Rivian homeowners have taken to boards to debate whether or not or not the battery drain whereas their automobiles are sitting idle is regular. Some appear to be reporting what appears to be pretty affordable vary loss whereas their automobiles are parked, whereas others are reporting numbers that appear too excessive, pointing to both an issue with the truck itself or one thing that they’re doing unsuitable.
After studying numerous posts about this on boards and Reddit, this does look like an issue for just a few Rivian homeowners. One R1T proprietor from Phoenix, Arizona, who goes by the title “shrink” on the RivianForums, wrote to us revealing he left his truck plugged in and parked for a complete week through which time it drew 32 kWh, which works out to round 4.6 kWh each day (equal to round 8 miles per day).
The automobile had a 70 % charging restrict set, it was hooked as much as a 240-volt 48-amp house charger, it had Gear Guard turned off, however it stayed related to the WiFi community. He known as Rivian to verify this stage of drain was not regular they usually confirmed that it wasn’t, and the producer proceeded to schedule a service go to to verify there was nothing unsuitable with the truck.
This extreme drain (also referred to as “vampire drain”) has been reported by Rivian homeowners for months. Proprietor “OverZealous” posted on Sunday within the RivianForums stating that that he belives it could possibly be the latest replace that elevated drain – he says his every day drain went up from 1.8 % to virtually 4 % with the most recent replace, and there are others who say they noticed a correlation between them.
One other proprietor says a Rivian technician informed him that 1 % drain each 12 hours was acceptable, and he additionally really useful that the automobile be plugged in if it’s going to take a seat unused for some time. Nonetheless, some homeowners say they noticed the drain was elevated when the automobile was plugged in and that it was simply mechanically decrease in the identical automobile when it simply sat unplugged.
Some appear to be speculating that the additional drain some are noticing might have one thing to do with accessing the Rivian app, for example to verify the state of cost whilst you’re away. It is also that the automobile is reacting to the important thing fob being too near it and it could possibly be waking up (and draining extra present) due to this.
The reader who wrote to us says that to be able to get rid of this as a chance, he put his key in a particular signal-blocking field and he says it had no affect on the extent of drain he noticed. One other discussion board consumer advised that turning off the local weather management earlier than leaving the automobile to take a seat mentioned it did cut back drain, though it shouldn’t actually have an impact on condition that it shouldn’t be heating or cooling the cabin with no one in it until you inform it to by way of the app.
The obvious rationalization could be in charge this seemingly extreme drain on outdoors temperatures and the automobile utilizing additional juice simply to not let the battery pack temperature drop beneath a sure threshold. Nonetheless, the Rivian homeowners who wrote posts about this virtually all the time talked about the circumstances they usually say they noticed it does not have as huge an affect on the drain they noticed.
Ever since Rivians began reaching clients, some complained early on about what they deemed unacceptably excessive drain, and thus far the producer appears to be trying into these conditions on a case by case foundation. Rivian has not mentioned there’s a drawback with the automobiles or that it will probably do something to get this mounted, however the producers is definitely conscious of it.