Rivian NACS Adapters begin arriving!

[norivian]

According to the guide when I picked up my car today there people are either in the 7-10 business days camp or the should get it by January camp depending on which "side of the fence" you are. My shop order was 9/17 and pickup 9/27 but I'm in the January group.

Yep. Defsult answer is January 2025

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[Cycliste]

Just got the delivery address confirmation email

2023 R1T, 13 June 2023 delivery

 

[PNW 02]

Confirmation email today
R1S Vin 10,7XX, delivery June 2023

 

[Seattleite]

And another data point:
Confirmation email today 9/30/24
R1S VIN 9XXXX, delivery June 23

Yay!

 

[R1Sky Business]

R1S delivery 6/23.... confirmation email TODAY.!!!!

 

[nelw]

R1S, vin 117XX, July 2023 delivery.
Just confirmed shipping address. Plan to sell it and keep using existing a2z.

 

[Zoidz]

I was reading this thread and pouting since I took delivery early June 23 and have heard nothing.

I just checked my email and got the shipping notification 2 hours ago. ?

 

[GreenOptimist]

R1S, vin 11XXX, delivered June 2023 and just got the email yesterday as well.

 

[R1Sky Business]

R1S, vin 117XX, July 2023 delivery.
Just confirmed shipping address. Plan to sell it and keep using existing a2z.

Adventurous

 

[R1Sky Business]

Can someone please remind me where to find tracking # for adapter. Is it the ORDERS tab on the Rivian account?

TIA

 

[ATL_R1S]

R1S, vin 117XX, July 2023 delivery.
Just confirmed shipping address. Plan to sell it and keep using existing a2z.

Expecting the same email s00n.... R1S, vin 129XX, 7/31/23 delivery here...

 

[dl4060]

I used my adapter yesterday for the first time.

I just did it to test it out, I'm not on a road trip so no need for supercharging.

I went to a Tesla station pretty near my house. I was able to get plugged in, but after attempting to start I got a message that it couldn't charge, and that I needed to update my payment.

This was not accurate, the payment on my Rivian account was fine, so I opened my Tesla app. The Tesla app stated that the charger I was attempting to use was down. It would have been nice to know that, but I guess the Rivian software can only detect when a charger isn't working, not the actual reason behind it.

I moved to a different charger, one that was working according to the Tesla app, and plugged in and initiated with the app.

I can't remember whether I plugged in first, as you would with EA or EVgo, or whether I selected the charger in the app and then plugged in! I meant to note that, but forgot.

It ended up being seamless. I was getting about 205 kw. I charged for about 8 minutes, according to the app, and added 25.16 KWh in that time. The cost was $14.84, at 59 cents a KWh. I haven't done the math on that

Since it was working just fine with the app, I decided to unplug, and just try plugging in directly. This time it worked. As I didn't really need to charge, this was strictly a testing mission, I let it charge for 3 more minutes. Once again, it was charging fine, I think around 205 kwh, so I decided to consider it a success and left.

A couple of things to note:

1) I don't know if it was a one-off, but just plugging in directly doesn't seem to accurately gauge the reason why a charger might not be working. I'm not sure how it concluded that my payment method needed to be updated, as that was obviously not the case. The only reason I figured out that the charger was not working was because I opened the Tesla app, otherwise I might have continued to think my payment method was the problem.

2) Make sure you have the Tesla app! It is definitely good to have it ready to go, just in case.

3) I haven't charged a Tesla in a year and a half, so I had forgotten how short those cables are. It is very different than EA or EVgo, which have long cables, and the issue of taking up two spots is definitely a potential problem.

4) It was not all that easy to plug into my car. While it did work, you had to be gentle, but also a bit forceful. Hopefully this will improve as I get used to it.

I should add that the charging was done near John Wayne, in Newport Beach.

I'm definitely glad to have this option for road trips.

I have not used the Lectron adapter, so I can't compare.

 

[DeafPug]

@dl4060, if you are going on a road trip, be sure to sign up for the Supercharger Membership in the Tesla app before your first charging session. while It apparently varies between sites, this tends to get you 11 cents/kWh discount. For the $12.99 monthly membership, that only takes 118 kWh of charging to break even, so about 2 half-charges. To get the discounted rate with the membership, you need to use the Tesla app to initiate he session instead of letting Rivian handle the billing with plug-and-charge.

I have a reminder in my calendar to cancel my membership in two weeks before it renews for a 2nd month. With home charging, I have no need to pay that except for times that I do a road trip. Here in KS and CO, Tesla was charging 38 vs 49 cents/kWh for people with/without the membership.

 

[dl4060]

@DeafPug thank you!

I'm definitely going to look into that!

In August I did a roadtrip from Newport Beach to the UP in Michigan, going there in early August and back in late August. It would have been nice to have the adapter, and I would have definitely gotten use out of the membership!

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

July '23 delivered R1T, 249** VIN. Just received email to confirm shipping address.

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