Tesla charging for Rivian

Rivian Blue · 2025-04-01T08:59:34+00:00

Ever since I got my R1S, I've noticed that the battery range estimation hasn't been the best. Driving a Tesla for the last 3 years, it never had this kind of issue. During my last trip, the driver display shows 255mi remaining. My total trip (including 2 destinations) is 160mi so I believed I should be able to make it easily with a nice cushion. But the center display showed that I would arrive at first destination with 4mi remaining, and run out before the second destination! I knew this was false so I made the drive anyway, and arrived at second destination with 50mi remaining. If I understand correctly, the driver display range is simply the total rated range multiplied by SOC. That makes sense here, since my vehicle is rated for 370mi, 255mi is 68.9%. Coming from Tesla, I expect the number shown in the center display should account for factors like elevation, wind, traffic speed, etc. It's sad that my own mental estimation is better than Rivian's.

Morgan

New member

Dec 20, 2024

Hi all, quick tip based on an experience I had this weekend.

I stopped at a Tesla charger in North Bergen, NJ (John F. Kennedy Boulevard 2819) with 9% battery at 10:30 at night. I was driving back to Boston from Philly.

When I plugged in, the message on the dash was a normal "Starting .." but then a red message flashed saying something like "Payment Authorization Failed".

After multiple attempts, using the Tesla adapter and my own, and trying different stalls, I called Rivian. They ultimately had me go to the Tesla app and begin charging from there which worked and brought me out of my panic mode. I charged at another Tesla spot in New Haven, CT later that night with no problem

So, lesson learned, if you're using Telsa, make sure you have the app on your phone and a payment method setup as a backup.

Happy trails!

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