RAN Rivian Charging Stations Locations Map via Google Maps

[Rgrin]

I have an up-and-coming RAN near me (Corte Madera) that has been ready for weeks, but the opening is delayed. My suspicion is that they are delaying the opening to align with their new pay-for-charge on the RANs, which is supposed to come online "in November". Others like Buttonwillow might be in the same bucket.

So my prediction is that a bunch of in-progress RANS will come online in November after pay-for-charge goes live, and thereafter the pace may pick up again, since the RANs will now generate revenue.

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[Autolycus]

New RAN installations seems to be really slowing down. We are coming up on halfway through the quarter and only a handful of new ones? At this rate the won’t even match last quarters 14.

So far just 5 this quarter, yes.

For comparison, by the 7th day of the 2nd month of each quarter this year, this is how many they opened in that first ~half of each quarter:

August 7: 9 of the 14 opened in Q3.
February 7: 3 new openings
April 7: 5 new openings

Q3 was a funny quarter. They started really strong but finished with a bit of a whimper.

 

[emoore]

So far just 5 this quarter, yes.

For comparison, by the 7th day of the 2nd month of each quarter this year, this is how many they opened in that first ~half of each quarter:

August 7: 9 of the 14 opened in Q3.
February 7: 3 new openings
April 7: 5 new openings

Q3 was a funny quarter. They started really strong but finished with a bit of a whimper.

Thanks. That info is great. I'm not counting on a strong end of the quarter since there are a lot of holidays. Would be nice to beat the 14 from last quarter though.

 

[Autolycus]

Thanks. That info is great. I'm not counting on a strong end of the quarter since there are a lot of holidays. Would be nice to beat the 14 from last quarter though.

I haven't ever looked at Tesla's data for when stations open, but yeah I'm not counting on any surge in openings between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. If they open less than 14 this quarter, that will actually confirm a negative trend since Q2. (18 in Q2, 14 in Q3, xx in Q4).

 

[Supratachophobia]

The link below is to a Google Map that I have created with 3 layers. It is pretty raw right now, so I'll put all the information about it first. The link should stay good even as I try to polish things up over time.

I also can't promise that it will always be up to date. If Rivian changes locations on their map, well... those aren't going to be updated on mine because I won't necessarily ever learn that they've updated it, and too many updates will simply take time that I might not have for this project. If someone lets me know, I might be able to do one-off updates. If someone lets me know of major changes to the RAN map, I can probably do some bigger updates.

The 3 layers:
1) The RAN addresses that are "known" or guessed based on information in other threads in this forum -- right now it's the Salida, CO location and the locations shared for CA that were based on utility jobs involving PG&E.

2) Crudely-place points for RAN locations based on the Rivian.com map. They're crudely placed because all we can extract from the Rivian map is a fairly high-level of zoom with large icons. The icons appear to mostly be placed in the city or general area anyway. These are not exact locations and should only be treated as being within a 10-15 mile radius. They also don't reflect actual charging stations, just the areas that Rivian is loosely planning to put locations. I hope to name these points, but that's very time-consuming. A possible solution for that might be coming, and if it does will be reflected in an updated version of this layer. These points are based on the RAN map on 6/26/2021.

3) Electrify America locations I pulled from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's data on alternative fuel stations, including EV chargers. This data is good as of 6/26/2021.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/edit?mid=1F-jpeAQfTwoHqy4dYtOStXLckGA714TJ&usp=sharing

If there are any features that people think are critical to this being usable, let me know and I can try to add them. Please keep in mind that some of this is time consuming and I do have a full-time job and other responsibilities and hobbies, so I make NO promises about adding anything or when it might happen.

If anybody is interested, I can share a geo-referenced TIFF file of the RAN map that I screen-capped from their website in pieces, stitched together, and then geo-referenced in QGIS. It can be opened in Google Earth if anybody wants to play with that at all. I can also share a KML file that has all of these unlabeled RAN points.

Finally, if automating the point names isn't doable, I will probably have to defer to others who are interested in crowdsourcing some of this. In that situation, I can share the map through Google Drive to let others edit. More on that if needed.

