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That is a serious over reaction to what I said. I am exceptionally happy with my Rivian and Rivian as a whole. So you jumped to the very wrong conclusion to my point.
For some reason, my brain keeps thinking this is a new game, “Clue—Who charged the EV?” The butler did it with the A2Z adapter in the frunk under the lift up compartment
Rivian and Tesla are right....don't use a third party adapter. I borrowed one last month for my 4,800 mile trip to see the eclipse. It worked great all the way to TX. A few times there were errors during the charge where I had to redo the charge process. Then on the way from Fort Worth to Amarillo it started having communication issues and would stop charging frequently. It got to the point where it shut off immediately after the handshake. I called Rivian, they said to call Tesla since it's their supercharger. I called Tesla and when they asked if I had the approved adapter, I told them I had A2Z. They said that they don't support third party adapters and I would have to call Rivian to arrange a tow since there were no CCS stations near Vernon or Quanah, TX. There was clearly a communication issue between Tesla and the adapter or Rivian as sometimes it would register the billing through the Tesla app and other times it was rolling over to Rivian for billing. I borrowed a Ford owner's A2Z adapter and got my charge to make it to Amarillo. The adapter continued to fail the next day in Albuquerque. After using the Magic Dock in Moab for a few days I made my way to Salt Lake City and from that point on, the adapter worked flawlessly in UT, NV, and CA.
I think people are well aware of this possibility at least from the very frequent admonishments and am personally tired of so many repeat warnings to those of us who choose to get a third party adapter.
I did all the troubleshooting to try and pinpoint the problem, from different adapters, to different dispensers, and even different cities. It was just a wonky connection issue between my truck and the Tesla Superchargers. I had no issues at EA stations. I had been using one of the A2Z adapters for 6 days prior to the communication errors that came across the displays in the truck. I even changed credit cards and called my credit card company to see if they put any security holds and they said everything looked good on their end. After our stay in Moab, I tried the adapter again and it worked fine the rest of the way home. I'd get an A2Z adapter, if it were supported, but not gonna take that chance and get stranded if there is a communication issue between equipment.
