Tow segment data · Day 04
Las Vegas RAN Barstow RAN
This 154.5-mile tow leg from Las Vegas RAN to Barstow RAN on Day 04 averaged 1.46 mi/kWh, +19% the 1.23 mi/kWh ledger average, climbing about 5,830 ft, into 10 mph of light headwind penalty, around 80°F. That works out to a full-pack tow pace of about 206 miles on the 141 kWh pack, ranking #10 of 47 logged legs by efficiency.
1.46 mi/kWh towing
206 mi full-pack pace
+19% vs ledger average
#10 of 47 by efficiency
Efficiency 1.46 mi/kWh +19% vs 1.23 mi/kWh ledger average
Range pace +32 mi against the current full-pack tow average
Grade +1.1 ft/mi 5,830 ft climbed
Wind light headwind penalty 10 mph W
Temperature mild temperature 80°F avg, 66-93°F
Elevation profile
The road shape behind the number.
Raw data
The data points
- Distance
- 154.5 mi
- Energy used
- 106 kWh from the pack
- Efficiency
- 1.46 mi/kWh
- Consumption
- 685 Wh/mi
- Expected range
- 206 mi on a 141 kWh pack
- Net elevation
- +167 ft climb
- Total climbed
- 5,830 ft up
- Total descended
- 5,660 ft down
- Peak elevation
- 4,711 ft
- Average grade
- +1 ft/mi
- Wind
- 10 mph W Wind direction worked against the trailer and likely pulled efficiency down. ↓ light headwind penalty
- Temperature
- 80 °F avg 66-93°F mild temperature
Dashboard at arrival
The Rivian center-display readout when we rolled into Barstow RAN . Point-in-time instrument values, the kind of telemetry that goes continuous once we start logging OBD-II.
- Pack temp
- 101 °F
- Motor temps
- 141-163 °F
- Ambient air
- 93 °F
- Heading
- 86 ° E
- Tire pressure
- 54 to 55 psi
Why it ran this way
The hot Mojave crossing over Mountain Pass, ambient 93F and motors to 163F under the drag, the worst towed leg of the run.