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Today is our big day, @virgnia_rivian and I have been in touch with our guide for a few weeks and were having a bit of an issue with getting out match, but last week one truck turned up very close to correct, at the factory. So we flew out to Normal yesterday (12/20) and are taking delivery this afternoon. Then we get to drive back to Northern Virginia with our first EV, hoping to stay ahead of the blizzard!
We ended up nixing the spare tire and underbody shield to get the truck now. It ended up being a launch edition of all things, and was built on December 1.
Update 12/23:
So just as a brief followup. The factory tour was really interesting. They said they were building hundreds of R1's a day, and they are done with color batching for the most part. There was a large lot full of R1's waiting to go out on trucks, they were getting ready to shift back to Rail this week.
When things are working flawlessly, they said they can fully build an R1 in about 2 hours. If you have the opportunity to go - the tour was great, and everyone there is super friendly.
We got out of IL late Weds, so it was clear driving up until Thursday. We stopped in Dayton for the night since we if we drove on, we were going to end up in the Appalachian Mountains at 3am, when the snow was due to start. PA and Western MD were wet, but 32-40 degrees.
The adaptive cruise control shut down due to the amount of rain and spray for a bit (camera obstruction). But it was good to go after the next charge.
We planned three charges, but after our first night we added a few extra shorter charges incase the weather went south. We only ended up at Electrify America's, and while the app has some issues, we were able to fast charge successfully at every stop. One charger in MD was barely charging, sounded like a charging cable coolant issue, but luckily one of the others was working.
The road trip start was a great way to forcibly learn how to live with an electric car, and get you familiar with all the features, and how chargers on the road work!
More updates posted by @virgnia_rivian :
Here are a few pics. The R1S was the delivery team picking us up at our hotel. The indoor pic is the delivery center. Two other owners were there at the same time. All new to EVās. One other R1T and one R1S.
Everything went smoother than expected. We used the built in nav to direct us from charge stop to charge stop. By doing this the truck pre-conditions the battery for DC fast charging. We backed it up with Google maps and the car and Google were pretty much the same. I was impressed with the Rivian nav system.
We used A Better Route Planner as well as EA and PlugShare apps. Charging really wasnāt a big deal. I will add that charging stations need canopyās like gas stations!!!
Probably the best driving vehicle Iāve ever driven. And weāve owned two Porsche Macanās and a Range Rover among other things.
One Note: The efficiency on the trip was party due to the truck learning. We ran the trip B between each charge stop and by the end we were just under 2kwh/mi. We also crossed through the mountains in western PA.
We ended up nixing the spare tire and underbody shield to get the truck now. It ended up being a launch edition of all things, and was built on December 1.
Update 12/23:
So just as a brief followup. The factory tour was really interesting. They said they were building hundreds of R1's a day, and they are done with color batching for the most part. There was a large lot full of R1's waiting to go out on trucks, they were getting ready to shift back to Rail this week.
When things are working flawlessly, they said they can fully build an R1 in about 2 hours. If you have the opportunity to go - the tour was great, and everyone there is super friendly.
We got out of IL late Weds, so it was clear driving up until Thursday. We stopped in Dayton for the night since we if we drove on, we were going to end up in the Appalachian Mountains at 3am, when the snow was due to start. PA and Western MD were wet, but 32-40 degrees.
The adaptive cruise control shut down due to the amount of rain and spray for a bit (camera obstruction). But it was good to go after the next charge.
We planned three charges, but after our first night we added a few extra shorter charges incase the weather went south. We only ended up at Electrify America's, and while the app has some issues, we were able to fast charge successfully at every stop. One charger in MD was barely charging, sounded like a charging cable coolant issue, but luckily one of the others was working.
The road trip start was a great way to forcibly learn how to live with an electric car, and get you familiar with all the features, and how chargers on the road work!
More updates posted by @virgnia_rivian :
Here are a few pics. The R1S was the delivery team picking us up at our hotel. The indoor pic is the delivery center. Two other owners were there at the same time. All new to EVās. One other R1T and one R1S.
Everything went smoother than expected. We used the built in nav to direct us from charge stop to charge stop. By doing this the truck pre-conditions the battery for DC fast charging. We backed it up with Google maps and the car and Google were pretty much the same. I was impressed with the Rivian nav system.
We used A Better Route Planner as well as EA and PlugShare apps. Charging really wasnāt a big deal. I will add that charging stations need canopyās like gas stations!!!
Probably the best driving vehicle Iāve ever driven. And weāve owned two Porsche Macanās and a Range Rover among other things.
One Note: The efficiency on the trip was party due to the truck learning. We ran the trip B between each charge stop and by the end we were just under 2kwh/mi. We also crossed through the mountains in western PA.
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