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Will I be the only Rivian in New England?

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Congrats! Between this and the Fed tax credit, most of us will do well!
 

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I just DC fast charged for the first time from 50%-70% at EA southshore.

Average cost ended up being $0.175/kWh. This is cheaper than my rate at home at $0.25/kWh with Eversource.
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I just DC fast charged for the first time from 50%-70% at EA southshore.

Average cost ended up being $0.175/kWh. This is cheaper than my rate at home at $0.25/kWh with Eversource.
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That’s cheap. At the EA near my house, it charges per min. Not sure if that will end up being cheaper or more expensive. BTW, does anyone in MA has EV rates for electric? I don’t think I have seen anyone with special rates for EV.

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I just DC fast charged for the first time from 50%-70% at EA southshore.

Average cost ended up being $0.175/kWh. This is cheaper than my rate at home at $0.25/kWh with Eversource.
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You were about 5 miles from my house.
 

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That’s cheap. At the EA near my house, it charges per min. Not sure if that will end up being cheaper or more expensive. BTW, does anyone in MA has EV rates for electric? I don’t think I have seen anyone with special rates for EV.

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I have a special EV rate with National Grid for our Bolt EV - not for the R1T.
I give them permission to turn off Bolt charging via onstar when they determine peak power draw for the grid. In turn, they take 5¢ off per kW while the Bolt is not charging. It's usually for 3 hours per day from 4pm-7pm. Each event is optional. They text me before they turn it off. I can text Stop to cancel. It doesn't affect my dual head EVSE in any way. The end result is my R1T continues charging at the lower kW rate of 19¢ per kW for 3 hours. I got also $75 for signing up.
Rivian does not participate in the National Grid program yet.
 

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But everyone on National Grid did submit the request for it to be added, right?

That's the only way they'll work to get it to play nice....
 

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I have a special EV rate with National Grid for our Bolt EV - not for the R1T.
I give them permission to turn off Bolt charging via onstar when they determine peak power draw for the grid. In turn, they take 5¢ off per kW while the Bolt is not charging. It's usually for 3 hours per day from 4pm-7pm. Each event is optional. They text me before they turn it off. I can text Stop to cancel. It doesn't affect my dual head EVSE in any way. The end result is my R1T continues charging at the lower kW rate of 19¢ per kW for 3 hours. I got also $75 for signing up.
Rivian does not participate in the National Grid program yet.
Does Eversource have a similar program? This is my first ev and I honestly haven’t been digging deeply into what’s possible.
 

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Joining you New England Rivian Owners tomorrow when we take delivery of our Limestone/Forest Edge R1T! What seems to be the typical wait for accessories to be delivered? We have a camping trip scheduled next weekend and it would be really disappointing to not have them in time to mount the rooftop tent. I reached out to my guide who said he’d make a note in the system but wasn’t particularly helpful otherwise.
 

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Joining you New England Rivian Owners tomorrow when we take delivery of our Limestone/Forest Edge R1T! What seems to be the typical wait for accessories to be delivered? We have a camping trip scheduled next weekend and it would be really disappointing to not have them in time to mount the rooftop tent. I reached out to my guide who said he’d make a note in the system but wasn’t particularly helpful otherwise.
Congrats. Some folks got their accessories before they even got their truck, or like me when my cargo rails was delivered 2 weeks after my truck was delivered and still waiting on others. I guess it depends on availability of these items.
 

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Joining you New England Rivian Owners tomorrow when we take delivery of our Limestone/Forest Edge R1T! What seems to be the typical wait for accessories to be delivered? We have a camping trip scheduled next weekend and it would be really disappointing to not have them in time to mount the rooftop tent. I reached out to my guide who said he’d make a note in the system but wasn’t particularly helpful otherwise.
Where are you located? I can lend you my rails if you are in a pinch. I got my rails about two weeks after the truck but the charger showed hours before the truck.
 

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Anyone got a rooftop tent? Any suggestions?
 

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Where are you located? I can lend you my rails if you are in a pinch. I got my rails about two weeks after the truck but the charger showed hours before the truck.
That’s really nice of you to offer! Crossing my fingers that mine will ship soon, I’m number 70 (!!) in line to chat with CS right now to see if they know anything. I live in southern NH but I’m in Chelsea pretty often, a stone’s throw from the SC.
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