"Long Way Up" chargers still operational and accessible?

[brianmartin]

with all the news lately and shipping apparently imminent, my thoughts have been going back to the documentary "Long Way Up". If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it, even though Rivian is not a main focus. Charging was a major issue in the first part of the documentary, because it was winter there, and their chargers were all L2 and not numerous enough to get them the full distance between overnight stops due to the extreme cold. Many times the team had to stop and seek out a random plug at someone's house, a random border checkpoint, etc. I was wondering if anyone knows if the L2 charging network they built out is still functional and if the public can access it? And if there are any more L2 chargers, or any actual DCFC chargers on that route? I don't have the vacation time to attempt something like this right now, but in the future I think it would be awesome to take my own Rivian and reprise that amazing trip they did with the VIN 1 and 2 vehicles. I speak a little bit of spanish, have done some travelling in central america myself, but nothing on this magnitude. What is the current gestalt about how possible this is, either now or in the 5 year horizon? Is Rivian planning on selling vehicles in South America and building out their business there? Was the Long Way up a prelude to having a real presence in SA? Or just marketing for us NA folks?

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[Greenwater]

with all the news lately and shipping apparently imminent, my thoughts have been going back to the documentary "Long Way Up". If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it, even though Rivian is not a main focus. Charging was a major issue in the first part of the documentary, because it was winter there, and their chargers were all L2 and not numerous enough to get them the full distance between overnight stops due to the extreme cold. Many times the team had to stop and seek out a random plug at someone's house, a random border checkpoint, etc. I was wondering if anyone knows if the L2 charging network they built out is still functional and if the public can access it? And if there are any more L2 chargers, or any actual DCFC chargers on that route? I don't have the vacation time to attempt something like this right now, but in the future I think it would be awesome to take my own Rivian and reprise that amazing trip they did with the VIN 1 and 2 vehicles. I speak a little bit of spanish, have done some travelling in central america myself, but nothing on this magnitude. What is the current gestalt about how possible this is, either now or in the 5 year horizon? Is Rivian planning on selling vehicles in South America and building out their business there? Was the Long Way up a prelude to having a real presence in SA? Or just marketing for us NA folks?

Try plugshare.com. I just entered Tierra del Fuego and they showed a bunch of 10kw charging stations in the southernmost town they started in. Zoom out a bit and you see 50kw charging stations on up the coast in Chile. Looks very doable.