Tesla Supercharger Pricing -- Per Kwh Cost for Rivian

[240vPlug]

Ok so.... We know that charger will be plug and charged and billed through Rivian account.... But ... For those that will be utilizing the TSC frequently:

1) will Rivian get Member pricing?

2) If not, how would it work to sign up for the Tesla membership?

The membership gives the same pricing as Tesla owners.

https://www.tesla.com/support/supercharging-other-evs#supercharging-membership

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[Dark-Fx]

Reportedly using plug and charge is the non-member rate, even if you had a tesla membership. You'll have to initiate the charge from the Tesla app to get your membership rate. I'm guessing Tesla won't reconsider this behavior because using the Tesla app de-anonymizes you.

Looking at the closest NACS available charger to me, I see these rates in the Rivian app:

And these in the Tesla app:

 

[azbill]

One thing that may be an issue Rivian has not figured out, is how to turn off P&C. In my Mache E you can turn off P&C, then use either EA or Tesla app to get a membership discount. There is also a way on EA, to swipe the EA app first, then plug in and you will get the EA member price, because the charger will not look for P&C. Seems like that should work for Tesla also, but have not tried it.

When you use P&C the billing is directly via an OEM account, with no specific car data used to determine if you have a membership.

 

[240vPlug]

I would like to see a way to tie the membership in..

 

[JWortman]

One thing that may be an issue Rivian has not figured out, is how to turn off P&C. In my Mache E you can turn off P&C, then use either EA or Tesla app to get a membership discount. There is also a way on EA, to swipe the EA app first, then plug in and you will get the EA member price, because the charger will not look for P&C. Seems like that should work for Tesla also, but have not tried it.

When you use P&C the billing is directly via an OEM account, with no specific car data used to determine if you have a membership.

If I recall correctly, the video that Snazzy Labs posted on Twitter/Threads mentioned that if you initiate the charge via the Tesla app first for a specific stall before plugging in, and then plug in, you can still get your membership discount and it overrides plug and charge. Sounds like it takes a little longer to actually start the charge once plugged in though, like 30-40 seconds, instead of 5-10, but thats NBD.

 

[Galve2000]

so the membership rates thru tesla are cheaper? they look about the same to me but i have an older Model S with free unlimited SCing so I do not see up to the minute pricing on my MCU..

 

[CharonPDX]

yeah, the membership rates near me are only 3 cents per kWh, not really worth it.

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