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Rivian is following in Tesla’s footsteps with its determination to open its public charging community to all electrical automobiles (EVs) later this 12 months. The announcement got here within the firm’s newest letter to shareholders, outlining plans to broaden entry to the Rivian Journey Community (RAN).
Whereas Rivian’s Journey Community is presently smaller than Tesla’s Supercharger community, comprising 400 DC quick chargers in 67 places throughout the US, the corporate goals to make all these chargers out there to all EVs earlier than the top of the 12 months. Though no RAN stations have been inbuilt Canada but, Rivian has bold plans to put in 1000’s extra chargers at a whole bunch of stations throughout North America.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe had beforehand hinted on the firm’s intention to open up its charging community, and now there’s a transparent timeline for this initiative.
“Within the second half of 2024, we anticipate opening up our Rivian Journey Community to non-Rivian house owners,” the corporate acknowledged in its This autumn 2023 shareholder letter. This transfer goals to offer different EV house owners with entry to Rivian’s dependable charging resolution, leverage mounted prices related to every charging web site, and faucet into authorities grants for increasing domestically manufactured quick chargers throughout the nation.
Opening the RAN to different EVs ought to be comparatively easy for Rivian since their DC quick chargers make the most of the Mixed Charging System (CCS). Nonetheless, the corporate has not introduced any plans so as to add the North American Charging Commonplace (NACS) to their stations sooner or later.
As highlighted of their announcement, EV charging community operators within the US have a robust incentive to make their chargers accessible to all, as it’s a requirement to entry the $7.5 billion EV charger funding by the US federal authorities. Furthermore, for smaller networks like Rivian’s, elevated utilization interprets to extra income, serving to offset setup bills.
Rivian additionally offered a map showcasing all present and “coming quickly” RAN charging stations, together with the corporate’s Stage 2 ‘Waypoint’ charging stations.
Supply: DriveTeslaCanada. Courtesy of EVANNEX.
Featured picture courtesy of Rivian.
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