Article: How do I get free Rivian-approved NACS DC adapter? Shipping in April!

[supernu8]

i bet rivian will rather just certify the 3rd party ones instead of dealing with angry customers

Doubtful Rivian has the power to make this decision. We know Tesla has control over who can use their network. I'm sure it's written into this agreement that Tesla has final say on any 3rd party adapter approval.

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[emoore]

Will these be able to automatically charge to your payment of record?

The adapter doesn't determine plug and charge. That's between the charger and the vehicle. The adapter doesn't have smarts like that, only temperature of the adapter.

 

[Dark-Fx]

I'd expect insurance to cover my rivian melting. No biggie.

Hope you have enough insurance to cover the property damage to the chargers and proximal vehicles too.

 

[Hillbilly]

Hope you have enough insurance to cover the property damage to the chargers and proximal vehicles too.

And you think your Rivian warranty would cover that?

 

[beyondgravity]

They should prioritize by pre-order date as to not double penalize those of us that waited extra long for a vehicle eh?

This is not a popular opinion. As a long time owner (2021 reservation 2023 delivery ), I hope they prioritize new owners. We are early Rivian adapters and we have been around the block. If this accelertes the sale to bring in middle/late adapters, I would tell Rivian to do that. I am selfish for Rivian to thrive and thus can support our vehicles long term.

 

[Vantripping]

This is not a popular opinion. As a long time owner (2021 reservation 2023 delivery ), I hope they prioritize new owners. We are early Rivian adapters and we have been around the block. If this accelertes the sale to bring in middle/late adapters, I would tell Rivian to do that. I am selfish for Rivian to thrive and thus can support our vehicles long term.

I agree, and that they should include adapters with all new deliveries to avoid shipping costs to send to folks that just took delivery. Whether we get one in three weeks or five weeks likely won't change much, although I know we'd all love to have an adapter now.

 

[Redline]

And you think your Rivian warranty would cover that?

You wouldn't be the one held liable like if you were using an unapproved adapter.

 

[emoore]

I agree, and that they should include adapters with all new deliveries to avoid shipping costs to send to folks that just took delivery. Whether we get one in three weeks or five weeks likely won't change much, although I know we'd all love to have an adapter now.

You mean 3 months or 5 months or 12 months. It's going to take awhile based on Ford's rollout.

 

[Hillbilly]

You wouldn't be the one held liable by using an unapproved adapter.

Unapproved doesn't mean unsafe to use.

If it's too much risk for some of y'all, then wait.

 

[Redline]

Unapproved doesn't mean unsafe to use.

If it's too much risk for some of y'all, then wait.

It might not be unsafe, but you ARE taking a risk. If you brick your Rivian, or cause damage to Tesla SCs you will be held liable.

 

[Dark-Fx]

And you think your Rivian warranty would cover that?

No but my insurance company sure would go after Rivian for it, and they'd probably have a much better case than if I intentionally went against Rivian's directions.

 

[Hillbilly]

It might not be unsafe, but you ARE taking a risk. If you brick your Rivian, or cause damage to Tesla SCs you will be held liable.

Disagree.

 

[jtshaw]

This is not a popular opinion. As a long time owner (2021 reservation 2023 delivery ), I hope they prioritize new owners. We are early Rivian adapters and we have been around the block. If this accelertes the sale to bring in middle/late adapters, I would tell Rivian to do that. I am selfish for Rivian to thrive and thus can support our vehicles long term.

I can see your perspective. Building these adapters should be simple in comparison to building cars so hopefully the timeline for everyone to get one is relatively tight.

I worry overall about expectation setting with this program because it is currently a small number of Super Chargers that are listed as supported and they are doing PR around it while basically nobody can use it or knows when they will be able to actually use them.

 

[RivAW]

You could buy one from A2Z or Lectron if you're impatient. They are about $200

…and they are probably fine…BUT Rivian advises specifically that only theirs is authorized…so good luck with your warranty claim if something goes awry…

 

[mwexler2]

I can see your perspective. Building these adapters should be simple in comparison to building cars so hopefully the timeline for everyone to get one is relatively tight.

I worry overall about expectation setting with this program because it is currently a small number of Super Chargers that are listed as supported and they are doing PR around it while basically nobody can use it or knows when they will be able to actually use them.

According to RJ it’s 15,000 super chargers. How many would it take to graduate from small number to medium?
Also, there are quite a few Ford owners using the same adapter and it doesn’t appear much different than the magic docks that have been around for a while and I can verify those work, although the plug-n-play looks like a nice benefit.

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