azbill
Well-Known Member
Chargers based on 110V, 220V all use J1772 connector. CCS is the same connector but just uses two extra DC plugs. You will not need any adapter for the Rivian, at least not on the vehicle end. Charging on 110v will be useless. GM provided me with a 110V portable charger for the Bolt, I have never used it, only provide 5 mile per hour charge, on a Rivian it would be half of that amount. Adapters are a thing that only Tesla's need, since they do not use the industry standard plugs. If you want a portable 220v charger, get one with a NEMA 14-50 connector for power and it will have the J1772 for the vehicle.Do the car companies usually give the adaptors or do you usually need to buy them separate? [ ccs, tesla, 110v, 220v]
Since these wont be used with the Tesla sc network, which companies offer super charging, im guessing i would need to have an account with each.
You will want to have many accounts for charging companies, because you will sometimes even want to charge at Level 2 stations, for example when staying at a hotel or resort. Or in the extreme case where the fast chargers are down and you are out of range. I have these accounts:
Blink
ChargePoint
EVGO
Semma Connect
EV Connect
Electrify America
The very best charging networks are ChargePoint and EVGO by far, but their DFDCs are mostly 50KW to 62.3KW. ChargePoint has Level 2 chargers everywhere. Blink and EV Connect are terrible for reliability, even though I have accounts with them I never do use those.
As for EA, they are still a work in progress. Reliability is still terrible, even though they are somehow claiming they have the best rating on PlugShare. I think the real issues are masked for them because they have 4 chargers at each site, but somehow one of the four finally works for people after calls to the support line.
I do not know which companies are predominate in Florida, my experience with these companies are in the southwest.
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