As others posted, the messages of EA's issues are highly exaggerated. I'm using EA for 2 years now and I've never been stranded. A couple times I had to try another plug, but that's it and there was always another one available.
Also where I live and travel EA chargers are almost always empty...
Better way to compare charging capabilities of the vehicle is using c-rate and not kW. Rivian has big battery, 40-60% bigger than most vehicles on the market today. I think most people would agree that Tesla Semi charging at 150kW at 60% wouldn't be impressive at all.
Anything below 1C at 60%...
You would think so, but at least where I live I'm almost always alone at the location :). This will probably change with time..
However since they're all pretty much by Walmart I do get questions from interested non-EV owners pretty often.
My personal definition of fast would be anything bellow 30 minutes from 10-80%. If it could hold 180kW to 80% then I believe that would be pretty close to that.
Thanks SeaGeo for compiling this list. I really Appreciate that :)
Looks like we need to wait for more data points, but it doesn't seem the charging will be very fast.
I've owned a 2009 Citroen C5. Not less quirky than this one. Same suspension and weird rear window. It also had very specific steering wheel with only ring of the steering wheel turning and center of the wheel being static.
Like here:
I did. It's pretty low on my list of priorities though. For example much lower than my wife not having to spend 30-40 minutes on Walmart's parking lot at 10pm alone to charge.
At this point I don't expect to follow through on my LE R1T preorder. I cannot point to a single thing that changed my mind, but I guess the biggest thing was waiting time, that allowed me to reevaluate my situation and try different options.
I wanted a vehicle that can support my lifestyle...
I did and it is probably the biggest reason I don't own a Tesla. While definitely better than having no cameras at all, it's also obviously inferior to what others offer. My current cars have views to the front, back, front wheels, side views towards the back and top down view. Tesla is...
Thanks for this response. That is a huge bummer for me. I like that feature a lot and cannot justify buying an expensive vehicle in 2021 without it. I'm gonna switch to max pack in this case and hope that this feature will be available by then. Of course keeping LE for now, so I get invited to...
It seems that you have it listed pretty well.
I'd just add to the list that Rivian will be probably charging faster on the road.
According that that:
https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/05/24/all-electric-f-150-lightning-pro.html
Ford will charge at 150 kW and do 65%...