Rivian saves Rivian...quick weekend trip

beaker said:

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AT0007 said:

Which app are you using for those stats?

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ksurfier said:

Yes, it's a famous theme popularized by a certain Tesla fanboy...whose Rivian was saved by none other...

But if I’m being honest, I did get 50kwh from a free Tesla L2 charger in a mall…

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ksurfier said:

This was my first trip where supercharging the R1S was actually needed/critical.

About 900 miles and 500 kwh's (1.8 MPK), did some trickle charging (level II), Level III charging was $90 ($0.10 per mile).

Using the RAN chargers was the best (Manteca/Santa Nella/Buttonwillow), charge time was ~25 minutes at each, typically under 25 minutes (unless getting food).

Location	Network	Minutes Charging / Activity	Kwh added ($)
Atascadero	Electrify America	0:23 / Bathroom break and shopping	51 ($22.5)
Manteca	Rivian	0:15 / Charging only	51 ($18.5)
Santa Nella	Rivian	0:36 / In-n-out lunch	73 ($26)
Buttonwillow	Rivian	0:24 / Bathroom break and snacks	65 ($23.5)

All-in-all a great experience, in 16.5 hours of driving w/charging only about an hour of that was spent waiting for the car to charge...

Didn't need/get to go to any Tesla superchargers since UPS lost the A2Z adapter, so waiting to see what happens with that...

I was worried that charge time for the R1S would be an issue, but that's not at all the situation...didn't have to wait for a stall at any of the locations...

But at 2 of 3 RAN chargers I did see R1Ts charging in the trailer spots with non-trailer spots open...(and a R1T towing a trailer using the non-trailer charge spot)....

Is this common? A bummer if it is...

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MtnRiv said:

Great info, thanks! I think sometimes when we see people in charging areas like towing spots or “handicap, use last” spots are people who went to those spots because it was the only thing available at the time, walked away to do something and other people left m making them look like goofballs. Not always, but I’m trying my best to give people the benefit of the doubt. I would hope that for me in that circumstance. If they are taking those spots on purpose, they need to be slapped and forced to trade in their Rivian for a Tesla! ?

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s0ysauce said:

I too recently did a road trip and was pleasantly surprised at the zero problems I had at the RAN sites. Great job Rivian! I stopped at Santa Nella and Buttonwillow and didn't experience any problems with the the chargers or folks charging or blocking any spots. For a 700+ mile roundtrip, my charging costs were less than $110. There's no way I would have gotten close to that in my 3 row ICE SUV. One interesting thing during the trip was I managed to break 3 kW/h on multiple occasions. It shocked me so much, I engaged Driver+ just to take a snapshot.

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MtnRiv said:

Great info, thanks! I think sometimes when we see people in charging areas like towing spots or “handicap, use last” spots are people who went to those spots because it was the only thing available at the time, walked away to do something and other people left m making them look like goofballs. Not always, but I’m trying my best to give people the benefit of the doubt. I would hope that for me in that circumstance. If they are taking those spots on purpose, they need to be slapped and forced to trade in their Rivian for a Tesla! ?

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ksurfier said:

It wasn’t busy at all, so I’d say for sure they parked there for convenience…people are people regardless of the make/model carrying them around…just an observation.

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Glembi2 said:

I have to think most who park in spots reserved for others are experiencing tunnel vision and wouldn’t park there if they knew what they were doing. The others just don’t care.

I continue to believe karma is at play.

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