Cortles
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- First Name
- Corey
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2024
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- Location
- New Jersey
- Vehicles
- Rivian R1S
- Occupation
- Analyst
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- #1
I was in a situation yesterday where I had to flip to Conserve mode to get home but noticed that the maps does not calculate based on the extended range - it remained with the mileage as though I was in Standard. So the car kept on warning me about having limited charging locations and persistently trying to reroute me to the most âefficientâ route to conserve energy.
Annoying that in conserve mode I had to âremove charging stopsâ even though conserve gave me plenty of extra miles to make it home and also have my phone with Google Maps on it in parallel as the car kept on taking me on alternate more efficient routes. Side note, one route the Rivian wanted to take me on added 10 mins longer journey compared to Google Maps - thatâs a lot on a 90 mins drive
I had to do mental gymnastics between the battery range in conserve and the miles to get home to try to figure out whether I was good.
I also noticed that when sitting at an Electrify America charger, I wasnât getting any kind of messaging to tell me that Iâd achieved the level of charge to get me home - as though it was always assuming I wanted to fill up to my charging limit rather than the energy I needed to get home. At 5x the cost of my electricity at home, thatâs not the most âefficientâ.
I will admit that since moving from the Y to Rivian, my range anxiety is virtually non existent but when doing a road trip a few hours from home, that range anxiety crept back in with my Rivian.
Is that the experience everyone else is having? Any tips??
Annoying that in conserve mode I had to âremove charging stopsâ even though conserve gave me plenty of extra miles to make it home and also have my phone with Google Maps on it in parallel as the car kept on taking me on alternate more efficient routes. Side note, one route the Rivian wanted to take me on added 10 mins longer journey compared to Google Maps - thatâs a lot on a 90 mins drive
I had to do mental gymnastics between the battery range in conserve and the miles to get home to try to figure out whether I was good.
I also noticed that when sitting at an Electrify America charger, I wasnât getting any kind of messaging to tell me that Iâd achieved the level of charge to get me home - as though it was always assuming I wanted to fill up to my charging limit rather than the energy I needed to get home. At 5x the cost of my electricity at home, thatâs not the most âefficientâ.
I will admit that since moving from the Y to Rivian, my range anxiety is virtually non existent but when doing a road trip a few hours from home, that range anxiety crept back in with my Rivian.
Is that the experience everyone else is having? Any tips??
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