A question about the Rivian R1T

"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich) 03/19/2020 at 20:39 • Filed to: Rivian

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I’m curious about the drive unit on the Rivian R1T. MotorTrend has a decent article about the whole truck, and says that it’s a permanent magnet motor. But it doesn’t say what the arrangement is. Does anyone here know if it’s a radial flux (a fairly normal looking arrangement) or an axial flux (more of a pancake shape)? There’s not a ton of shots of the drive unit out there, and regardless, the motor seems like a pretty compact little unit.

I don’t know what it is, but I love the idea of axial flux motors. They seem stupidly small for their potential power output. For example, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has a peak of 582 ft-lbs of torque in a motor that weighs ~82 lbs. (Continuous torque is still 295 ft-lbs  of torque, which is still impressive for a motor that weighs not a whole lot).

OPPOsaurus WRX > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/19/2020 at 23:01

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Someone on here works for them. I bet with some searching you could find who it is and message them

BaconSandwich is tasty. > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/19/2020 at 23:10

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Is there actually a way of messaging individual Kinja members?

Edit: or were you thinking more find his contact info in one of his posts?

DasWauto > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/20/2020 at 07:30

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This person works there, and has posted a bit about the workplace, but has apparently deleted their account. Maybe he got in trouble for some of the things he shared.

https://kinja.com/alwaysbecauseracecar

I think I found a backup account that may belong to him though (same avatar, some Rivian knowledge):

https://kinja.com/random001

Maybe shoot a question their way. I f it is indeed who I think and he got in trouble for over sharing like I’m guessing,  I wouldn’t have high hopes for an answer.

OPPOsaurus WRX > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/20/2020 at 09:23

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if you find one of his posts, just comment so he gets a notification.  

Scooter8511 > BaconSandwich is tasty. 03/21/2020 at 06:26

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I don’t know if this gives you anything helpful , but it’s easy enough to share, just in case. Taken personally from a local public event.