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- Sasha Anis
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- Toronto, Canada
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- Rivian R1T, Tesla Model Y, Tesla Model 3
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- Owners of Mountain Pass Performance
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Hi Everyone,
With Tesla's opening of supercharger access for Rivians opening up on the 18th, we were eager to get to a supercharger and experience the process. The pain here in Canada of Level 3 chargers is unberaable, and you'll see in the video we have some rather pointed words for the charge operators who we feel have done a massive disservice to EV adoption as a whole.
Our motto is "The only thing worse than no charging is bad charging." This couldn't be more true, because no one in their right mind would plan a road trip to somewhere without charging if it was beyond range, but when there are some Level 3 chargers along the way, we all trust them to work!
We arrived at the charger with around 25% battery, and with the battery preconditioned to 24 degrees C. In this video, we used the A2Z EV NACS adapter which worked great other than a little bit of fiddling with the "lock" latch which is required for the charger to work.
In Canada at the time of the video, we weren't able to just pull in and charge. Perhaps that is coming in the future, but we had to either use the Rivian app or Tesla app to select a stall and start charging. Overal the process isn't as seamless as charging a Tesla, but compared to other chargers it was so much better.
The video covers some of the other steps on how to get connected if it's your first time (it won't be your last!!)
Here is a coarse idea of the charge power we achieved during our first session. The data points are input every 5% SoC.
In the end, we have to say THANK YOU Tesla for opening up your network to others. No doubt losing a significant competitive edge as this is by far the most reliable and useful charging network on the planet at this time. Yes we understand government incentives were involved, but none the less it is a big move for Tesla.
Also a big thank you to Rivian for pushing for this and making it happen so quickly. We can now tow our racecars without worry, and charge together with our other Tesla friends!
On that note, here's a photo of our Rivian and our Featherlite 32' aluminum enclosed trailer, towing our EV swapped Lotus Evora to the Canadian International Autoshow. The truck did an incredible job towing. It is by far the best and smoothest towing experience I've had, specifically when it comes to reversing. No flaring torque converters and overheating transmissions - just smooth, seamless torque and smooth ultra quick steering. Never thought towing could bring so much joy!
With Tesla's opening of supercharger access for Rivians opening up on the 18th, we were eager to get to a supercharger and experience the process. The pain here in Canada of Level 3 chargers is unberaable, and you'll see in the video we have some rather pointed words for the charge operators who we feel have done a massive disservice to EV adoption as a whole.
Our motto is "The only thing worse than no charging is bad charging." This couldn't be more true, because no one in their right mind would plan a road trip to somewhere without charging if it was beyond range, but when there are some Level 3 chargers along the way, we all trust them to work!
We arrived at the charger with around 25% battery, and with the battery preconditioned to 24 degrees C. In this video, we used the A2Z EV NACS adapter which worked great other than a little bit of fiddling with the "lock" latch which is required for the charger to work.
In Canada at the time of the video, we weren't able to just pull in and charge. Perhaps that is coming in the future, but we had to either use the Rivian app or Tesla app to select a stall and start charging. Overal the process isn't as seamless as charging a Tesla, but compared to other chargers it was so much better.
The video covers some of the other steps on how to get connected if it's your first time (it won't be your last!!)
Here is a coarse idea of the charge power we achieved during our first session. The data points are input every 5% SoC.
In the end, we have to say THANK YOU Tesla for opening up your network to others. No doubt losing a significant competitive edge as this is by far the most reliable and useful charging network on the planet at this time. Yes we understand government incentives were involved, but none the less it is a big move for Tesla.
Also a big thank you to Rivian for pushing for this and making it happen so quickly. We can now tow our racecars without worry, and charge together with our other Tesla friends!
On that note, here's a photo of our Rivian and our Featherlite 32' aluminum enclosed trailer, towing our EV swapped Lotus Evora to the Canadian International Autoshow. The truck did an incredible job towing. It is by far the best and smoothest towing experience I've had, specifically when it comes to reversing. No flaring torque converters and overheating transmissions - just smooth, seamless torque and smooth ultra quick steering. Never thought towing could bring so much joy!
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