UPDATE (7/9/21):
1) I added a 4th layer: Rivian service and/or sales locations. I will start adding to it this weekend based on location information in this forum. (minor update 7/10: I added the ones that looked like very solid addresses from the thread on service centers and showrooms)
2) I am starting to add fields for additional data for each point, including status (permit, construction, online, ??). I will also try to have Google use different icons and/or colors for each status. It should work perfectly, but there are so few points with different statuses right now that I'm not 100% sure it will scale the way I expect. (minor update 7/10: I have also added a field for the source for the info, usually a URL to a RivianForums post or to a news article.)
3) Automating the point names for my "crude placement" layer was going to end up being trickier than the time it would actually save. I was able to churn out about 100 in an hour while watching tv (so not moving as quickly as I could with 100% attention). I will keep churning on that over time. Eventually I will get them all named, but honestly I don't think the names really matter all that much, so I'm not in a big rush.
4) I am going to look at some other options for this whole setup beyond just the basic Google My Maps. Those may allow a little more flexibility on crowdsourcing updated locations or status. "Free" is currently the most important criterion though, so I think it's going to stay where it is for now. The good news is that the data should be easily exportable from My Maps, so work done now won't go to waste if I change later.

UPDATE (12/10/22):
1) The layer for "target areas" now reflects 3 statuses: Open, Soon, and Other/Unknown. That will give an overall impression of progress and what's expected to come in the short and long term.
2) The layer with known addresses, including Open, Construction, and Permit will stay the same.

UPDATE (through 1/22/23):
TeamEV broke out the layers a little differently, which is an improvement for sure. There's still the original "target areas" layer. There's a new target areas layer that reflects the change on Rivian's site to show a more limited list of sites that are online or "Coming Soon". That way we can keep a bit of a "historic" record of the complete original plan while letting us focus on just the current version of the official map.

PROGRESS TRACK COMPARED TO TESLA SUPERCHARGER NETWORK:

Tesla Quarter	Tesla Locations Open	RAN Quarter	RAN Stations Open
Q4 2012	7	Q2 2022	3
Q1 2013	7	Q3 2022	? (too lazy to look up when certain stations opened)
Q2 2013	9	Q4 2022	9
Q3 2013	30	Q1 2023	20
Q4 2013	63	Q2 2023	38
Q1 2014	101	Q3 2023	52
Q2 2014	156	Q4 2023
Q3 2014	235	Q1 2024
Q4 2014	380	Q2 2024
Q1 2015	425	Q3 2024
Q2 2015	480	Q4 2024
Q3 2015	536	Q1 2025
Q4 2015	584	Q2 2025
Q1 2016	613	Q3 2025
Q2 2016	661	Q4 2025

So you made a supercharge.info, excellent!

 

[Autolycus]

So you made a supercharge.info, excellent!

Yes and no. That site is way more feature-rich, but I made a half-iced version of the same idea.

 

[Isaiah Louis]

Can someone confirm this?

Is this all chargers? Is pricing synonymous across?

I’ve been jet lag asleep for half the day from a layover so I apologize if this is already been discussed.

 

[Lizardo]

Can someone confirm this?

Is this all chargers? Is pricing synonymous across?

I’ve been jet lag asleep for half the day from a layover so I apologize if this is already been discussed.

Thats one site that has gone live with those charges. Not sure what site that is. Local RAN is still free, so will be interesting to see if that will be a universal cost or site specific.

No reason to doubt his information

 

[emoore]

Thats one site that has gone live with those charges. Not sure what site that is. Local RAN is still free, so will be interesting to see if that will be a universal cost or site specific.

No reason to doubt his information

Every RAN that has started charging is the same price.

 

[Lizardo]

Every RAN that has started charging is the same price.

My local RAN still shows free on the app, but I haven't gone in person to look myself.

 

[emoore]

My local RAN still shows free on the app, but I haven't gone in person to look myself.

Some still say free, otherwise it’s $0.36 Kwh

 

[seatosummit]

Truckee is no longer free. Sacramento was free as of last night.

 

[SANZC02]

Truckee is no longer free. Sacramento was free as of last night.

Curious what percentage you stopped at, looks like it averaged close to 140kW an hour.

 

[seatosummit]

Curious what percentage you stopped at, looks like it averaged close to 140kW an hour.

Curious what percentage you stopped at, looks like it averaged close to 140kW an hour.

About 146kW avg according to ElectraFi.

 

[Isaiah Louis]

Thats one site that has gone live with those charges. Not sure what site that is. Local RAN is still free, so will be interesting to see if that will be a universal cost or site specific.

No reason to doubt his information

Oh no, I don't doubt his information, I trust Jose (RivianTrackr) fully. Just wanted more information if there was some in this thread.

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