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Thanks for posting. Our existing system is grid-forming with switching for grid isolation. Not sure if Enphase requires the newer controller (6 vs the 3 we have) and/or an Enphase battery (10 vs 5) for full integration. The Green EV charging is welcome, to pace solar production to the EV.

Am not knowledgeable about the options - Rivian describes it as: Compass Yellow exterior color Ocean Coast + Dark Ash Wood interior 20" All-Terrain Bright wheel and tire

We followed the path of our daughter's family who 1st purchased their compass yellow R1T. Their experience convinced us that it would be the right tow/haul vehicle for us, as well. It took a while to find one in our area; which, by coincidence turned out to be the same color as theirs.

Much appreciate the helpful replies. My goal is to provide BU/nightime power to support our solar array (which uses Enphase inverters to send AC to the house). We have an essential loads panel installed (for limited, off-grid sun-light power--which is 7.7 kW mid-day power). By alternating our...

Anyone have specifics for either R2 or R1 bidirectional charging? R2 can power your home According to Rivian, the new Energy Management Control Module is a large electronic assembly that bundles several functions into a single package located at the rear of the battery pack. Among the features...

When we installed the Enphase system, we added a controller (you might already have with your battery BU) to allow us to operate off-grid using daylight solar production from the IQ inverters. Our installer set it up with the CT's so that solar power is used first and augmented with grid power...

My use case is also for BU. We have an Enphase solar setup - but installed it w/o battery BU, due to budget. It is setup for solar BU to an essential loads panel. My goal is to have our R1T send power to our home grid's essential loads panel when the grid is down. There are enough solar panels...

I also went with the Kuat piston rack. It fits a very wide range of bicycles from 700c road bikes to 5 in fat bikes; and has the strength to support e-bikes up to 60 lbs (when on a hitch rack). The pict is an e-bike. As mentioned above, the Kuat piston rack can also be put into a hitch mount.

No contact back from Rivian Inside Delivery Guide since February, so seems unlikely Rivian will provide a time-of-sale report per IRS guidelines here: How to claim a clean vehicle tax credit Since IRS has a time-of-sale report for my VIN, I suspect that a time-of-sale report was filed on my...

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IRS rejected my 2024 tax return, for claiming the clean vehicle tax credit, as they did not have a Clean Vehicle Seller Report (from Rivian) matching my VIN. After several contacts to Rivian, an inside delivery guide replied with the following email: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi Charles...

You could try contacting a certified Rivian collision repair center. They may have one available from a damaged vehicle, or could order a new one.

I used the tire kit to plug/seal a boat trailer tire. Was a large screw that had a lot of length sticking out - tire was nearly flat. The plug/seal worked fine. I had to disconnect from the trailer, as the air compressor hose was 2 feet too short to reach the passenger side rear tandem axle...

We settled on a Kuat NV2 for a hitch rack (with the optional 2 bike extension for when our family comes along). This rack also fits our Tesla Y. We added 2 Kuat piston crossbar racks (from Rivian) for my wife and my daily bike transport. We liked the 1-up racks a lot, but needed the larger width...

We are specing a solar array with battery storage using Enphase micro inverters and IQ Battery BU. Enphase has announced a V2H bi-directional charger coming out in the 3rd quarter of 2025. Has anyone installed a solar system that will be compatible with the Enphase Bi-directional charger? This...