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  1. Tesla engineer urges Rivian to move charge port location on R2, R3, R3X for Supercharger access

    A very small percentage of the car owning population can ever park on streets. Besides, potential cable vandalism means many street charging proposals have people bringing their own cables for charging. Owners will have to bring the right cable for their vehicle.

  2. Tesla engineer urges Rivian to move charge port location on R2, R3, R3X for Supercharger access

    And those old enough to remember this will also remember bending over or squatting, then flipping and holding spring loaded dirty plates. Not pleasant, which is why fillers are now conveniently located high up on the quarter panel. Not to mention better protection from collisions. For the same...

  3. Tesla engineer urges Rivian to move charge port location on R2, R3, R3X for Supercharger access

    That reasoning is similar to why some European cars had fillers on the passenger side, specifically for old fashioned gas pump forecourts where one would pull over to fill up. Problem is most people donā€™t buy fuel that way anymore. They go to larger multi-pump fuel centers, and it seems to be...

  4. Tesla engineer urges Rivian to move charge port location on R2, R3, R3X for Supercharger access

    The fundamental use case question for port location needs to be considered: Who inevitably plugs in the charge cable? The driver! Therefore for convenience the port should be as close to the driver door as possible, meaning on the drivers side, preferably in the quarter panel. Most ICE fillers...

  5. Is this stock doomed?

    Rivianā€˜s survival depends entirely and exclusively on the execution of the R2 platform at the right cost point. Even RJ would admit that.

  6. Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM

    More of a surprise this arrangement was ever contemplated in the first place. GM and Honda are culturally incompatible on both a technical and a management level. It couldnā€™t have lasted.

  7. 7 major automakers launch EV charging network [Not EA] -- GM, Stellantis, Hyundai, Kia, Honda, BMW, Mercedes

    It all sounds good, with promised superior charging experiences and massive scale. But by their own admission it seems to be all about leveraging (spending) government money. Plenty of contractors will happily step up to help spend that capital, but will a committee of manufacturers actually be...

  8. 7 major automakers launch EV charging network [Not EA] -- GM, Stellantis, Hyundai, Kia, Honda, BMW, Mercedes

    Yes, the dealer based chargers usually have access problems, and in some cases have onerous charges (remember that Cadillac dealer in Mississippi). GM may have a good idea, but their dealers have other ideas, and the power to push back.

  9. SAE is standardizing NACS this year – making it less dependent on Tesla

    Give it up, Dark-Fx, itā€™s over. Enjoy your new high reliability charging options!

  10. F150 Lightning gets nearly $10K in price cuts

    It should bode wellā€¦ as long as it comes in at the right price target. There are some $40k Mavericks that are loudly discussed, but the bulk of them come in much closer to $30k or less. Volvo has also put down a marker at $35k starting for the EX30. The GM Equinox is supposed to start at $30k...

  11. F150 Lightning gets nearly $10K in price cuts

    It seems there are 3 major EV truck buying groups out there: - People buying trucks to be trucks, including work trucks. Theyā€™re going to buy Lightnings, Silverados and eRams. Canā€™t see that changing much. - The Teslerati crowd and obsessive sci-fi readers will buy the Cybertruck. Some...

  12. F150 Lightning gets nearly $10K in price cuts

    No decision needed, the future of Rivian is entirely and exclusively about the R2. It is their ā€œModel 3 Momentā€. Nothing else matters. R1 will just carry on in the background as the low volume novelty vehicle that it is, just like S/X. Sure they can milk the short term R1S excitement, and...

  13. Electrify America to Add NACS Connector by 2025, While Continuing CCS Support

    EA only exists because of VW dieselgate. Its creation was effectively a government negotiated fine imposed on VW, even though the money didnā€™t go through the government. Stripping it down to the basics, VW was obligated to hand over the money to the new entity EA who was obligated to spend it...

  14. Electrify America to Add NACS Connector by 2025, While Continuing CCS Support

    You CAN form your own opinion! And it might be good for your case today. But there is plenty of bad EA experience evidence out there. So you might be better off in the long run if EA assets were sold to a network operator with the primary objective of running a good charging network rather than...

  15. SAE is standardizing NACS this year – making it less dependent on Tesla

    Agreed it must idiot proof (and cheap to implement, which means no smarts, other than ID or type detection). But I think it is very close as is, with very minor refinements to validate the interlocking conditions.

  16. Electrify America to Add NACS Connector by 2025, While Continuing CCS Support

    Sound economic senseā€¦. But only if the EA charger is working! Right now EA is just a monetary distribution system for a large government fine levied for VW wrongdoing. Yet to be seen if they intend to be a competent network operator, or will eventually sell the assets to someone who is.

  17. SAE is standardizing NACS this year – making it less dependent on Tesla

    It is impractical to implement high current switching in an adapter, so there will be two simple adapters: AC and DCFC. You will get the DCFC free from your manufacturer, as they have promised, and some manufacturers already give you the AC adapter. There may be some minimal ID detection in the...

  18. SAE is standardizing NACS this year – making it less dependent on Tesla

    For the sake of implementation simplicity it will end up being two simple low cost passive adapters: An AC adapter for L1/l2 where J1772 AC pins are connected to the Tesla pins (These are already available and already provided in some cases). A DCFC adapter for L3 where CCS DC pins are...

  19. Top 5 Reasons Switching to a Tesla Dominated NACS Standard is a Colossal Mistake for the Consumer

    *sigh* Some people really are on the wrong side of historyā€¦ The writing is on the wall, weā€™re irreversibly moving to NACS continent wide. Your only concern should be how you are going to get there for your specific individual case. Nothing more to be said!

  20. šŸšØ Rivian Adopts Tesla NACS Standard! (Adapters in 2024, Standard Charging Port in 2025)

    GM also said they would not transition to NACSā€¦ until two days later when they did! Just a matter of time for VWā€¦ and EA, which presumably will carry on as a competitive NACS charging network (assuming they can find a reliable way to fix their broken chargers).


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