Rivian Air Hose Hack: Swap to a coiled hose for easy storage

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.

J's Rivian

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Mar 21, 2025

If you struggle to get the factory 20' air hose back into its pouch, I got this inexpensive 20' coiled hose from Amazon. There is probably enough room for the 25' version. This one comes with male and female connectors.

If you want to use it just like the factory hose, you'll need to replace the steel male quick connect with a female one (1/4 NPT Milton M style).

Out of curiosity, I also got a coiled 25-footer to try and it fits in the pouch perfectly.

Amazon.com

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