Rivian just released a free NACS adapter that allows you to charge at Tesla supercharger stations..... Maybe.
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@LJLion2 ай бұрын
Your Rivian charge port is on the left, so use the charger on your most right. That's how you fit in without causing a disruption. I learn the hard way with my Lightning. The adapter is very useful. So right charger is always right, that's the way to think about it.
@manuelias86Ай бұрын
I’d happily take the adapter off your hands and pay for shipping😅 I’m still waiting for mine to get delivered
@williamelkington54302 ай бұрын
The information about this (v.1-2 versus v.3-4 superchargers) has been out there for many months. So it should not have been a surprise. Tesla's web site and app will tell you which sites are compatible with CCS vehicles with an adapter. Getting access to Tesla v.3 and v.4 superchargers is much better than not getting access to v.3 and v.4 superchargers--for most of us. For some of us, apparently, this is not the case. So please send me your adapter, and I'll put it to good use.
@MichaelTavel2 ай бұрын
And the Rivian charge map tells you which Tesla Supercharger sites are compatible.... it's not complicated but you do need some basic knowledge - I suspect they told him how to find chargers when he bought the car or details about using the adapter when he received it?
@michaelrohrs74752 ай бұрын
No actually it was mostly due to the size of the Rivian. It's bigger the most Tesla's so the length of the charge cable was to short not to have to tie up 2 spots to reach.@MichaelTavel
@williamelkington54302 ай бұрын
@@michaelrohrs7475 My understanding is that unless you are on the right-most dispenser or a pull-through dispenser, a Rivian or a Ford is bound to take up two charging stalls, given the cable length on the v.3 superchargers. Tesla seems to have done the math and decided to go with that arrangement. Am I missing something?
@michaelrohrs74752 ай бұрын
@@williamelkington5430 no guy I was replying to was trying to blame an app or not reading app correctly when the issue in video was it was busy on a Sunday afternoon and only way to charge was to take up 2 spots.
@williamelkington54302 ай бұрын
@@michaelrohrs7475 There were several issues raised in the video. The crowded issue on a Sunday afternoon has nothing to do with the adapter but rather has to do with the inadequacy of charging infrastructure.
@andrewstorer31277 күн бұрын
Alternate title “I don’t know how to use Google and feel like complaining about Tesla charging stations”
@chase_m_petersonАй бұрын
I own a Rivian R1T and have an adapter and it works extremely well. Another option is to purchase an at home charger. Wake up every day with a full charge in the convenience of your own home. Upfront costs associated to install this, yes, but worth it.
@r156dlc62 ай бұрын
Got my adapter, knew about the fact not all Tesla superchargers working…Nav system directed me to one that works with adapter and showed how many were available. It did require me taking up two spots, which I knew would be the case. Did not cause an issue for anyone else as the station was not completely full. Perfect…no…does it work?…yes.
@travyhaagy2 ай бұрын
Jesus, dude, maybe spend 5 minutes googling BEFORE you leave.
@jehugarcia2 ай бұрын
Yeah would have found out it’s useless
@buttninjaflexАй бұрын
@@jehugarcia it's literally not useless if you just use your brain. It's not *ideal*, but it's not useless.
@jeffmpvd76892 ай бұрын
Do you own your Rivian or does your Rivian own you?
@professionalelectronics31582 ай бұрын
I was going to say... Sounds like a rivian problem, not a Tesla problem.
@vic-wo7hb2 ай бұрын
Hey Jehu, why don’t invent an extension adapter for hose, that way anyone can park away from the stall, and not be in the way, patent the idea?
@tschuuuls4862 ай бұрын
You can't easily make that since the chargers cable on a >50kW charger is water cooled. But the plug doesn't forward the cooling so the extension wouldn't be cooled. The charger cannot monitor the temperature of the extension cord and therefore this would be very unsafe.
@Beeeeeeeeeee2 ай бұрын
Haha you clearly aren't a product designer. Just the EMC test and other electrical testing will cost more than an average person makes in a year. Also, do you know how patents work?
