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Hi all...Long story short, and then long again.
We first ordered an R1S at the end of last year, but owing to logistics and our never being in one place long enough we had to cancel the order once, and then a second time once we realized the wait time was going to be frustratingly long as they switched over to the 2026 model year. Fair enough, but the Rivian charger we ordered and installed at the end of 2024 is only useful to us with the J1772-NACS adapter they wisely provided us. I wish there was a way to retrofit a hardwired NACS plug to that charger; the adapter, while perfectly functional, is an annoyance. That's first world grievance #1. Number two is far more worsterer:
We embarked upon our first road trip, hauling a 6'x12' U-Haul trailer, from Kansas City to Cape Cod on September 18. The trip was plotted out several days beforehand using as many Rivian Adventure Network chargers as practical, taking advantage of the six free months of juice that came with ahh noo cahh. This would have been ideal however, as you seasoned Rivianites may have surmised, I quite naively overlooked the fact that the Adventure Network is still almost exclusively fitted with CCS1 connectors. I learned this during a torrential thunderstorm at the charging station in Columbia Missouri. A call to the 24/7 support boffins was about as helpful as a pair of tweezers. "Don't you have an adapter?" "Yes, I absolutely do. For the wrong connector." "Is there a Tesla supercharger nearby?" "I don't know; I hadn't planned on needing one so soon." She quite helpfully sent us to a Tesla charger halfway across town. As an aside, I had learned through trial and error that not all Tesla Superchargers are compatible with Rivians. So the Tesla charger half a mile from our house in Kansas City is useless, however there are two Supercharger stations within a 10-mile radius, which means 20 miles are burned away just getting to and from. I'm glad we have the Max pack. Back to the road trip. Columbia Missouri was a mere 135 miles into a 1,600-mile journey. Fortunately the 70-minute chargetime was put to use plotting a new route stopping exclusively at compatible Tesla chargers. The route didn't deviate much until we crossed the eastern Ohio border, and we only had to cancel one hotel reservation and book at another. We made it to The Cape the night of Monday, September 22nd, road-weary, street wise, and with a shiny new R1S with a slightly spoiled interior thanks to a beloved French bulldog who decided that a Pennsylvania hailstorm was the perfect time to gift us with projectile diarrhea. Kudos to the vegan pleather, which cleaned up reasonably well. To conclude, and thank you for bearing with me...
Much of the aggravation of this shakedown cruise would have been ameliorated by:
A) My understanding of the ins and outs and no-you-can'ts of attempting to use the Rivian Adventure Network. Its uselessness to us was one adventure too many. The Normal people should have given us fair warning of this, and I consider that to be one of their few failings.
2) A second charge adapter, one that guzzoutta a CCS1 and guzzinta a NACS plug, would have allowed us free Rivian charges for at least part of the way. I haven't gone over the receipts yet, but as you are all aware the kwh charges at Tesla joints can be from somewhat within reason to downright extortionate.
That's my tale of journey #1. If any of you have a recommendation for a decent CCS1-->NACS adapter I'd be grateful. Even if Rivian carries these things I don't want to wait for delivery if it'll take as long as it took for us to get the car.
Many great thanks again, and very glad to be amongst yinz.
We first ordered an R1S at the end of last year, but owing to logistics and our never being in one place long enough we had to cancel the order once, and then a second time once we realized the wait time was going to be frustratingly long as they switched over to the 2026 model year. Fair enough, but the Rivian charger we ordered and installed at the end of 2024 is only useful to us with the J1772-NACS adapter they wisely provided us. I wish there was a way to retrofit a hardwired NACS plug to that charger; the adapter, while perfectly functional, is an annoyance. That's first world grievance #1. Number two is far more worsterer:
We embarked upon our first road trip, hauling a 6'x12' U-Haul trailer, from Kansas City to Cape Cod on September 18. The trip was plotted out several days beforehand using as many Rivian Adventure Network chargers as practical, taking advantage of the six free months of juice that came with ahh noo cahh. This would have been ideal however, as you seasoned Rivianites may have surmised, I quite naively overlooked the fact that the Adventure Network is still almost exclusively fitted with CCS1 connectors. I learned this during a torrential thunderstorm at the charging station in Columbia Missouri. A call to the 24/7 support boffins was about as helpful as a pair of tweezers. "Don't you have an adapter?" "Yes, I absolutely do. For the wrong connector." "Is there a Tesla supercharger nearby?" "I don't know; I hadn't planned on needing one so soon." She quite helpfully sent us to a Tesla charger halfway across town. As an aside, I had learned through trial and error that not all Tesla Superchargers are compatible with Rivians. So the Tesla charger half a mile from our house in Kansas City is useless, however there are two Supercharger stations within a 10-mile radius, which means 20 miles are burned away just getting to and from. I'm glad we have the Max pack. Back to the road trip. Columbia Missouri was a mere 135 miles into a 1,600-mile journey. Fortunately the 70-minute chargetime was put to use plotting a new route stopping exclusively at compatible Tesla chargers. The route didn't deviate much until we crossed the eastern Ohio border, and we only had to cancel one hotel reservation and book at another. We made it to The Cape the night of Monday, September 22nd, road-weary, street wise, and with a shiny new R1S with a slightly spoiled interior thanks to a beloved French bulldog who decided that a Pennsylvania hailstorm was the perfect time to gift us with projectile diarrhea. Kudos to the vegan pleather, which cleaned up reasonably well. To conclude, and thank you for bearing with me...
Much of the aggravation of this shakedown cruise would have been ameliorated by:
A) My understanding of the ins and outs and no-you-can'ts of attempting to use the Rivian Adventure Network. Its uselessness to us was one adventure too many. The Normal people should have given us fair warning of this, and I consider that to be one of their few failings.
2) A second charge adapter, one that guzzoutta a CCS1 and guzzinta a NACS plug, would have allowed us free Rivian charges for at least part of the way. I haven't gone over the receipts yet, but as you are all aware the kwh charges at Tesla joints can be from somewhat within reason to downright extortionate.
That's my tale of journey #1. If any of you have a recommendation for a decent CCS1-->NACS adapter I'd be grateful. Even if Rivian carries these things I don't want to wait for delivery if it'll take as long as it took for us to get the car.
Many great thanks again, and very glad to be amongst yinz.
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