Rivian R1T
Charging curve · consumption · motorway range
The Rivian R1T has 135 kWh of usable battery and peaks at 215 kW on a DC charger. In this app's model it uses about 294 Wh/km at a steady 100 km/h and 422 Wh/km at 130, so 44% more energy per kilometre buys you 30 km/h more speed. Weigh that against a 44-minute 10-80% charging stop and you have the whole question of how fast to drive.
- Usable battery
- 135 kWh
- Peak DC power
- 215 kW
- 10-80% charge
- 44 min
- Average kW 10-80%
- 129 kW
- Mass, loaded
- 3130 kg
- Top speed
- 180 km/h
DC charging curve
Charging power against state of charge, on a charger fast enough not to be the limit. Peak power is 215 kW, but it has halved by about 62% state of charge. That is why a short stop low down the curve usually beats a long one near the top.
How long a stop takes
| Charge from | Time | Energy added | Average power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% to 80% | 44 min | 94.5 kWh | 129 kW |
| 20% to 80% | 40 min | 81.0 kWh | 121 kW |
| 10% to 60% | 24 min | 67.5 kWh | 167 kW |
| 20% to 70% | 29 min | 67.5 kWh | 141 kW |
| 80% to 100% | 56 min | 27.0 kWh | 29 kW |
The curve, point by point
| State of charge | Power |
|---|---|
| 0% | 120 kW |
| 5% | 200 kW |
| 10% | 215 kW |
| 20% | 210 kW |
| 30% | 190 kW |
| 40% | 165 kW |
| 50% | 138 kW |
| 60% | 112 kW |
| 70% | 85 kW |
| 80% | 60 kW |
| 90% | 33 kW |
| 100% | 13 kW |
Consumption and range by cruise speed
Steady motorway cruising on flat road in mild weather, from the fitted model Wh/km = 108 + 0.0186 · v². The “usable range” column is the honest one for trip planning: it is 100% down to 10%, because nobody arrives on empty.
| Cruise speed | Consumption | Range (full pack) | Usable range (100 to 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 km/h | 259 Wh/km | 522 km | 470 km |
| 100 km/h | 294 Wh/km | 459 km | 413 km |
| 110 km/h | 333 Wh/km | 405 km | 365 km |
| 120 km/h | 376 Wh/km | 359 km | 323 km |
| 130 km/h | 422 Wh/km | 320 km | 288 km |
| 140 km/h | 473 Wh/km | 286 km | 257 km |
| 150 km/h | 527 Wh/km | 256 km | 231 km |
| 160 km/h | 584 Wh/km | 231 km | 208 km |
What the model does not include
- Elevation. The trip planner does account for climbs and descents; the range figures on this page are flat-road, so an alpine route will come out worse than the table.
- Temperature. These are mild-weather numbers. Cold raises consumption and cuts the charging curve. The planner models both. The numbers on this page do not.
- Wind, rain, roof boxes, payload and tyre choice, all of which move real consumption more than most people expect.
- Charger-side limits. The charging times above assume the site can deliver whatever the car asks for. A 150 kW cabinet shared with the car next to you will not.
Where these numbers come from
A 2.7-tonne brick: the quadratic term is roughly double a saloon's, so speed costs it far more than it costs anything European in this list. Approximated from published EPA figures and fast-charge tests. American cars are rated on the EPA cycle rather than WLTP, and the consumption fit here is a motorway fit, so it will not reproduce an EPA range figure — that is the point, since EPA combined understates a 120 km/h cruise badly. Charges far harder than the Lightning, which is what makes the pair worth comparing on the same route.
What speed should you actually drive?
It depends on your route, on where the fast chargers happen to be and how the legal limits fall. Plan the real trip and the simulator will sweep every cruise speed against this car's curves and tell you which one arrives first.
Plan a trip in the R1T