R1S Precision improvement on one-pedal

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.

Jaques R1S

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Saturday at 5:08 PM

I dont know if anyone else noticed this feature. It's subtle, but noticeable. While I was backing up into my garage with very small room for error, I noticed that with the latest update, I can apply very light acceleration backwards which allows me more control on the last few inches of the maneuver. It also makes it less jerky and less stressful.

The only thing I would improve would be reducing the deadzone on the pedal which adds some unpredictability.

Either way, it's nice to see Rivian add such a cool feature.

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