What happens when a Rivian EV truck runs out of battery charge?
has unofficially increased that to 328 miles. For the purpose of this test, that was a problem, but a more recent OTA update also gave us the ability to set the charging limit as low as 50 percent, so keeping the battery drained before the big day was no hassle.Running out of battery is as easy as running out of gas. The trick here would be to run out in a safe location. We planned to keep driving until the truck stopped moving, but we didn't know exactly where that would be.
At the edge of town, a slight rise in the road caused us to lose speed to the point we were becoming a hazard and a final bright red warning popped up telling us the vehicle was coming to an emergency stop and we needed to pull over immediately. We turned off the highway into a new housing development where we wouldn't be blocking traffic when the battery finally quit.didn't quit. Top speed was down to 9 mph, but we were still driving circles around the neighborhood.
If we were smart, we would've turned all those things off much sooner to save power. Instead, the screens went black just short of an hour after the truck came to a halt. This was a problem, because the parking brake is electronic and releasing it for the tow truck can only be done through the infotainment screen. As it turns out, this first oopsie would compound through the rest of the day.With the truck truly and completely dead and no sign of the tow truck yet, we decided to take action.
First, he lowered and extended his ramp as far as possible, then backed up the tow truck until the ramp pushed itself under the R1T's front tires. He kept going as the R1T rolled up the ramp until the edge of the ramp reached the back tires. Then, he used a sledge to hammer plastic skids under the rear tires and dragged the truck the rest of the way up with the winch.
Throughout this ordeal, Rivian roadside assistance had been checking in regularly, and upon being informed they'd sent us to a bum charger, they sent the tow truck back. At first, the plan had been to go to another charger, but given our troubles, roadside elected to have us towed to the Rivian Service Center 62 miles away, just in case.Turns out, it was the right call.
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