Rivian Lower Center Console Organizer: Another option spotted

Vincent · 2025-01-10T19:33:15+00:00

A friend needed to support his son who would be running a 'very cold' marathon on Sunday while rucking a 30 pound pack. The outside temps will be around 15F-20F the whole time. The location of the race is nowhere close to any L2 chargers, but he's not worried about driving distance to or from the race - it is 50 miles away from his house. He says he will be sitting in his ruck with his laptop and watching his live track+Garmin inReach data for the duration of the race (about 4 hours). He thought about taking his Honda EB2800i gasoline powered generator, if he can use the level 1 EVSE attached to the generator and keep the truck running with full heat + power - without really consuming much of the truck's main battery? He feels it's super dorky to have a gas generator running while attached to a Rivian in the woods, just so he can stay warm, but don't know if it would work ok this way and 'preserve' the main battery so he doesn't need to worry about driving range when we wants to head home. He talked to me about it and I told him the simple answer is NO. I tested this theory the other night when I was plugged into a 5.9kW charger. To maintain the interior amenities (interior and exterior lights, radio, heater, seat heaters), it took almost all of the charge. I charged for 15 minutes, it delivered 1.6kW, and the truck consumed 1.4kW, delivering only 0.2kW to the truck battery. Told him he would be using a laptop at another 200ish watts. The little trickle charger charges at 1.4kW on a good day, 1.2kW is normal for me. You can slow the bleed, but you cant stop it. My advise to him was for him to charge it up to 100% at home, and roll the dice is what I would do.

Rivian Mom

Active Wheeler

Dec 31, 2024

I saw a really cool center console organizer on Amazon and thought it'd be nice to share here. I haven't seen any Rivian owners use it before, so I was curious to know if anyone has tried it and what their experience was.

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Luckily, I met an owner who also has this console organizer, along with other options. It turns out it works great, with mostly the same features, asides the front pockets.

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She was very pleased with the deep compartments and how easy it was to remove and take with her. She chose this option because she's not a fan of plastic organizers, which lack sufficient depth for her needs.

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I'm still surprised someone hasn't created a similar product for the Rivian, like Tesla's early offerings before they realized people prefer enclosed storage in that space. This could be a great opportunity for someone to capitalize on making a console for that space before Rivian eventually does.

It would be interesting to know if there are other options available that hold bottles and organize the area. Anyone who might be interested in getting this, can check the link below for more information.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VDFSRL0