Vegas to Upstate NY

[Niftly3d]

I'm thinking about throwing the dog in the car and driving to the 1000 Islands in Alexandria Bay, NY. Roughly 2700 miles. The longest trip I've done with the Rivian is about 500 miles. Any advice? (other than fly and all the other smart ass comments ... seriously asking)

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[SolartoEV]

Enjoy it! Some boring stretches but over its a cool trip.

 

[Time2Roll]

Just drive. Rivian will get you there with ease. Try to see something interesting every day.

 

[mkhuffman]

Use ABRP.

 

[SANZC02]

I'm thinking about throwing the dog in the car and driving to the 1000 Islands in Alexandria Bay, NY. Roughly 2700 miles. The longest trip I've done with the Rivian is about 500 miles. Any advice? (other than fly and all the other smart ass comments ... seriously asking)

I’ve done several long trips, just got back from a 6900 mile trip last week in my R1S from CA->FL->MA->CA

My suggestion is use ABRP (A Better Route Planner) to get your route. When you get to the charging stops it calls out put the address of the next charging stops in the Rivian navigation. It will tell you when you are good to go, works great for me. I use the same method in my Tesla.

Trip will be awesome, have a great time.

 

[Dave Cundiff]

I’ve done several long trips, just got back from a 6900 mile trip last week in my R1S from CA->FL->MA->CA

My suggestion is use ABRP (A Better Route Planner) to get your route. When you get to the charging stops it calls out put the address of the next charging stops in the Rivian navigation. It will tell you when you are good to go, works great for me. I use the same method in my Tesla.

Trip will be awesome, have a great time.

I still prefer the abundance of user-selectable charging options in PlugShare.

Carry both AC and DC adapters suitable for your Rivian's charge port.

I agree @Niftly3d is likely to have an awesome trip. Best wishes!

 

[KBabione]

Do the monthly Tesla membership for $12.99/month. It will pay for itself after your first charge at a SC. Tesla also typically puts more chargers in each location (8-12 or more) so there's a better chance of having one open when you get there and it's easy to check the Tesla app for availability as you get close to it AND always have alternatives (Plan B) in mind. Book hotels that have L2 chargers on site - even if you have to pay for them it will be cheaper per KW/H than a L3 charger.

 

[ndmiller]

So many different routes to follow (north then east or east then north), follow them on a map to see where you want to stop. Assuming you have the time, there are a number of treasures on the way.

Let us know how your route if you want suggestions.

 

[vmi9d3]

I’ve done several long trips, just got back from a 6900 mile trip last week in my R1S from CA->FL->MA->CA

My suggestion is use ABRP (A Better Route Planner) to get your route. When you get to the charging stops it calls out put the address of the next charging stops in the Rivian navigation. It will tell you when you are good to go, works great for me. I use the same method in my Tesla.

Trip will be awesome, have a great time.

I'm not a Rivian owner yet, just a EV6 (hoping for an R2 soon), why not use the native nav system? It is one thing I am looking forward too since the EV6 one is terrible.
Also, don't you need a OBD dongle to get real time battery info for ABRP plus the ABRP subscription?
Thanks for the insight.

 

[KBabione]

I'm not a Rivian owner yet, just a EV6 (hoping for an R2 soon), why not use the native nav system? It is one thing I am looking forward too since the EV6 one is terrible.
Also, don't you need a OBD dongle to get real time battery info for ABRP plus the ABRP subscription?
Thanks for the insight.

The native nav system will certainly work and will ensure you won't run out of juice, but ABRP will let you plan your trip a little better to give you targets where you'll stop. Letting the native nav do everything comes with the advantage that it will precondition the battery automatically - if you manually pick a spot you may need to do that yourself 20 minutes or so before you get there to optimize your charging time. Native nav will so pick a charger for you (based on the networks you selected) but won't necessarily tell you that you have options near where you need to charge. For example, I pay for a Tesla monthly membership and save a lot of money on long trips using Tesla stations versus using EA or Rivian chargers.

 

[vmi9d3]

The native nav system will certainly work and will ensure you won't run out of juice, but ABRP will let you plan your trip a little better to give you targets where you'll stop. Letting the native nav do everything comes with the advantage that it will precondition the battery automatically - if you manually pick a spot you may need to do that yourself 20 minutes or so before you get there to optimize your charging time. Native nav will so pick a charger for you (based on the networks you selected) but won't necessarily tell you that you have options near where you need to charge. For example, I pay for a Tesla monthly membership and save a lot of money on long trips using Tesla stations versus using EA or Rivian chargers.

Thanks for the details. The Kia Nav is pretty bad so I'm looking forward to something better. I tried ABRP in the past but didn't like it as much as Plugshare. I'll have to look again for my next trip.

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