Rivian rebranding Tesla chargers?

[Laserboy1054]

Maybe I missed a thread somewhere: is Rivian taking over and rebranding Tesla charger locations? We were passing through Columbia, MO last night and charged at a Rivian RAN location that I'm almost certain wasn't there the last time we came that way (a couple of months ago) and that I'm similarly confident used to be a Tesla location. (Charging was, as always at RAN sites, super sweet!) I'm prepared to be wrong, but it sure looks like Rivian rebranded the Tesla facility. Have I missed something? Is this an isolated thing, or part of some larger effort?

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[Polar]

Nope

 

[R1TandMe]

RAN has been there for a while, well in Rivian years anyway ?

 

[zefram47]

No. This site opened in May 2024 and you can see from the photos on PlugShare that this was a clean dirt start.

Rivian: https://www.plugshare.com/location/607617

The Tesla station is about 2 blocks away at a grocery store.

Tesla: https://www.plugshare.com/location/355431

 

[Laserboy1054]

No. This site opened in May 2024 and you can see from the photos on PlugShare that this was a clean dirt start.

Rivian: https://www.plugshare.com/location/607617

The Tesla station is about 2 blocks away at a grocery store.

Tesla: https://www.plugshare.com/location/355431

Thanks! The proximity is probably why I conflated the two. I appreciate the clarification--it didn't seem likely that thw sleuths on this forum would have missed a rebranding. Glad to onow I wasn't imagining things--this time!

 

[Amie H]

Maybe I missed a thread somewhere: is Rivian taking over and rebranding Tesla charger locations? We were passing through Columbia, MO last night and charged at a Rivian RAN location that I'm almost certain wasn't there the last time we came that way (a couple of months ago) and that I'm similarly confident used to be a Tesla location. (Charging was, as always at RAN sites, super sweet!) I'm prepared to be wrong, but it sure looks like Rivian rebranded the Tesla facility. Have I missed something? Is this an isolated thing, or part of some larger effort?

I am going there this week, used to live there and travel there a few times a year. There are still 2 other Tesla supercharging locations in Columbia, this RAN is new and I do not think there ever was Tesla chargers there before, but that I can’t confirm. My Tesla charger map never showed any in the Columbia mall, where this RAN is. All I can say is Yippie it IS there now !

 

[Amie H]

Were you heading west by any chance ? I am taking my R1S there from Boulder for its first road trip. Any tips would be appreciated

 

[Laserboy1054]

I am going there this week, used to live there and travel there a few times a year.

All I can say is Yippie it IS there now !

It's _really_ fast! This has the ironic downside that charging doesn't allow time to go into the adjacent mall to hit the food court! (I had the same "problem" with a RAN in a grocery store parking lot in Madison, WI a few weeks ago. I had to gallop through the place to get my load of cheese before the charge session completed! So much for "range anxiety.")

 

[elatrickWheels]

On a recent road trip we noticed that the RAN chargers were immediately next to the Tesla Superchargers in a few locations. Perhaps these were planned before access to NACS was a certainty for us in the Rivian community. I expect that future stations will be prioritized in places that are barely accessible by EV, such as I80 in Nevada, four corners, Durango, CO. (I know, there’s a long list, but these are the ones that caused a little anxiety on my part recently.)

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