Rivian Drive From Bishop to Ontario, CA on One Charge

[lostpacket]

I was curious about OP's elevation change so I threw the route into google maps directions for bicycles (first thing I thought of that shows elevation).

Seems like just over a 3k net elevation drop

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[Careychastain]

Also check out InyoKern. These two will make the drive to Mammoth a breeze!

Thanks Johnjohn!…great to know for next ski season.

 

[R1Sky Business]

Even more good news!!! Thanks!

There has to be progress by now...

 

[ssincl3]

That’s a great update! Did you happen to check on the RAN progress in Bishop next to El Pollo Loco?

Sorry I didn’t get to. I’m going back soon so I’ll check.

 

[ssincl3]

EA charging I take it???

Yup! It was free to charge on Friday too so I stopped often!!

 

[ssincl3]

Thanks for sharing details. What were the temps during your drive, and what was the elevation change?

Will be interesting to see if someone does the same drive in the summer and no climate on. Might add 15 or 20 miles of range.

With no AC?? Yikes!! But yeah the temps during driving went from 65-80. Don’t know the elevation.

 

[R1Sky Business]

Yup! It was free to charge on Friday too so I stopped often!!

Earth day...!!!!!

 

[ssincl3]

Thanks a bunch for the report. Sounds like it was a lot of fun.

to support R1T a bit, isn’t 293 - 253 - 11 = 29 miles off estimate?

I was wondering who would question that. Lol! That 3% 11 miles basically is zero miles/%. That’s because there was a drastic elevation drop on I 15 from Oak Hills to RC for about 25 miles. During that time I netted about 12 miles from regen. There was a point I had a deficit of 2-4 miles left to go vs range so I wouldn’t have quite made it exactly home if I didn’t get that regen on the downhill vs flat the whole way.

 

[johnjohn]

There has to be progress by now...

Next trip up to Mammoth I'll check on the El Pollo spot. My route does not take me to the Inyokern spot.

 

[Pixelshot]

Having spent lots of time in Bishop, I know that having that 1 - 2 punch of Bishop plus Inyokern is a dream. Note that there's not much in Inyokern but a split in the highway to different parts of LA. Makes sense that they would have one there. Bishop is great and lots of stuff around there. When I was in Bishop last, a couple of months ago, nothing had changed from the several months before. Just a transformer and a few leads where the chargers will eventually go.

 

[R1Sky Business]

Next trip up to Mammoth I'll check on the El Pollo spot. My route does not take me to the Inyokern spot.

I got the Inyokern site in a few wks

 

[R1Sky Business]

Having spent lots of time in Bishop, I know that having that 1 - 2 punch of Bishop plus Inyokern is a dream. Note that there's not much in Inyokern but a split in the highway to different parts of LA. Makes sense that they would have one there. Bishop is great and lots of stuff around there. When I was in Bishop last, a couple of months ago, nothing had changed from the several months before. Just a transformer and a few leads where the chargers will eventually go.

There's a bakery in Bishop where you can easily kill 20min

 

[johnjohn]

Finally had the chance to stop by El Pollo Loco in Bishop to check out the progress. Not sure if there has been any progress but at least there looks to be 5 stations

 

[johnjohn]

From another forum....

https://s00n.rivianstories.com/posts/24096690/comments/62975164

 

[DaveA]

Nicely done. 68 mph is the sweet spot for this truck, IMO, from a 13 hour road trip experience...kinda like a 4Runner I owned prior....they all have a certain speed where efficiencies start to fall apart.

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