Tow segment data · Day 03
Beaver RAN Mesquite, Nevada
This 142.5-mile tow leg from Beaver RAN to Mesquite, Nevada on Day 03 averaged 1.70 mi/kWh, +38% the 1.23 mi/kWh ledger average, dropping about 4,254 ft net, into 12 mph of light headwind penalty, around 77°F. That works out to a full-pack tow pace of about 240 miles on the 141 kWh pack, ranking #3 of 47 logged legs by efficiency.
1.70 mi/kWh towing
240 mi full-pack pace
+38% vs ledger average
#3 of 47 by efficiency
Efficiency 1.70 mi/kWh +38% vs 1.23 mi/kWh ledger average
Range pace +66 mi against the current full-pack tow average
Grade -29.9 ft/mi 1,560 ft climbed
Wind light headwind penalty 12 mph SSW
Temperature mild temperature 77°F avg, 68-85°F
Elevation profile
The road shape behind the number.
Raw data
The data points
- Distance
- 142.5 mi
- Energy used
- 84 kWh from the pack
- Efficiency
- 1.70 mi/kWh
- Consumption
- 588 Wh/mi
- Expected range
- 240 mi on a 141 kWh pack
- Net elevation
- -4,254 ft descent
- Total climbed
- 1,560 ft up
- Total descended
- 5,810 ft down
- Peak elevation
- 6,387 ft
- Average grade
- -30 ft/mi
- Wind
- 12 mph SSW Wind direction worked against the trailer and likely pulled efficiency down. ↓ light headwind penalty
- Temperature
- 77 °F avg 68-85°F mild temperature
Dashboard at arrival
The Rivian center-display readout when we rolled into Mesquite, Nevada . Point-in-time instrument values, the kind of telemetry that goes continuous once we start logging OBD-II.
- Pack temp
- 102 °F
- Motor temps
- 95-98 °F
- Ambient air
- 75 °F
- Heading
- 146 ° SE
- Tire pressure
- 53 to 55 psi
Why it ran this way
Down the Virgin River Gorge, over 4,000 feet of descent to the desert floor, regen clawing back much of what the climb cost.