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We took Opal out today for a tour over to Champaign, Illinois. We put about 140 miles on her. When we got back to Normal, she had 78 miles/27% remaining. She is on charge tonight at the campsite. She is charging on a 50 amp 120 volt RV outlet. I'll report on her charge in the morning.

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Congrats - I remember talking to you in the early days of speculation about delivery timelines and glad you finally got your truck. Enjoy the experience!
 
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We took Opal out today for a tour over to Champaign, Illinois. We put about 140 miles on her. When we got back to Normal, she had 78 miles/27% remaining. She is on charge tonight at the campsite. She is charging on a 50 amp 120 volt RV outlet. I'll report on her charge in the morning.

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As of 8:30 this morning, Opal is at 300 miles/96%. That is after 14 hours on the campsite power post.

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Congrats - I remember talking to you in the early days of speculation about delivery timelines and glad you finally got your truck. Enjoy the experience!
We finally had to cheat a bit to get our R1T. Our youngest son had a very early R1S reservation. He took delivery of his Rivian at his house in Jacksonville, Florida about a month ago. We finally decided that we would change our delivery address to our son's. Within an hour, we had access to the R1 Shop and a Guide assigned.

When we spoke to the Guide, we told her that we wanted to take delivery at the Factory in Normal. She provide access to the orphan R1T's at the factory. There were two Rivian Blues that were acceptable, but had different wheel/tire packages from our original specs. We told the Guide that we would consider these option and get and get back to her the next morning. Early the next morning the Guide called us and told us that there was an orphan R1T that had just rolled off the assembly line that was our exact configuration. We immediately locked that one up and she is now ours.

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We hooked up the Airstream to the R1T and took by the Rivian Factory for a photo op.

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How did the R1T pull your Airstream on the way home? What kind of efficiency did you get?
We pulled the Airstream around central Illiniois with the Rivian to see how it handled the 7,000# trailer. She did very well in all aspects of trailer towing. The range was as expected, about 1 mile per kWh. On the way back to Florida, we used the Duramax to tow the Airstream. SuEllyn drove the R1T, and I followed her in the Duramax. On the 900 mile trip home, the Rivian got 2.1 miles per kWt. All in all, the Rivian performed just as advertised and expected.

We are now up to 2,000 miles on the R1T. She has performed flawlessly and we are very pleased with her.

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