Tested: Does Rivian Conserve Mode and Lowest Ride Height Actually Give You More Range?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ต.ค. 2022
- Join Branden for a comparison of Rivian R1T drive modes and ride heights comparing All Purpose mode with Standard ride height, Conserve mode with Standard ride height and Conserve mode with Lowest ride height - does it actually make a difference?
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Thank you for this. In light of the RS video where i think they suggested based on your video and tire wear you should go into Conserve standard, what do you think of Conserve standard v. Conserve Low for road trip? I have been doing Conserve Low but don't have enough miles to notice if there is tire wear.
Branden, it’s awesome what you are doing with your truck, sharing all of these great test results with none of the hype that some other channels have.
+1!!
Thank you, Branden. These are useful results and will help guide me in my thinking about how I'll configure my R1S someday on the interstates. (I haven't taken delivery yet.)
Cool video. I was curious about this
Nice comparison Branden. Not a big deal for my daily driving but like you mentioned a bigger deal for trips.
Exactly. I drive in all purpose for daily driving because I like to have all the power and the driving dynamics are a little weird in conserve, but neither of those matter just cruising along on the interstate.
Dude, amazing info to have.
Hi Branden, great video. Thanks for your time and effort on this. Have a question about your R7 install. I see you have the suction cup mount, how did you route the power wire?
I did a hardwire this way: www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/radar-detector-hard-wire-who-has-done-it.4253/post-147017
With this kit: amzn.to/3za6Fiq
I will warn that getting the plastic panel behind the mirror was a huge pain - I would've made a video, but I'm not sure I can recommend this to most people.
I'm so glad you're providing these tests. Could you determine the impact of the tonneau cover on efficiency? Rivian just cut the power tonneau indefinitely, and many of us are trying to decide if we should get the manual or not.
Likely nothing.
That’s the next efficiency test I have planned - tonneau closed, tonneau open w/ tailgate closed, tonneau open w/ tailgate open
Excellent video quality. Shot on iPhone? Thanks Branden!
Thank you - shot on iPhone 14 Pro
This makes sense to me. Conserve reduces some motor friction most likely. But on lowest ride height, you still have almost the same frontal area (maybe minus a little from tires), just translated down.
Exactly. You’re really only reducing tire frontal area
Nice test, and I agree, why not drive in Conserve mode when doing road trips. But no sense in compromising comfort and going into Lowest ride height for minimal gains. Comfort and range is the way to go.
Wish the Lightning could disconnect one motor for highway cruising for a bit more range.
I have been curious about conserve mode. I have only seen one other person test it.
I'm digging those charge cord handles. Better than the EA ones.
Thanks for the great test
How about a test with the mirrors folded to see if it has any effect
I don’t believe it will actually let you drive at speed with the mirrors folded
I found that if you tap reset once it will take a second but will clear it all. Don't have to keep tapping it.
I guess I'm just impatient, because you're correct.
Tailgate down and bed cover open variables would be interesting to see.
He already plans to do that with cover open, which is the only way the tailgate up or down should make much of a difference.
How was the ride comfort for high?
Are you aware of any drawbacks with tire wear when driving in conserve, or is that something that could be counteracted with frequent tire rotations?
Tire wear is likely to be higher if you change the suspension setting to anything other than Standard, but I don’t have any conclusive evidence on this.
thanks for sharing. do you have the reinforced underbody shield?
I do not, but that shouldn’t make any difference for this
Hey Branden, were you in Standard or High Regen mode for this test?
Always high, but doesn’t really matter for this
For road trips I use conserve low. It “feels” like I get more range wo any drawbacks. The problem is remembering to switch modes before the road trip.
Have you tried Conserve / Standard?
@@brandenflasch i think w recent updates the default is low, so I use whatever the default. In the past, the default was lowest and the ride was horrible, so I would manually change it to low.
There is no need to hit the trip reset button a bunch of times. It takes a couple seconds for all the number to go to zero regardless of how many times you hit reset.
Could you tell if the comfort changed from changing to standard to lowest ride height?
On this road, it’s fine since it’s smooth, but lowest is much rougher than standard if the road isn’t good
So decoupling motor is most important. Everything else is negligible.
Exactly
Tonneau open, tailgate down will not make any difference. The low pressure zone is at the front of the bed, not the rear.
Wind drag is less on the lowest perhaps?
Now do a loop of the worst settings! Jack it all the way up and put it in off-road mode and see how bad you can make it 🤣
😂 it won’t let you stay on high or highest above 45mph or 20mph, respectively. Would be bad for the axle shafts.
Boo
@@brandenflaschactually there is a work-around for this. If you wanna drive in “high” mode at all times just put it in off road mode then select “Rally” it’ll then let you ride in high at all times. But not highest
6:10 … Keep your eyes on the road… rumble strips robbed some of your range !
Very nice videos, but extremely high number of advertisements. I know that you make money on letting advertisements to run during your videos, but having the video interrupted every 60 seconds gives the worst watching experience...