Khaneric
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Me and my buddy took our Rivians up to Mammoth from LA this weekend and I wanted to share my experience.
Best part of the whole trip was using the chargers for free and having to not rely on a EA charger working or not.
One thing I did notice about the chargers is the little black plastic piece around the screen (look below the gear guard sticker) was separating from all of them. Doesn't look like they were damaged on purpose and most likely seem to be from the heat/sun beating on them.
Inyokern, CA
This charging station is a little off the beaten path but it's right next to a good burger place and a Tesla Supercharger. The location has 6 DC Fast Chargers, room for what looks like 3 more but haven't been installed yet, and 2 level two chargers. Most of the chargers worked fine but 2A for some reason wouldn't initiate the charge and error out (I reported it to Rivian). All the other chargers worked flawlessly and delivered 215KW peak and had a very good charge curve on them (though I didn't take a screen shot of it).
This station also has a dedicated charger with room for a trailer attached.
The workers in the burger place were all great and the restrooms were cool and very clean.
Bishop, CA
Located next to an El Pollo Loco this station has 6 DC Fast Chargers and one is SORT OF dedicated to a truck with attached trailer. The reason I say sort of is that they placed the charger where you could technically pull in and take up two parking spots, but there is nothing marked on the second spot that says trailer only or anything preventing people from parking there. Also I could see the approach angle being VERY tricky to overcome without a smaller trailer.
The chargers we tried work flawlessly and again delivered 215KW peak with a good curve. I added 90kWH is 57 minutes to the truck (deep charge to 91%).
The manager in El Pollo Loco gave us a dirty look when we walked in to use the bathroom so maybe he was just having a bad day or something. The location is pretty close to the Erick Schat's Bakkery so it's an easy walk to pickup some great sandwiches and bread.
Best part of the whole trip was using the chargers for free and having to not rely on a EA charger working or not.
One thing I did notice about the chargers is the little black plastic piece around the screen (look below the gear guard sticker) was separating from all of them. Doesn't look like they were damaged on purpose and most likely seem to be from the heat/sun beating on them.
Inyokern, CA
This charging station is a little off the beaten path but it's right next to a good burger place and a Tesla Supercharger. The location has 6 DC Fast Chargers, room for what looks like 3 more but haven't been installed yet, and 2 level two chargers. Most of the chargers worked fine but 2A for some reason wouldn't initiate the charge and error out (I reported it to Rivian). All the other chargers worked flawlessly and delivered 215KW peak and had a very good charge curve on them (though I didn't take a screen shot of it).
This station also has a dedicated charger with room for a trailer attached.
The workers in the burger place were all great and the restrooms were cool and very clean.
Bishop, CA
Located next to an El Pollo Loco this station has 6 DC Fast Chargers and one is SORT OF dedicated to a truck with attached trailer. The reason I say sort of is that they placed the charger where you could technically pull in and take up two parking spots, but there is nothing marked on the second spot that says trailer only or anything preventing people from parking there. Also I could see the approach angle being VERY tricky to overcome without a smaller trailer.
The chargers we tried work flawlessly and again delivered 215KW peak with a good curve. I added 90kWH is 57 minutes to the truck (deep charge to 91%).
The manager in El Pollo Loco gave us a dirty look when we walked in to use the bathroom so maybe he was just having a bad day or something. The location is pretty close to the Erick Schat's Bakkery so it's an easy walk to pickup some great sandwiches and bread.
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