RAN Rivian Charging Stations Locations Map via Google Maps

[SeaGeo]

Rivian has a new story about road tripping to celebrate yet another RAN station in California. Meanwhile, there is exactly 1 DCFC along I-20 between Tuscaloosa and Dallas (nearly 600 miles) and it's at a BMW dealership with 2 plugs.

But yes, by all means please keep saturating California with fast chargers.

Not much love in general for fast charging in Texas

Texas could help solve this if the State wanted to.

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[Lizardo]

Texas could help solve this if the State wanted to.

don't disagree. Thry seem to have other iseless priorities.

 

[Guy]

Texas could help solve this if the State wanted to.

Are they purposely delaying permits or anything like that?

 

[Lizardo]

Are they purposely delaying permits or anything like that?

Think its probably more not creating any financial incentive for anyone to put them up compared to other states.

 

[Autolycus]

Can we add Capitol Heights SC? They delivered my R1S and are the ones to do my Service work.

Do you have an address for it? It's not on Rivian.com's map and I don't see an address in the thread about it.

 

[WSea]

Think its probably more not creating any financial incentive for anyone to put them up compared to other states.

Such backwards thinking. Goes along with cutting mental health by 211 million

 

[kurtlikevonnegut]

Texas could help solve this if the State wanted to.

I agree that many states could help themselves by being more friendly to Rivian and others as it pertains to charging infrastructure. My point is more to highlight how tone-deaf it is to celebrate the idea of family road trips that are only possible for a subset of customers, while other customers are yet to even see a RAN station, let alone have the ability to use them on an idyllic family road trip.

 

[jjswan33]

I agree that many states could help themselves by being more friendly to Rivian and others as it pertains to charging infrastructure. My point is more to highlight how tone-deaf it is to celebrate the idea of family road trips that are only possible for a subset of customers, while other customers are yet to even see a RAN station, let alone have the ability to use them on an idyllic family road trip.

Well maybe they are trying to sell to their West coast customers not those in Texas with this advertising, I mean that is where they have SC, charging and delivery infrastructure well laid out. I know it isn’t going to make you feel better but success on the west coast means more money to roll out infrastructure in Texas and elsewhere. Walk before you run as they say.

 

[kurtlikevonnegut]

Well maybe they are trying to sell to their West coast customers not those in Texas with this advertising, I mean that is where they have SC, charging and delivery infrastructure well laid out. I know it isn’t going to make you feel better but success on the west coast means more money to roll out infrastructure in Texas and elsewhere. Walk before you run as they say.

Texas and Florida are #2 and 3 in population and Florida in particular is one of (if not the top) most popular vacation destinations in the country, especially for road trips. Those two states currently combine for 0 RAN stations with a whopping 0 in between them. It is about 1200 miles from Jacksonville to Houston and the 1 RAN station between them (sort of) is in Augusta, which would be a several hundred mile detour. By the time any RAN stations make it over here they won't be free or exclusive, so it won't even help them from a marketing perspective here.

 

[Sgt Beavis]

I thought the Broomfield, CO location was about to come online. Last week the chargers were uncovered and turned on, just offline. Today they are once again covered up.

However, I noticed that the pull through charger has been

For me, the only downside is that I’ll rarely ever use these chargers. They’re just too close to my home. I’mm happy to see them, but I wish they had built them somewhere along the I70 corridor. They would be much more useful in Idaho Springs.

 

[jjswan33]

Texas and Florida are #2 and 3 in population and Florida in particular is one of (if not the top) most popular vacation destinations in the country, especially for road trips. Those two states currently combine for 0 RAN stations with a whopping 0 in between them. It is about 1200 miles from Jacksonville to Houston and the 1 RAN station between them (sort of) is in Augusta, which would be a several hundred mile detour. By the time any RAN stations make it over here they won't be free or exclusive, so it won't even help them from a marketing perspective here.

Not going to argue about population just saying they still need to sell vehicles while they build out the infrastructure. They shouldn’t show off their successes as they build out?

I just disagree that it’s tone deaf. Someone in Texas or Florida can see it and say that looks great and ask themselves is that what Rivian is bringing here? Makes a lot of sense to me if you’re targeting your 2024 audience/market.

 

[WSea]

I agree that many states could help themselves by being more friendly to Rivian and others as it pertains to charging infrastructure. My point is more to highlight how tone-deaf it is to celebrate the idea of family road trips that are only possible for a subset of customers, while other customers are yet to even see a RAN station, let alone have the ability to use them on an idyllic family road trip.

What's stopping you of family roadtrips? I and many others have done many roadtrips before all these RAN chargers came online

 

[kurtlikevonnegut]

What's stopping you of family roadtrips? I and many others have done many roadtrips before all these RAN chargers came online

As I said when I made my initial point, it is not currently possible to drive from Atlanta to Dallas in an EV by the most direct route (I-20) as there is only 1 DCFC in a 600 mile stretch. I don't think that's an issue in California or the PNW, nor has it been for several years.

 

[Dark-Fx]

As I said when I made my initial point, it is not currently possible to drive from Atlanta to Dallas in an EV by the most direct route (I-20) as there is only 1 DCFC in a 600 mile stretch. I don't think that's an issue in California or the PNW, nor has it been for several years.

Find a couple business somewhere mid-route and get them to install a FreeWire type system, which has the lowest continuing cost overhead because the demand charges are minimized.

 

[R1Sky Business]

Any eyes on Buttonwillow CA recently?

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