Photo: R2 body built w/ production dies! NACS charge port location = driver's side ?

[Dark-Fx]

SAE J3400 is an open standard.. not sure what you think the problem is.

J3400 is still in WIP status.

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[Shmoe]

J3400 is still in WIP status.

and yet the proverbial writing is on the wall. It is far better than ccs1.

 

[Trandall]

I'm curious what all the material being used in frame and body are? In the R1's it's a multitude of materials. Do we think R2 has been simplified to just aluminum and if so what alloy?

 

[Tamburello_Rouge]

The die-castings are almost certainly aluminum. Possibly A380 or something similar. The stamped side pieces might be aluminum but I would bet they are actually steel. Nowadays dissimilar materials can be joined together using rivets and panel bonding ahesive.

 

[Tejkalra]

Ok I read “R2” and “dies” and panicked for a moment ?

Same here. I was like..dude they didn’t even started properly and die already.

 

[mikehmb]

So, back to the subject, where is the charge port? ? YW

Plot twist - it has a turbocharged flat-4 sourced from Porsche instead.

 

[AirplaneDr]

So, back to the subject, where is the charge port? ? YW

If it isn't on the right hand side then it will be in the left hand rear. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the R2 needs to have the charge port in the rear due to the RWD configuration. It's something to do with the charger using the inverter on the drive motor and with the rear drive version on R2 it doesn't make sense to charge in front. Commonality dictates all R2s will charge at the rear.

 

[Gen(R3)Xer]

Ok I read “R2” and “dies” and panicked for a moment ?

Me too!

 

[Gen(R3)Xer]

RJ said in a recent interview that the charging port will be in the rear because of the RWD configuration. They’re trying to cut costs and they don’t want to spend the money to run lines to the front of the vehicle.

 

[CrazyOne]

Probably not showing the charging side because it'll be obvious they aren't using NACS.

What's with the stabs that don't go into anything?

Is there a different picture with all components? Chassis cutout for charger wouldn't reveal the charge port type. It could confirm NCAS if it's small, but cannot confirm CCS.

 

[RivianNeighbor]

Castings are currently manufactured in China by a company that supplies Tesla as well. I believe in the near future, castings will be manufactured in Oklahoma. The China based Manufacturer purchased a manufacturing facility and is currently retrofitting and expanding the facility to hold casting machinery shipped in from abroad. I'm excited to see the plant go into production soon.

 

[MacO512]

The vast majority of non-Tesla vehicles and stations have CCS1 ports. There's still a significant portion of Tesla stations that will be incompatible with CCS based NACS vehicles until Tesla rebuilds them. I personally still don't see the point, and I'm probably in the minority of people who have charged using a non-Tesla NACS station to charge a non-Tesla vehicle. The adapter worked fine.

It's not just about what stations and vehicles are available today - its about what will be available in the next 10 years some of us would want to own an R2. Everything being produced in the future is moving to NACS.

I greatly prefer superchargers as their the cheapest and most reliable fast chargers. A bunch of the Buckeye sites here in Texas have 50+ stalls. All are NACS.

The mobile connector with the most options is by far the Tesla adapter. I have 10 native receptacle adapters that all have temperature sensors right at the receptacle (most likely spot to fail) and automatically set the correct amps. Rivian CCS mobile charger only fits two receptacles.

The NACS connector is also much less bulky, so I'd much rather have NACS on the vehicle with a sleek connector and then use a bulky adapter on the fewer times I have to plug into CCS. If you have CCS natively in a vehicle you will ALWAYS have a bulky connection with or without adapters.

 

[MacO512]

RJ said in a recent interview that the charging port will be in the rear because of the RWD configuration. They’re trying to cut costs and they don’t want to spend the money to run lines to the front of the vehicle.

Rear driver is my preferred spot - perfectly fits all the v3 superchargers as well as those of us who setup our home charger for both a Tesla and Rivian. I prefer backing in personally. Then when you open the door its not in the way to quickly jump out, plug in the vehicle, jump back in (especially bad weather).

I'm also ok with same spot as R1 - the front is great if towing or if you want access to the rear from the parking lot.

Rear passenger would be the dumbest thing ever. You literally cannot make a further spot for the driver to have to plug into. Still need to unhook if towing. Charger would block the rear hatch. Doesn't match with any other Tesla, Rivian, or EV. Literally any other spot on the vehicle is better. Front passenger, front middle, front driver, rear driver, rear middle.

They used to do rear middle a lot;

Hell right in the middle of the frunk would be better.

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