Rivian founder R.J. Scaringe took to social media to tease the corporate’s upcoming Enduro electrical drivetrain.
This technique is designed and constructed by Rivian in-house somewhat than bought (at what is alleged to be a excessive price) from Bosch.
The Enduro-equipped dual-motor all-wheel-drive R1S SUV with the optionally available Max Pack will present 390 miles of vary whereas preserving the essential third row to offer seating for seven passengers.
“That is one thing a number of prospects had been enthusiastic about and needed, so we put a number of effort and time into ensuring we may ship this,” mentioned Scaringe in a video posted to Twitter from his private account.
Rivian will begin delivering these Enduro-powered autos in about six months. “We’re going to begin deliveries of this configuration within the fall with the Enduro drive unit,” he mentioned. “I’m enthusiastic about it and I do know there are a number of prospects on the market who might be excited to get this configuration.”
Rivian’s Twin-Motor AWD options two single-motor Enduro drive models — one on the entrance axle and one on the rear.
Rivian’s Enduro energy unit.
The motor, gearbox, and inverter are developed and manufactured completely in-house by Rivian in an impressively compact bundle. This configuration makes use of totally different entrance and rear gearing to spice up torque to the rear wheels, so the car can have a rear-drive really feel and tow scores of 11,000 lbs. for the R1T and seven,700 lbs. for the R1S.
These autos use standard brake controls to handle left-right torque distribution, whereas the present quad-motor fashions utilizing the Bosch-supplied motors are capable of apply energy to every wheel individually from its personal devoted electrical motor.
Twin Motor
- 0-60 mph as fast as 4.5 sec
- Greater than 600 horsepower
- Greater than 600 lb.-ft. of torque
- 11,000 lbs. towing for R1T/7,700 lbs. for R1S
- Entrance-to-rear torque vectoring
Quad Motor
- 0-60 mph as fast as 3.0 sec
- Greater than 800 horsepower
- Greater than 900 lb.-ft. of torque
- 11,000 lbs. towing for R1T/7,700 lbs. for R1S
- Absolutely impartial torque vectoring
An optionally available software program improve to the Twin-Motor AWD system boosts energy and acceleration, delivers roughly 700 horsepower (vs. 600+ hp for Twin-Motor AWD), and greater than 700 lb.-ft. of torque (vs 600 lb.-ft. of torque for Twin-Motor AWD), and acceleration from 0-60 mph as fast as 3.5 seconds (vs 4.5 seconds for Twin-Motor AWD).
