Rivian is opening its public chargers to all electric vehicles (EVs) later this year, reminiscent of Tesla’s recent move. The decision to open the Rivian Adventure Network to other EVs was announced in the company’s […]
Initially sure; the Tesla Chargers were a safe haven, and it’s good, but plans like that aren’t made for the Now but for the Later as well. The only path was to open it up if they wanted that US subsidiary money, as Rivian will now get access to (I personally can’t see why they made it private like Tesla, but hey - I’m not rich either so I don’t get exclusivity logic. It’s essentially a gas station).
I think a lot of reliability issues in the US system come down to some simple differences, say from the European model. Here in Europe, each car carries its own cable - we can plug in anywhere and we know the cable will work. Sometimes you have to call the post supplier and tell them that their system needs to be reset, but I can probably count on one hand the number of times is I’ve had a problem with the post over the last 3 1/2 years.
The second most likely thing is that they let the market decide what the connectors should be. If there is a standard, evolve the standard and make it better, etc. CCS is up to 350kW now - 3 years ago I was lucky to find 150kW chargers, 5 years ago, 50kW was standard. Evolve, don’t throw out.
Initially sure; the Tesla Chargers were a safe haven, and it’s good, but plans like that aren’t made for the Now but for the Later as well. The only path was to open it up if they wanted that US subsidiary money, as Rivian will now get access to (I personally can’t see why they made it private like Tesla, but hey - I’m not rich either so I don’t get exclusivity logic. It’s essentially a gas station).
I think a lot of reliability issues in the US system come down to some simple differences, say from the European model. Here in Europe, each car carries its own cable - we can plug in anywhere and we know the cable will work. Sometimes you have to call the post supplier and tell them that their system needs to be reset, but I can probably count on one hand the number of times is I’ve had a problem with the post over the last 3 1/2 years.
The second most likely thing is that they let the market decide what the connectors should be. If there is a standard, evolve the standard and make it better, etc. CCS is up to 350kW now - 3 years ago I was lucky to find 150kW chargers, 5 years ago, 50kW was standard. Evolve, don’t throw out.