Rivian towing efficiency
Long Rivian towing test Bottom line, the Rivian range was reduced by 62% when towing a Mustang on a car hauler. The route was from Detroit to LA so it was plenty long but other than that not a w...
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Reisender wrote:time2roll wrote:Groover wrote:Is that what it said? I see this:
62% range reduction sounds like much more than would expect if I were towing the rig with my F150 but as a Tesla owner I expected towing to hit an EV harder than an ICE powered one for several reasons..
"which evidently resulted in a 62% degradation of the battery after just 118 miles of travel."
If 62% got you 118 miles I would expect the remaining 38% to get me another 45 miles.
118 + 45 = 163 miles total range. Range not towing is 300 so the real range dropped by 45% or slightly less than half was lost.
I recommend the not yet available 400 mile range RT1 if you plan to tow something large for a significant distance.
I saw that too but wasn't sure if I was reading that right. That is closer to what our friends see towing a teardrop with their model Y. They lose about 40 to 45 percent of the the cars range. But they definitely are not travelling 73 mph average either though. Mavbe 90 to 95 kilometres an hour. Speeds are slower here.
It is confusing but I think that the article referred to two different test reports. One said the the battery used 62% or its charge (battery degredation?) in 118 miles with no other description of the test. The second report tells us that they had a Mustang on a car hauler and pulled it well over 1,000 miles and observed 62% reduction in range.
The article is not well written and having the same percentage referred to in both tests adds to the confusion.
