Rivian’s new R2 five-seater SUV will equip an vital charging port function that may improve compatibility with Tesla Superchargers.
Rivian introduced final 12 months that it will undertake Tesla’s North American Charging Customary (NACS) for its automobiles within the coming years, nevertheless it gained entry to the Tesla Supercharger Community earlier this 12 months.
Tesla Supercharger community opens to Rivian automobiles
One factor that electrical automobiles haven’t completed fairly but is decided an applicable charging port location on the automobile, which is now making issues troublesome for non-Tesla EVs after they pull into Superchargers.
Tesla’s charging port is on the rear driver-side of the car, and it’s appropriate with Tesla Supercharger stalls and their cable size. Now that Tesla has opened the Community as much as different automakers, drivers of these non-Tesla EVs are reporting that they’re having bother reaching the port with the charger due to a non-standardized port location.
I skilled this with the Ford F-150 Lightning earlier this 12 months. I used to be capable of plug in, nevertheless it took a number of changes to get the cable to succeed in.
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Tesla is lengthening cables in some Supercharger stalls, however a technique automakers may cut back the necessity for this transfer is by bringing the charging port to the rear of the car.
Rivian confirmed at its Area in Pasadena yesterday that the charging port can be on the driving force’s rear facet, which might improve the compatibility with Tesla Superchargers.
Person TemporarilyOutofStock on the Rivian Boards confirmed this on the board yesterday:
“On the Rivian Area in Pasadena (the place the R2 / R3X is at the moment being proven) one of many Vice Presidents that was there confirmed that within the manufacturing R2 they’re shifting the cost port to the drivers rear! Nice information for usability with the present Tesla superchargers.”
This might in fact be adjusted on future builds of the R1 platform, nevertheless it appears the R2 would be the first Rivian car to undertake the brand new placement of the charging port.
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