R2 / R3 charge port -- NACS, Passenger Rear Side location

[RWerksman]

Looks to be from the Electrek live broadcast.

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[IGR]

Should have been Driver's side, but ill take it!

 

[Tim-in-CA]

Yea ... that location is not going to help at supercharger locations. Plenty of time for them to move it to the rear driver side. Or put it on front passenger side as many people hate backing into spaces.

 

[DuoRivians]

Yea ... that location is not going to help at supercharger locations. Plenty of time for them to move it to the rear driver side. Or put it on front passenger side as many people hate backing into spaces.

I don’t think optimizing for Tesla superchargers is the goal here

 

[rraj2k81]

They knew they were going to go with the Tesla charging port and still decided to go with the wrong location for it!

Hopefully the V4s are far more prevalent by the time 26 rolls in.

 

[RWerksman]

They knew they were going to go with the Tesla charging port and still decided to go with the wrong location for it!

Hopefully the V4s are far more prevalent by the time 26 rolls in.

Ironically, look at where the charging door is on the prototype R1 in your user avatar -- opposite side as where it is right now.

 

[rraj2k81]

Ironically, look at where the charging door is on the prototype R1 in your user avatar -- opposite side as where it is right now.

True. Didn't even see that.
Hopefully, If they follow suite they will put it on the right side when it goes into production.

 

[mackgriggs]

Even if they weren't optimizing for tesla supercharger network...why have the cable on the passenger side? Me, as the driver, getting out of the car, why would I want to walk around the car to plug it in? Should be driver side, always. What clear advantage does putting it on the passenger side give?

 

[100Million]

I noticed that the charging port wasn't noticeable does anyone know where the charging port is?

 

[LiamM]

rear passenger side on all 3.

Long knife shaped panel on the R2 and a headlight on it's side shaped oval on the R3/R3x

 

[evguy]

I saw that too but that position seems the least logical to me.

 

[100Million]

I think I understand why, that's where Tesla puts it. So you have to remember that maybe because of that weird parking position if you go into a Tesla charger you take up two spots. I could be totally wrong

 

[vandy1981]

I think I understand why, that's where Tesla puts it. So you have to remember that maybe because of that weird parking position if you go into a Tesla charger you take up two spots. I could be totally wrong

Tesla is driver's side rear.

 

[Riviot]

I thought I saw a similar sized flap on the front left too, can't find a good pic or still from the reveal though.

 

[racekarl]

What clear advantage does putting it on the passenger side give?

It could be a compliance issue. In the EU, fuel filler doors are on the passenger side so that if you run out of gas and are filling from a portable container on the side of the road you are on the opposite side of the car from traffic. It could be that the regs don't differentiate between fuel and charging ports yet, and we know Rivian plans to export these to the EU.

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