Rivian continues to be making changes to its product lineup and the newest one has prospects upset. And that’s as a result of they now have to decide on between having most vary or most energy. In line with a brand new submit over on RivianForums, the model despatched prospects an e mail detailing that it gained’t find yourself providing a Quad-Motorized vehicle with the Max Battery pack it promised years in the past.

The Max pack has by no means made it right into a manufacturing Rivian product however when it does it ought to present about 400 miles of vary. That’s clearly fascinating and it’s simple to see why house owners would need to pair that with the quad-motor setup discovered within the R1T truck and R1S SUV. Letters detailing the change in manufacturing went out to those that chosen the 2 options.

To maintain the Max pack, reservation holders want to just accept that their automobile will include a dual-motor setup (one motor on every axle). Certain, the truck or SUV will nonetheless be AWD, however it gained’t have the identical 835 hp (622 kW) out there on the quad-motor model. Maybe to fulfill these with a necessity for velocity, Rivian says that it’ll promote the dual-motor in two energy ranges.

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The traditional dual-motor model will produce 600 hp (447 kW) whereas an “Enhanced” model will make 700 hp (521 kW). Each will likely be able to towing as much as 11,000 kilos (4,989 kg) so not less than there’s no lack of efficiency there. Those that select to maintain the max pack will get a rebate too. Regular dual-motor prospects get $4,500 again whereas Enhanced twin motor consumers get $2,000.

The model says that “This replace introduces a extra power dense Max pack design that pairs with our Twin-Motor drive system to ship lengthy vary with excellent efficiency at a lower cost level.” We’ve but to search out out precisely what the EPA-estimated vary will likely be as soon as manufacturing is finalized.

Those that need to follow the quad-motor setup must accept the ‘Giant pack’ with its EPA-estimated vary of 321 miles. They may find yourself getting their automobile a lot sooner although. Rivian really particulars within the e mail to prospects that they might obtain their automobile as quickly as early subsequent yr.

It does say that in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later it’ll provide the mix once more however offers no timeline by any means as to when that may happen. Considerably hilariously, Rivian additionally launched a bunch of content material on-line about how succesful the dual-motor AWD setup is.