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I would love to use EA or EVgo during road trips, but every time I try, their tiny 4-6 dispenser stations are half broken and the working ones are clogged with cars getting their free charging. That's in addition to the people who are actually willing to pay. EVgo in particular really has no...

Do Gen 1 cars also dump the HVAC water into the underbody shield that's in front of the battery pack? On my Gen 2, the HVAC water seems to be dumped into there where it accumulates like a little shallow reservoir. It only dumps out if I'm on an incline. As the shield is a piece of steel...

Does anyone know where all the energy is going for Accessories? I know the car needs to use some energy to run the coolant circulation pump, but I'm assuming that is captured under Cabin and battery temps.

Rivian paid for all these chargers to be installed. They are also paying the park back for the cost of electricity. What Rivian really needs to do is start charging for all these L2 chargers. They already started charging us actual owners for all the things that used to be "free" like...

Whoever thought it was a good idea to increase the RAN prices across the board at every location should be fired. In some locations the RAN station truly is unique and an enabler. Those locations could justify charging more. In MOST locations, there is nothing special about a RAN. There are...

I thank you for your post. I have never owned a bottle jack but I never would have thought that you can’t store them on their sides or else they’ll leak oil everywhere. Is this really true for all bottle jacks or just some designs? I could imagine a “premium” design that has check valves...

350kW chargers are actually too fast for anyone doing a real Costco shopping trip. Anyone on a road trip is not going to do a Costco run and anyone doing a Costco run shouldn't be clogging up the charging stall for 1+ hour. What Costco needs is a ton of 50-80KW DCFC for shoppers and some...

Kneel mode is also the same height as Low suspension.

Electrify America stalls are always clogged up with people getting their free 30 minute charge. The Costco ones are even worse. People are pretty motivated by free charging and $1.50 hotdogs. EA is such a painful experience for so many reasons.

The problem with RAN chargers is each 300 kW power cabinet power shares between two or three dispensers. On a busy weekends when RAN actually fill up, this can make a tangible difference in charging time. It's all luck who will end up next to each other. This is the one situation where I...

Glad you were able to prove it out for yourself. The battery keeps warming up as you charge, so it was probably sitting at a toasty 120F when you got to 30% this time. As the SOC gets higher (>20%), you really need the high 120F battery temps in order to maintain high charge rates. I think...

I will chime in to say that this setting on the app didn't work or did not work as I expected. It didn't seem to do anything different than before. I have only tried it a couple times. Before this option appeared in app, the car would pull down the battery by 1-2% and then kick on the...

Sounds like you need to do a hard reset to see if that fixes the outside temp sensor and infotainment issues. The quick heat up at the end is normal. I think the car tries not to waste too much energy heating up the pack too early. Then when you get closer it kicks the motors and into heat...

That speed still seems kind of low. Hate to ask, but what's the temp outside? I wonder if there is some temperature gradients in the pack that Rivian doesn't report. I know there are a decent number of temperature sensors in the pack so maybe some parts are the pack aren't fully warmed up...

Here is the short answer: There is nothing wrong with your car or battery pack. At 55% SOC and 71F battery, your charge rate was about right. The long answer. The battery needs to START at >90F and <20% SOC to get that full 200kW you've been dreaming about. The battery will continue to...

Can anyone comment on Electrifi versus ABRP premium. They all get the same data from Rivian API. ABRP premium is $50/yr vs $60 for Electrifi. I have only used ABRP and started paying for premium during December since I had a bunch of road trips and wanted to see all the charge and drive...

Right now, having NACS on the vehicle doesn't provide any real advantage, other than being able to install/reuse a NACS L2 charger at home. Having NACS on the car is not going to change the supercharge access situation. The cars are still not going to get access to V2 supercharger stations...

I would say the 4K cameras in the Gen2 are more than an incremental upgrade. To me it’s one of the biggest improvements. I’m sure everyone is coming from different cars, but every person who has ever ridden in mine first comments on the camera resolution and the large screen helps highlight...

What is your coverage limits? That seems insanely cheap for any Rivian vehicle even if yours is a few years old.

I believe the manufacturer tells IIHS what production dates the submitted model applies to. This means Rivian purposefully told IIHS anything made during/after??? August applies to the vehicle that went through testing. Seeing how Rivian is not very forthcoming about on the fly changes, I'm...