New RAN location in Nags Head, NC

[mkhuffman]

Rock and roll, Tidewater!

Sometime in the last week or two, the Nags Head RAN went live. I thought it would be a lower power one, but nope. The cabinet indicates 460 kW! Lucid and Porsche drivers will love it. LOL.

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[BCondrey]

Pretty sweet.
Plugshare shows a successful charge on June 21. https://www.plugshare.com/location/747311
$0.48 / kwh
300 KW max
And, a trailer pull-through.
No app needed for non-Rivian, just scan your card and charge.
Now, if we can just get a DCFC option on the northern OBX beaches ...

 

[RWerksman]

I'm curious if these are limited to 300kw (due to the cable or something) or will really flex for high voltage cars. Will the Gravity be able to hit ~400kw and will the Silverado EV Max be able to hit over 360kw?

I'll find out on the latter in August...

 

[mkhuffman]

I'm curious if these are limited to 300kw (due to the cable or something) or will really flex for high voltage cars. Will the Gravity be able to hit ~400kw and will the Silverado EV Max be able to hit over 360kw?

I'll find out on the latter in August...

Please let us know what you see. I am very interested. It could be the service line is not able to support 450 kW, even though the cabinets can. They could be software limited to 300 kW.

I thought they would be lower power chargers because of the limited power lines feeding that part of the island. I assumed between the Tesla SC and the RAN chargers in the same parking lot, the power company would require Rivian to install lower power units. If only I had a Gravity to test it.

 

[emoore]

Please let us know what you see. I am very interested. It could be the service line is not able to support 450 kW, even though the cabinets can. They could be software limited to 300 kW.

I thought they would be lower power chargers because of the limited power lines feeding that part of the island. I assumed between the Tesla SC and the RAN chargers in the same parking lot, the power company would require Rivian to install lower power units. If only I had a Gravity to test it.

What lower powered units does Rivian have? I thought all the 1.5 units had the same specs?

 

[mkhuffman]

What lower powered units does Rivian have? I thought all the 1.5 units had the same specs?

Good question. The Tesla SC units in the same parking lot are not V4, and they were recently installed. I just assumed the reason was due to power company limitations. I have no basis for that assumption, except that I was surprised they didn't put V4 chargers there.

I am not familiar with the different versions of Rivian chargers, but certainly the older ones are not 450 kW. Again, I was just guessing based on the infrastructure and what Tesla installed. I am glad they are not cabinet limited, anyway.

 

[DCFC]

RAN is limited to 300kw per cabinet. The dispenser can do 920v, or 500A, but not at the same time. Some hummers have maxed out the system at 300kW.

 

[Libby]

Used this RAN when we arrived at the OBX this past week. Very conveniently located in the Food Lion parking lot so we could get our grocery shopping done while our truck charged. Our plan was to charge only during the time we spent grocery shopping, then unplug and head the 11 miles back from Nags Head to our cottage in Kitty Hawk. The rest of the week we Level 1 charged at our rental to 100%.

My receipt for the OBX RAN detailed a 215.54kW DC max rate for a total of 94kWh at .41kWh for 40 minutes, getting us up to about 80% if I remember correctly. I think we arrived with our battery at about 20% thanks to a quick 15 minute charge (16kWh) at the RAN in Fredericksburg, VA which was really just a bathroom break for us and our collie. Our roundtrip was 620+/- miles.

VERY happy the RAN station was built in the OBX, and the location was perfect for eating and grocery shopping.

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