Rivian founder R.J. Scaringe took to social media to tease the corporate’s upcoming Enduro electrical drivetrain.
This method is designed and constructed by Rivian in-house reasonably than bought (at what is claimed to be a excessive price) from Bosch.
The Enduro-equipped dual-motor all-wheel-drive R1S SUV with the non-compulsory Max Pack will present 390 miles of vary whereas preserving the essential third row to supply seating for seven passengers.
“That is one thing loads of prospects had been enthusiastic about and needed, so we put loads of effort and time into ensuring we might 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 start out 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 loads of prospects on the market who might be excited to get this configuration.”
Rivian’s Twin-Motor AWD options two single-motor Enduro drive items — one on the entrance axle and one on the rear.
Rivian’s Enduro energy unit.
The motor, gearbox, and inverter are developed and manufactured fully in-house by Rivian in an impressively compact package deal. This configuration makes use of totally different entrance and rear gearing to spice up torque to the rear wheels, so the automobile could 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 prevailing quad-motor fashions utilizing the Bosch-supplied motors are in a position to 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 non-compulsory 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).
