Rivian Commercial Van (RCV) gets windows!

[Katsudon]

First Rivian RCV with windows! Could serve as shuttle, camper & more. Posted by @Evguyzach

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[Gen(R3)Xer]

Cool. I could see it as a camper van, but it would have to have waaaaaay more range. At least 300 miles and a solar array on the roof.

 

[Joules Burn]

With a Max Pack, I'm in.

 

[skyguyscott]

Those windows look aftermarket to me, but WDIK

 

[Nixapatfan]

No way that is from Rivian, if it is God help them.

 

[COdogman]

Food truck!

 

[R1Thor]

Food truck!

THIS would be a sweet innovation. Especially if the battery and inverter were sized to run appliances. One of the most annoying things about food trucks--in my opinion--is their loud (and smelly) generators.

Anyone want to start an EV food truck outfitting company?

 

[COdogman]

THIS would be a sweet innovation. Especially if the battery and inverter were sized to run appliances. One of the most annoying things about food trucks--in my opinion--is their loud (and smelly) generators.

Anyone want to start an EV food truck outfitting company?

You mean you don’t enjoy shouting your order to someone over the sounds of 10 nearby food truck generators? Or breathing in the exhaust while you try to enjoy your food? It’s part of the experience!

 

[hammick]

With a Max Pack, I'm in.

Looking at the spec sheet it says 100kWh LFP battery with a max DCFC charge rate of 100kw. Such slow DC charging doesn't sound right.

 

[R1TandMe]

IMHO Rivian won’t build an RV but a shuttle bus makes perfect sense. So would a food truck.

 

[CharonPDX]

Looking at the spec sheet it says 100kWh LFP battery with a max DCFC charge rate of 100kw. Such slow DC charging doesn't sound right.

Commercial Van has a completely different battery/charging subsystem than R1. Small and slow. Because that's plenty for commercial fleets that stay local and will charge on AC at a depot 99% of the time.

Yes, if they want to expand beyond "commercial local fleet" with it, they'll need to increase both battery capacity and charge rate.

 

[hammick]

Commercial Van has a completely different battery/charging subsystem than R1. Small and slow. Because that's plenty for commercial fleets that stay local and will charge on AC at a depot 99% of the time.

Yes, if they want to expand beyond "commercial local fleet" with it, they'll need to increase both battery capacity and charge rate.

Interesting. I wouldn't think the Amazon Rivian that delivers packages to our house often after dark could not get charged enough for the next day at 11kw AC. Surely they are DCFC these things.

 

[CharonPDX]

Interesting. I wouldn't think the Amazon Rivian that delivers packages to our house often after dark could get charged enough for the next day at 11kw AC. Surely they are DCFC these things.

DCFC are expensive to install en masse. My local Amazon yard has like 100 they charge every night. Amazon driver subreddit has a few "polls on how many miles you drive" and most "city routes" seem to average 50-100, most "suburban to borderline-rural" 100-200 per day. 11kW for 8 hours is more than enough for 200 miles per day of non-freeway driving.

But even if they did install some DCFC to handle more than 11kW for the ultra-high-usage vans, a 25kW DC would be plenty to fully recharge an Amazon van from dead to full in under 6 hours.

 

[mwexler2]

First Rivian RCV with windows! Could serve as shuttle, camper & more. Posted by @Evguyzach

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