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"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
-Thomas Paine
Rivian Charger
I borrowed a family member's Rivian R1S over the weekend. I have to say, I greatly enjoyed driving it. I think my wife enjoyed driving it more though. Something about the heated seats and the instant torque.
Warning: Don’t do 0-60 mph tests with a dog in the back. We didn't do this, but we know that it wouldn’t be good.
I decided to throw the Rivian on a 120V outlet to see how slow it would charge.
I plugged the R1S in at 3:56pm on Sunday and checked the charged at 11:56am on Monday (I’m no math wizard, but I think that’s 20 hours). The end result was an underwhelming 52 miles gained. That’s 2.6 miles gained per hour.
No fault of Rivian. I just need a Level 2 charger.
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