@HobbesNJoe2 ай бұрын
Newer Tesla superchargers have longer cables.
@srqnateАй бұрын
I want an R1S but bought Model X instead. The non Tesla charging experience with videos like this scare the B-Jesus out of me. In two weeks I will drive my X from FL to PA without thinking twice about where to charge. 🤪
@huboz0r2 ай бұрын
How do you like the glasses? Are they any good?
@seyi8206Ай бұрын
Sounds like Jehu should invent a connector that has an extension cable built in. Hint HINT.
@PeaceChanelАй бұрын
Thank You for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste .. 🙏🏻 😊 ✌ ☮ ❤ 🕊
@jimmurphy53552 ай бұрын
With the current state of public EV chargers, owning en electric car is painful if you can’t charge at home. But if you have your own dedicated parking spot with at least a 20 amp 240 volt outlet, it easier and cheaper to “fuel” than a petrol powered car. Your adapter may not be very useful right around your house/shop but it will serve you well if you road trip. I’ve stopped at many a Tesla Supercharger on lots of very long road trips, and rarely encounter a station that anywhere near full. Yes, at most superchargers the Rivian will block one stall while using another. And that’s a big problem at a crowded station. But although you ran into a crowded station, and that particular station may often be crowded, the vast majority of Supercharger sites aren’t usually very full.
@ianburton56242 ай бұрын
I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the nearest compatible supercharger is in Quebec, 850 km away. On the way there I would pass about 8 incompatible superchargers. Hopefully Tesla will start upgrading some of the old superchargers.
@storeskeeperrvl37972 ай бұрын
Of course they will upgrade once in a while, but it is not Teslas fault if your, whatever car, is not compatible, shit happens 😉 by the way, Tesla invited ALL OEMs to build a common SuC-Network in 2012 and no one was interested, now it is what it is, not the best for OEMs.
@TannerBugatti2 ай бұрын
Wait, you're complaining about a feature that was never promised when you purchased your vehicle but was provided for free later on as a perk? Make it make sense. You, out of anyone, should know better.
@honthirty_Ай бұрын
There's a lot of whine in this episode. Bring back the old scrappy, can-do Jay-who!
@michaelrohrs74752 ай бұрын
Side question for you noticed you wearing Video Glasses, a couple of questions about them. What brand are they? When you were looking at the dash of the Rivian was that footage from the Glasses? If so was very good. Finally, does it do anything besides recording like AR?
@peterad15292 ай бұрын
Good content, showing how this just isn’t working well at this point
@buttninjaflexАй бұрын
It works well if you use your brain and are okay with being "that guy" that takes up two spots.
@KenYncАй бұрын
😂 your navigation in your Rivian tells you which superchargers are compatible, how many are available, and if an adapter is needed. Your video shows a v3 not a V4 Supercharger. V3 have shorter cables. V4 are longer and the problem of taking up two spots solved.
@MichaelTavel2 ай бұрын
If other manufacturers want to use the SuperCharger network, they need to standardize where the charge port is on the car or install more than one port.
@billgardner93282 ай бұрын
Ur electronically gifted, move the charge port or build an extension cord and market it!
@edwash341Ай бұрын
It seems to me, that Tesla can kill all the other competitors networks by installing new stations with the magic dock so that CCS and NACS can charge seamlessly with its longer cable.
@HYBRIDEVMASTERSGARAGE2 ай бұрын
Pain is GOOD, Saving the Planet is Painful 😁
@SuperChopperpilot2 ай бұрын
Do you know electric vehicles aren't clean, right?
@hcjpbluesky99162 ай бұрын
You kiddin'? This frog pot is awesome!
@PeterKornum2 ай бұрын
It would work if it had an extension cable in the adapter... is that not something you could hack/make??
@miguelapuin6288Ай бұрын
Just wait 10 more years then the evs will be less problematic
@franksaremba792 ай бұрын
So, either you just buy a Tesla. Or you need to do some research beforehand. Because the adapter for Tesla charging stations can be a huge advantage.
