Infinity Shield Garage Door Sensor for Rivian: A Good Park Assist Accessory to Have

Rivian Blue · 2025-04-01T08:59:34+00:00

Ever since I got my R1S, I've noticed that the battery range estimation hasn't been the best. Driving a Tesla for the last 3 years, it never had this kind of issue. During my last trip, the driver display shows 255mi remaining. My total trip (including 2 destinations) is 160mi so I believed I should be able to make it easily with a nice cushion. But the center display showed that I would arrive at first destination with 4mi remaining, and run out before the second destination! I knew this was false so I made the drive anyway, and arrived at second destination with 50mi remaining. If I understand correctly, the driver display range is simply the total rated range multiplied by SOC. That makes sense here, since my vehicle is rated for 370mi, 255mi is 68.9%. Coming from Tesla, I expect the number shown in the center display should account for factors like elevation, wind, traffic speed, etc. It's sad that my own mental estimation is better than Rivian's.

Rivian Mom

Active Wheeler

Jan 24, 2025

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A Rivian owner in our group placed an order for the Infinity Shield Garage door sensor. According to her, it offers a full height door sensor to detect obstructions and replaces the low mounted beam used on most openers, which I find impressive.

Before now, she had complained that she needs to park pretty close to her door to maximize space in front of her vehicles and using backup camera can be a pain. She's very excited about it and wished she had this years ago as she closed her garage door on the open hatch of her Land Rover while she was distracted on a conference call.

She has installed it on her Rivian and she says it's been great so far. Below is the Amazon link she used to purchase it, for anyone who might be interested.

Amazon.com