This is my third EV - not my first rodeo. I don’t disagree - Rivian’s are good looking, fun to drive trucks, but as much as RJ touts better range accuracy than Tesla, my experience has been they’re about the same, which isn’t great for either brand. We frequently drive from Wilmington, Delaware...
I don’t have a picture of it, but my charging curve looks nothing like this - in my recollection, it started around 40kW and slowly crept up to about 170kW until the battery hit 80%, then it started decreasing.
After needing to use both Tesla Superchargers and the Rivian Adventure Network chargers due to unusually high holiday-related driving, it occurred to me that at no point during charging from sub-10% to nearly 100% did the charging curve get even close to the 225kW rating of the R1S G2 Dual...
I took delivery of a 2025 R1S Dual Standard at the end of April. Overall, despite a handful of quality control issues that I’m still working with service to resolve, I love it.
One design decision that has bothered me since day one is how limited the functionality is for the driver display. I’m...