Seattle R2/R3X Event - anybody going?

[CharonPDX]

They had a display R1T and the Miir R1T there. The R2 and R3X are inside.

Dang. Alright, UW parking it is.

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[godfodder0901]

Dang. Alright, UW parking it is.

I parked in the University Village parking lot directly across from the Space. It was free (I think only for the weekends, though).

 

[WSea]

Dang. Alright, UW parking it is.

Free multi level parking garage just across from Space. enter from west side

 

[CharonPDX]

Free multi level parking garage just across from Space. enter from west side

Looking at it in satellite view, bringing a travel trailer wouldn’t be feasible.
And now that I’m planning my trip from Yakima, it looks like the EVgo I was going to use in Ellensburg is having issues, and the EA is also problematic.

:-/

I may end up just going home to Portland the South route instead of passing though Seattle as planned. (Currently in Yakima. I suppose I could charge extra long in Yakima and try to stretch it to North Bend. But unlikely to make it by 4 then.)

 

[kilpatds]

I was able to make it inside today. The R3X is ... "chonkier" than I was expecting. The wheels are huge, which might help put the full size into context.

No R3-nonX I saw. The R2 looked exactly like I expected it to.

 

[VSG]

EA at the Taco Bell in Ellensburg works - you can pull past the chargers and go behind the TB where there's a turn-around, then come back and nose-in to the end chargers. Or drop your trailer back there if necessary. These chargers are sometimes crowded - it's the only place I've ever had to wait to start charging.

There's an EVCS station at the pass which works.

There's an EA and EVGo a few feet away from each other at North Bend that work. North Bend is all downhill from the pass, so you'll get a better efficiency than you expect.

 

[CharonPDX]

EA at the Taco Bell in Ellensburg works - you can pull past the chargers and go behind the TB where there's a turn-around, then come back and nose-in to the end chargers. Or drop your trailer back there if necessary. These chargers are sometimes crowded - it's the only place I've ever had to wait to start charging.

There's an EVCS station at the pass which works.

There's an EA and EVGo a few feet away from each other at North Bend that work. North Bend is all downhill from the pass, so you'll get a better efficiency than you expect.

Ended up doing exactly what you said. Taco Bell just angled in (the end stall was open and a few parking spots past so I could just “parallel park”) and am currently in North Bend at EA. Which is being flaky, first two times I started charging, as soon as I went into the trailer to make a sandwich, I got a phone alert that “Vehicle Error” and charging stopped. Third time I decided to just sit in the truck, and of course it’s working fine.

 

[CharonPDX]

So… I missed my official appointment time during the official showing hours.
But the space is open until 8, so I figured I’d stop by anyway.

oops, closed early for an invite-only event.

I may have weaseled my way in by combination of driving past slowly with trailer, waving at the entry people and dressing like Gear Guard Gary. ?

(shhh - don’t tell any Rivian employees on the forum.)

 

[Riviot]

So… I missed my official appointment time during the official showing hours.
But the space is open until 8, so I figured I’d stop by anyway.

oops, closed early for an invite-only event.

I may have weaseled my way in by combination of driving past slowly with trailer, waving at the entry people and dressing like Gear Guard Gary. ?

(shhh - don’t tell any Rivian employees on the forum.)

"That Gary impersonator really liked the hummus wraps..."

 

[CharonPDX]

flashlight size hole on the *passenger* side of R2. Couldn’t tell if it was an actual flashlight in there, or just a clear lens end plug of some kind.

 

[godfodder0901]

flashlight size hole on the *passenger* side of R2. Couldn’t tell if it was an actual flashlight in there, or just a clear lens end plug of some kind.

This is a combo USB charger/hand warmer.

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