{"id":1616,"date":"2023-08-16T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/23\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2023-08-18T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T01:57:40","slug":"rivian-r1s-tackles-rubicon-off-road-trail-a-production-ev-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/23\/news\/rivian-r1s-tackles-rubicon-off-road-trail-a-production-ev-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivian R1S tackles Rubicon off-road trail, a production EV first"},"content":{"rendered":"

(InEDC) BY Stephen Edelstein – Green Car Reports
\nPublished: Aug 16, 2023 \/ 09:30 AM EDT<\/p>\n

Located in El Dorado County California due west of Lake Tahoe, and approximately 80 miles east of the state capital of Sacramento, the Rubicon Trail is often listed at 22 miles long, but about half of that is a maintained road. Members of Rivian\u2019s research and development team tackled the 12-mile true off-road portion, leaving Loon Lake at 7:45 a.m. on August 7 and reaching the end at the Tahoma staging area around 3:30 p.m. on August 9.<\/p>\n

The vehicle used was a quad-motor R1S that Rivian claims was mechanically stock\u2014including the 34-inch Pirelli all-terrain tires. The only additions were steel rock sliders, front tow hitch receivers, and a roof rack. The R1S wasn\u2019t alone, however. It was followed by two pre-production quad-motor R1T pickups for the first leg of the trip, and a modified Jeep Wrangler after that.<\/p>\n

The R1S entered the trail with around 80% charge and finished with roughly 10% charge, which was still enough to reach a nearby Level 2 AC charger, according to Rivian. That equates to approximately 75% of the total battery pack energy, equivalent to three gallons of gasoline, the company said.<\/p>\n

No mechanical issues or tire failures were experienced during the drive, according to Rivian, the only damage being \u201csome cosmetic bumps and scrapes.\u201d<\/p>\n