Rivian Commercial Van (RCV) gets windows!

[renderpaz]

If they were OEM windows, this is what they would look like

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[usulio]

With that much solar a camper could almost keep up with Rivian vampire drain

 

[Erik+]

Where did I park my Rivian? Good thing the spaces are numbered.

 

[Redmond Chad]

I love my Rivian. And my all-electric camper van with windows and solar on top. Too bad they are different vehicles and brands as I'm still waiting for a longer-range Rivian van. Here's what I bought instead...a Brightdrop. Which (sigh) is no longer made as tariffs made it uneconomical (they were built in Canada, just across the river from Detroit).

It's AWD and has 278 miles of range. 80mph top speed (but be careful if you buy one, some come with 65 or 75mph limiters and it is extremely difficult to get that removed). I've done 7,500 miles of cross-country trips so far.

Plenty of people on the Brightdrop forums are converting them to campers, food trucks, trade vehicles, etc. I talked to someone a couple of nights ago that recently tried to get a Rivian van to convert, but was told no way as they had a huge backlog of commercial orders.

 

[Thedude]

I love my Rivian. And my all-electric camper van with windows and solar on top. Too bad they are different vehicles and brands as I'm still waiting for a longer-range Rivian van. Here's what I bought instead...a Brightdrop. Which (sigh) is no longer made as tariffs made it uneconomical (they were built in Canada, just across the river from Detroit). But it's AWD and has 278 miles of range. 80mph top speed (but be careful if you buy one, some come with 65 or 75mph limiters and it is extremely difficult to get that removed).

Plenty of people on the Brightdrop forums are converting them to campers, food trucks, trade vehicles, etc. I talked to someone a couple of nights ago that recently tried to get a Rivian van to convert, but was told no way as they had a huge backlog of commercial orders.

Is the solar linked into the main pack or just charging a house battery arrangement for the camper?

 

[Redmond Chad]

Until 2026 (of which almost none were made) Chevy only allowed 400W of output from the traction battery, and didn't have an official way to get juice into the main pack.

My van is a 2025, so the solar panels just feed the 10kWh hour house battery. The company that converted my van (Grounded RVs) also figured out another way to pull 1800W from the traction battery as long as the van is on, which has been helpful on occasion. And of course I could conceivably plug an EVSE into the house outlets and charge the traction battery, but that's a pain and lossy and you can't transfer that much in terms of miles, so I haven't bothered with that.

 

[pinolero]

First Rivian RCV with windows! Could serve as shuttle, camper & more. Posted by @Evguyzach

Reminds me of a people mover.

First Rivian RCV with windows! Could serve as shuttle, camper & more. Posted by @Evguyzach

From a distance, reminds me of a people mover.

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