@robertfarino90202 ай бұрын
Are you able to make up your own Tesla extension cord or could you use a extension cord between your car and the adapter that is plugged in at the Tesla cord
@windydrew2 ай бұрын
So you're proposing to make a DIY cord that handles 1000V DC and 500 Amps. Great idea /s
@billunderwood54532 ай бұрын
Does someone make one of those with a 6-foot cord attached?
@Ojames6002 ай бұрын
This is why I drive a Tesla, Make EV life so much better
@whyme80682 ай бұрын
Extension cord? 🤔
@tschuuuls4862 ай бұрын
Not a thing on High Power charger.
@whyme80682 ай бұрын
@@tschuuuls486 Couldn't he make one with large gauge wire to prevent voltage drop and allow enough current?
@tschuuuls4862 ай бұрын
@@whyme8068 but then the charger cannot monitor if the vehicles charge port overheats. Also the cable would be extremely heavy because the extension cannot be liquid cooled. According to some napkin math you would need at least two 14mm² conductors. That would be a 6kg cable for a 1 meter extension, if you needed longer cable that would not be enough gauge. If you needed to stretch to the other side of the vehicle that becomes unreasonable very quickly.
@whyme80682 ай бұрын
@@tschuuuls486 Ok fine. You win 😂
@kalel1218Ай бұрын
With the time you spent making this useless video you could have done some research so you fully understand the vehicle you own and the partnership with Tesla. The length of the Tesla cable is not the shortcoming (pun intended) of Rivian. You actually said that you ignored the car telling you that the station you went to was NOT compatible. Owning an EV is not difficult if you use common sense. You are saying the adapter is useless but never used it for what it is intended for... Does it connect to a Tesla Supercharger? Does your car get power? If it does those things, then it is not useless
@Eric-xp1kl2 ай бұрын
Within 10 seconds..it’s apparent your clueless
@HobbesNJoe2 ай бұрын
New title: “I bought a Rivian but want to use Tesla infrastructure, and Tesla cars work better on Tesla infrastructure.” Somebody call a waaambulance.
@AnthonyTaylor2 ай бұрын
Tesla infrastructure is funded by grants from the US company, it should be compatible with a wide range of cars.
@sNEAKYnIGHTmUPPET2 ай бұрын
@@AnthonyTaylor thats just completely untrue. you are thinking of everyone other than tesla
@hybrdthry9112 ай бұрын
@@AnthonyTaylorfalse
@HobbesNJoe2 ай бұрын
Tesla built like, 90% of the existing infrastructure without government grants. Now they get some compensation (grants) but Tesla is STILL paying for most of the cost of the new facilities. Instead of 100% (like before the grants) they now pay less than 100%. Seriously, if you listen to the Mass Media, it’s full of Tesla misinformation. Their customers and Tesla junkies tell a very different story.
@sNEAKYnIGHTmUPPET2 ай бұрын
@@hybrdthry911 might want to specify WHO is false. ty
@wazoheat2 ай бұрын
I thought there was gonna be some kind of legit complaint here about build quality or implementation, not just rehashing complaints that have nothing to do with the adaptor itself. I expected better from this channel.
@TheLeebo132 ай бұрын
you cant just Back in?
@windydrew2 ай бұрын
Nope. Cord on V3 is only long enough for front right or rear left. V4 is long enough to reach so he wouldn't have to block a stall
@MatthewWRealtor2 ай бұрын
I was in my Prius Prime and the charger was taken so i went to the gas station....
@shuttlepilot_2 ай бұрын
Bingo. Switching from one mono-fuel vehicle to another mono-fuel vehicle. Every financial planner will say you must diversify to be successful and resilient why is it frowned upon in the energy space?
@Mark_Chandler2 ай бұрын
time to look for a hybrid
@wolfgangpreier91602 ай бұрын
Only without stinking poisonous fossil fuel.
