With a raft of changes to the R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck, these models look much the same but are different in all the right ways.
The extra power, along with Drift and Rally modes, combined with refined interiors only enhance the Rivians' appeal
Rather than left-foot-braking, as I might do in a rally-driving situation, I lift off the accelerator and the front wheels scrub speed momentarily, loading up the regen. Just as that happens I chuck the steering wheel sideways and stab my right foot down, sending the rear of the vehicle kicking outward. Keeping my right foot planted, the rear wheels churn away at the gravel and maintain a glorious drift, with just a bit of power delivered at the front wheels to keep it going.
“The torque distribution is our tunable,” summed Lynch, and it varies between these trucks’ drive modes.defaults to about 30/70, explains Lynch, and it varies between the different modes. Tri-Motor versions are a little more complicated to tune, because Quad-Motor versions get a motor for each wheel and you can very precisely control them. With the front you’re at the mercy of the differential, and you have to use the brakes more to correct course, which isn’t as smooth.
There’s very little to distinguish these models on the outside. Quad-Motor brake calipers get a new color, Laguna Blue, with a low-key “QUAD” badge in the middle of their rear badge, while Tri-Motor models get yellow calipers and a yellow badge strip in back.These so-called Generation 2 versions of Rivian’s R1S and R1T go well beyond motor configurations. Battery packs now offer 92.5-kwh, 109.4-kwh, and 141.
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