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Is anyone else concerned that we don't know the maximum charging speed of any of the Rivian vehicles? I've seen the videos that say either 120 or 140 miles in 20 minutes, but NOT ONE of the reviewers or current owners have posted any information about the DC fast charging rate or curve. Before investing or buying, I'd really like to know if Rivian's DC fast charging curve is competitive with Tesla (high max rate, pretty good overall range/min) or Audi (great sustained high rate until 80% SOC). Given the lack of information, I'm wondering if Rivian has a problem with slow DC "fast" charging or a quickly declining charge rate? Otherwise, why wouldn't they release the statistics? Consider the highway roadside charging time of the max pack - many people might be turned off with a 1.5 hour stop to reach 80%. I think max charging speed is incredibly important - I'd take a car with 200 miles of range that could recharge to 80% in 10 minutes over a car with 400 miles of range that took 1-1.5 hours to reach 80%. Does anyone have any data on this? Can an owner go to an EA charging station and tell us the 10%-80% charge time? Thanks - I want to love my preorder (best looking EVs ever made IMHO), and I'd like to buy stock, but given their new and untested cooling plate system combined with the lack of information, I'm concerned this car will be a road trip dud.
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