@Mark_Chandler2 ай бұрын
@@wolfgangpreier9160 50+ mpg and no range anxiety.
@Thezuule12 ай бұрын
@@wolfgangpreier9160 well yeah since the electricity for electric cars comes from magic and unicorn farts.
@wolfgangpreier91602 ай бұрын
@@Thezuule1 Thx, i did not know that my photovoltaic panels worked with Unicorn farts. Now i know.
@Thezuule12 ай бұрын
@@wolfgangpreier9160 I’m sure you’ve never used a different charger and your panels were produced using entirely renewable energy. You’re single-handedly saving the whole world. 👍🏻
@kweathman2 ай бұрын
You could drive a Tesla garbage truck
@lalopena362 ай бұрын
Boohoo
@RickDenzien2 ай бұрын
Be prepared people
@anatoliytrifonov98122 ай бұрын
Buy gas car :)
@randylenart96742 ай бұрын
This isjust one more reason why I just keep driving my gas and diesel vehicles
@hoosiercrypto99552 ай бұрын
Probably should have just bought a Tesla.
@wolfgangpreier91602 ай бұрын
But Rivian are so much better looking! If you want to look Yuppie you buy Rivian.
@davidpopowicz7689Ай бұрын
He does and or did.
@laloajuria4678Ай бұрын
Not a nazi tho....
@NullBlox2 ай бұрын
Just buy a Tesla.
@mannyfragoza96522 ай бұрын
That sucks big time Gas engines are still better right now
@wolfgangpreier91602 ай бұрын
You really do not know what you are talking about.
@mannyfragoza96522 ай бұрын
@@wolfgangpreier9160 you are brain washed sadly to say
@HobbesNJoe2 ай бұрын
Ha! Thanks for not buying the EV I want. 🤣
@wolfgangpreier91602 ай бұрын
@@mannyfragoza9652 Luckily i am brainwashed and drive the safest, cheapest most convenient most compelling fastest fossil ass whopping vehicle on earth. Sadly i have to wait for my "thisistheendoofthewroldasweknowit" Cyberrrrtruck. I rather be brainwashed than sniffing poison in my garage.
@hawkeyes47682 ай бұрын
jezzzz wth this is just terrible now i see why everyone going back to hybrids or gas
@windydrew2 ай бұрын
Honestly, probably going to unfollow you because you're starting to come off as whiney and entitled
@jehugarcia2 ай бұрын
My feelings won’t hurt
@MichaelTavel2 ай бұрын
@@jehugarcia Good to know.... but he's not wrong.
@gsftom2 ай бұрын
EV fanboys hate the truth 🙂
@bosonhiggs17242 ай бұрын
This is exactly why I don't believe in EV cars, it's because of stupid issues like this, because the infrastructure is a joke, because cars are insanely overpriced, because of the headache of thinking about your car battery EVERY TIME you want to drive your car.
@dreamkiss4u2 ай бұрын
Not sure what head ache you are talking about, I have a tesla with free supercharge for life.... all I do is drive there connect it done simple....I eat at my local pho next to it and it's done.
@jehugarcia2 ай бұрын
@dreamkiss4u did you not watch the video? It took 4 charging stations and 2 hours to charge my car.
@dreamkiss4u2 ай бұрын
@jehugarcia I'm not talking about your rivian, I'm responding to the guy saying about all EV in general I'm response to him, I have zero issues with my tesla and locations ... tho your issue is with rivian it self.
@bosonhiggs17242 ай бұрын
It is always unpredictable if you get lucky with a charger and you ALWAYS plan your long trips considering where the charging stations are. And the fact that Tesla has better charges while the rest are catching up is another reason why EV industry is way to far to be mature enough to even consider any EV car.
@dreamkiss4u2 ай бұрын
@bosonhiggs1724 I'm just talking about my tesla and experience, never have an issue and it literally tells you what places to charge at and it's been so simple for me, granted I haven't gone on a super far trip like 4 hours and more yet