The Chief Software Officer from Rivians, Wassym Bensaid, assumed X to announce the availability of regular upgrades, which give certain versions of the R1S SUV and R1T pickups electricity and reach.
In a contribution on February 28, Bensaid showed that an upgrade for models with the standard drive train with dual engine drive train increases the output to the performance level of the dual engine and increases the horsepower From 533 to 665 hp. This improvement reduces the time from 0 to 60 miles per hour from 4.5 to 3.4 seconds.
The upgrade is included in Rivians 2025.06 software version 2025.06. Bensaid did not specify the costs, but mentioned that the owners could use Rivian Rewards Points. When buying a R1 or R1T, the double-engine performance drive train via the standard dual engine drive train usually has a bonus of $ 5,000.
Bensaid confirmed that the upgrade is available for vehicles that are equipped with the battery packs Standard+, Large, Large+and Max. However, models with the basic standard -Pack battery do not receive the upgrade, as he explained it His LFP chemistry “Can’t achieve the same level of performance.”
Rivian performance upgrade for dual engine drive train (2025.06 software version)
In a separate contribution to X on March 1st, Bensaid said that software upgrade to increase the capacity for models with a large+ battery was “next on the roadmap”.
The big+ is essentially a 141.5 kWh Max Pack This is limited to soft-like that corresponds to the 109.4 kWh capacity of the large pack. Last summer, Rivian explained that some customers offered the large option to accelerate production and considered whether the owners could unlock the full maxpack capacity of the battery.
Bensaid did not announce how much Rivian plans to calculate the owners of vehicles with the large+ battery in order to unlock the additional capacity.
