker for me, range is king for me.
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