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A person on the Rivian subreddit asked RJ Scaringe about trailers and towing at the Rivian event at Mill Valley.
According to the post " RJ said they put a fair amount of thought into it, and they’re likely going to use the car computers to send brake control signals — rather than needing to install a manual hardware brake controller. I was concerned about hardwiring a controller like our Tekonsha Prodigy P3 we use today.
He’s not concrete on it, and he mentioned for the 0.1% of people who will likely tow with it, they might offer a way to software override and utilize a hardware controller. It’s nice to know they’ve put a decent amount of thought into this. I am eager to get more details but he was great to share his logic thus far."
Now I don't plan on towing a whole lot with my Rivian but for those that are, what do you think about this?
According to the post " RJ said they put a fair amount of thought into it, and they’re likely going to use the car computers to send brake control signals — rather than needing to install a manual hardware brake controller. I was concerned about hardwiring a controller like our Tekonsha Prodigy P3 we use today.
He’s not concrete on it, and he mentioned for the 0.1% of people who will likely tow with it, they might offer a way to software override and utilize a hardware controller. It’s nice to know they’ve put a decent amount of thought into this. I am eager to get more details but he was great to share his logic thus far."
Now I don't plan on towing a whole lot with my Rivian but for those that are, what do you think about this?