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If you are charging from a 120V plug, that's about right. The car needs to run a cooling pump, maybe a compressor, fans, and a computer to charge. All that takes energy. And since the 120V/12A is only giving you 1,400 watts, that would mean this overhead is using about 400 watts, which sounds...

Incorrect. All dryers use a 30A circuit. Older houses use a NEMA 10-30 receptacle which has three prongs, while newer houses use a NEMA 14-30 receptacle which has 4 prongs, but they are both 30A receptacles. No one was suggesting this. The OP has an electrician which recommended the...

There's a version of that that comes with a J1772 connector - it is basically an EVSE that shares power. That's the version I would get since you wouldn't need to fiddle with adapters or set the amps in the car. The box would tell the vehicle to only charge at 24A.

That is a NEMA 6-20 plug (http://carcharging.us/tech/receptacles.php), and has a 240V 20A breaker. So maximum charging amps should be 16A. Which should be set in the car or on the portable charger. Which portable charger are you using?

You would get 24A, 240V = 5.7 kW, or literally half of what a 48A Rivian charger connected to a 60A breaker would get. This would work fine for most people. The cheapest way to use this would be to get this $220 Mobile EVSE...

That’s all very nice and fine but the de facto standard is in fact, the Tesla charging plug. Something like 80% of Evies sold in the United States are Tesla. Ignoring Tesla is kind of ridiculous in my humble opinion. Other opinions may differ.

Actually, you’ll get four times the charge that you would get from a 15 amp 120 V receptacle. Dryer plug is at 240 V so using the dryer plug you would get plenty of charge. Are you using an electric dryer? Even if so, you can replace it with a gas Dryer if there is a gas line to that spot. Let...

Tesla has a lot of experience with battery pack cooling design. Their first battery packs with the model S weren’t all that great. A model S could do one lap around a track for instance, before hitting thermal limits. The latest model Y packs are much improved. The potential issue with the...

From Teslas perspective these programs that lard up requirements with unnecessary things like credit card readers is very annoying. It would be nice if the government incentives worked with Tesla rather than make Tesla do something that doesn’t make sense for it.

FYI, Tesla just told California that it is backing out of $6M in govt funding they were going to get for installing CCS compatible chargers in four locations ($1.5M per location). The speculation is that the NEVI program funding was too onerous (like requiring on-site CC readers). So Tesla might...

Nope. I think that's old information (maybe from Munro where he was speculating). They are sticking with radial. The latest tear downs of the 4680 Model Ys show radial cooling, not axial. I've queued up this Munro video where they talk about this very issue:

Great post. I too am worried about Rivian's single plate design. They are the only EV with this temperature control design (single plate for two layers of cells). The big problem I see is in the winter. The bottom layer gets cold since it is in contact with cold air, especially when driving. The...

You are going to hate charging all the time at DC fast chargers. I highly recommend installing something at your home. Can you give us more details on your home situation. $6K sounds like way too much. Do you just have the one panel, no subpanels? No dryer outlet near the garage?

Our doors are actually very easy to close IF you have a window open. If all windows are rolled up, then the air pressure prevents an easy close and you have to use more force.

Here's another theory about what's going on with Rivian fast charging. A lot of these odd results started occurring as winter approached and temperatures got low. Rivian has an unusual battery pack structure where one layer of cells is at the bottom of the vehicle close to the road. Then...

That’s insane. The fan should come on when fast charging regardless. Yeah, the software needs to anticipate the cooling load, not react to it when it’s too late. Sounds like a software update is sorely needed. Here’s Kyle Corner’s latest video where he notices the same thing, which results in...

There are after market retrofits for the round steering wheel. The R1 drives great. Has a lot of power, you won't be lacking in that. It is definitely a bigger vehicle than the Model X though, but if you're used to a Denali then the R1 will feel smaller than that!

Sorry, forgot to mention the other reason why regen won't work right away - cool weather (doesn't even have to be "cold"). If the truck is parked in 50 degree or cooler temperatures, then the vehicle must warm the battery before it can accept regen. So as you drive the vehicle, the...

The very bottom of this page lists three Tesla to J1772 adapters, if that's what you are looking for. As @Thedude said, they don't work with Superchargers. http://carcharging.us/tech/mobile-evse.php

You get used to it. There is no such thing as coasting, in any car actually, unless you bump the vehicle into neutral. I've driven Teslas for 10 years, and I find the RIvian Strong regen setting too powerful and for my foot, does result in herky jerky movement, so I drive with Standard regen and...