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You most certainly will need an earth ground. Ground and neutral are of course the same potential, but you definitely don't want to cut corners here -- ground is all about safety. Fun fact: some charger skip neutral all together, and run current through the split phases instead (earth ground is...

I don't believe these charts are normalized by total energy drained (over the DOD cycles). That's really misleading. I see those charts, and the result looks more like what we already knew: 1) Don't charge to 100%. I mean, just don't do it. 2) More energy expended = less battery health (more...

IN Interesting, thanks for sharing. Their heart was in the right place, but the final effect is lost, IMHO (I still don't have my R1, and ironically I didn't even touch the blinker in the first-mile test drive). Here's how they missed it: 1) The first and foremost metric for sounds is: does it...

That's barely enough to fill up your R1 (total kWh or max charge rate -- the latter easily under max rating) with little to spare for the house: what's your use rate? Regardless, PG&E has a calculator that will tell you exactly what the cheapest setup it, and, if carbon neutral is your goal, you...

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/1up-rack-fitment-on-bed-crossbars.4481/page-10 This is precisely why I have a R1T on order -- (and shameless hanging on to pre price hike max pack)

I high tailed it outta there, a bit of slippage in -- forgive me -- a Model X (R1 on order). This is for several reasons: 1) LA has highways that literally drain onto ... your highway. 3 times in fact, right onto the I5. What's up with that? That's not how drainage design works, folks. 2)...

If it helps, I think El Cap. and Red are very consistent in shade,light, online vs. in person. Rivian Blue and Limestone are seriously different in person, vs. online, shade vs light: check it out in person, all lighting. My personal take: Red on the R1S rocks, if you want to stand out. Not my...

OK Guys, I think we should just scrap both CCS and NACS, and start from scratch. Here's a superior design, and well tested over many years:

OK, forget CCS vs NACS -- if you have multiple vacation homes, can I have one? :)

I am stuck in the same boat. Actually, I have the adapter already, and no truck. My Gen 2 is also power sharing (20 amp each, else 40 -- never 48, intentionally, even though upstream is rated @ 80), so if I ditch the gen 2, I have to ditch both. I am in the camp of: test the adapter first, and...

Depends on the setup (e.g. max current from one setup is hardware selectable). I wouldn't rely on software to "do the right thing." That said: does Rivian allow a maximum current to be set per charge location (in the car)?

I'd be OK with an adapter AND I would pay extra myself to have both ports. That said, anyone here lamenting about how incredibly ugly, and huge, CCS is ... just remember CHAdeMo, and realize that it could be far, far worse, and make yourself feel better.

Several has posted "forgive the parking job...". My favorite is still this one:

Looking at your profile pic, don't we want to hold off the small stuff until after ~7pm PDT today? :)

At this point, RIVN is trading close to its book value. Weird place to be, since, as a car company, they are either destined to continue (better ratio), or fold up (bet: burn through all that cash). There really isn't a middle ground as market fluidity/the ability to shift product target is next...

Just crawled into one with 2 - 8 year olds and myself @ 5'3" at a live Rivian event. The answer: you all will fit, but NOT lengthwise. The kids sleep sideways, then both adults sideways as well: off-angle or bend your knees is the only way to make everyone fit -- easy to do unless you are really...