Rivian Adventure Network Update - Billing to begin Early November

Just got this e-mail:





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Wonder if they're gonna allow Rivian owners to charge other EVs before the program opens up completely to everyone.

The good news is that in Rivian time, “early November” means Thanksgiving.

The way the email is worded I assume the cost at each charger will be dependent on the local power companies. That should be fun…

From a business perspective, I’m cool with this. We’ve all had a good run of free charging from them but I’d rather they made some $ and rolled out more chargers (or working tonneau)!

SDH said:

From a business perspective, I’m cool with this. We’ve all had a good run of free charging from them but I’d rather they made some $ and rolled out more chargers (or working tonneau)!

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I mean, no, we haven’t all had a good run of free charging…

edit to add: I will be using a RAN station for the first time in the next week. I will end up using 2-3 stations in “early November.” If they flip the switch Nov 1, I’ll probably get 1 free charge. If they flip it Nov 15, which I would put as mid-November, not early, I’ll get at most 3-4 free charges.

SDH said:

From a business perspective, I’m cool with this. We’ve all had a good run of free charging from them but I’d rather they made some $ and rolled out more chargers (or working tonneau)!

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Totally agree on this gas a business they need to make money, especially in this environment. And also increase foot print as a company

Good thing we did our big road trip a few weeks back

Autolycus said:

I mean, no, we haven’t all had a good run of free charging…

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Maybe they should make each new site free for the first two months or something.

They should have a gratis amount of charging (either time or kWH) associated with each Rivian purchase.

They are bleeding cash. Freebies need to go away

Dark-Fx said:

Maybe they should make each new site free for the first two months or something.

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Circle K seems to do something like 30 days free at their new chargers. I’d like Rivian to do 6 months for new owners and 30 days for new sites.

I understand some of the problems with unlimited free charging, and I understand the long-term business need for them to charge us, so I’m not going to be upset with this change… unless their pricing is high. Especially at first, they should be on the very cheap end for Rivian owners. Charge other EVs an arm and a leg though!

From a business perspective, I get it. But in my 7+ months of ownership I’ve only used one once. East coast, we don’t have access to as many to try.

Great! Charge $ and increase the rollout speed.

I didn't get this email. I wonder if it's because they know that with the nearest RAN location 600 mi away the price at RAN stations is not very relevant.