Rivian says it has a new range champ in the lineup. The company posted on its website that the dual-motor R1T pickup with the 180-kWh Max battery pack and 21-inch wheels is EPA-rated to go an estimated 410 miles on a charge. The EPA’s comparison site doesn’t list any 2024 Rivians yet, and the government agency hasn’t posted info on the Max pack at all, so this is Rivian getting a public jump on what we should expect. Assuming this comes to pass, it exceeds the automaker’s early estimate that the Max battery would be good for a 400-mile run. The range puts the Rivian, the 2024 Chevrolet
Going up or down an inch with the rolling stock downsizes the R1T’s range. Rivian said an R1T Dual-Motor with the Max pack on 22- inch wheels will do an estimated 380 miles on a charge. Load up the All-Terrain Upgrade and its 20-inch wheels shod in 34-inch tires, range drops to 355 miles.
Moving to the smaller Large battery pack with a capacity of about 135 kWh, the company’s completed that battery’s estimated range table. Thanks to the EPA site, we knew the Dual-Motor Large pack R1T pickup is rated to last an estimated 352 miles when riding on 21-inch wheels and 341 miles when riding on 22-inch wheels. Rivian’s new info says the same configuration on the 20-inch wheels and 34-inch all-terrain tires
is estimated to go 307 miles on a charge. The automaker says the Quad-Motor Large pack R1T is rated to go an estimated 321 miles on a charge.
These dual-motor figures apply to trucks with the company’s new Enduro Drive Unit developed in-house. In standard form, the two motors produce a combined 533 horsepower and 610 pound-feet of torque, good for a 0-60 run in a claimed 4.5 seconds. The dual-motor powertrain in Performance trim makes a combined 665 hp and 829 lb-ft of torque, which takes a second off the 0-60 sprint. The quad-motor powertrain makes 835 hp and 908 lb-ft and cuts the stoplight dash by another half of a second.
The update expands R1T pickup’s breadth of price and possibility. The gatekeeper model is the R1T with the Standard pack and Dual-Motor powertrain on 21-inch wheels, good for an estimated 270 miles of range for a starting price of $74,800 before incentives. Configurations with the small Standard battery are expected to begin shipping in 2024. At the other end, the Dual-Motor Performance and Max pack with the 21-inch wheels goes the furthest at 410 miles, for the price of $98,300. The most expensive setup at the moment adds the All-Terrain Upgrade and runs $99,650.
