I Drove my Rivian Across The Country...This is what happened
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- I drove my Rivian R1T across the country to see how it would do on a long road trip with public charging.
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This video is one of the examples why I continue to be drawn from your videos. You not only have comedy, being informative, motivational with the direction in life, while being entertaining. Keep being you Ben. You have a dedicated subscriber here.
14:17 “look at this blow out facility.” Bro I was flabbergasted and completely caught off guard
“Don’t move here” I love how you’re secretly advocating for our state to be less populated.
Honestly, I sincerely hope that Rivian succeeds as a company. I like a lot of their products, especially the upcoming R2. I'd love to see them improve their software more, but I'm glad that they'll keep Tesla and everyone else on their toes.
R2 will be huge, but there's already a cult following starting for R3 from the car communities. Should be a huge seller, too.
My guess is the Van will sell a lot, too.
Love that they are enhancing national charging network with 1) their own,.which is customer/adventure focused 2) adapting to Tesla network.
The lady was right. When you plugged into the same EA charger she was plugged into you terminated her session. Even though there are two connectors, two cars cannot be charging from the same EA station @ the same time.
It’s true that only one can charge at a time, but why should the second car plugging in cause the first one to disconnect?
I found that out too right away. It's so odd because it's not that way with the Tesla chargers. I want to be in the room where they agreed that behavior was a good idea. Hmmm. I know! Let's make people want to fight with each other.
Wife's family is 500 miles to the South and mine is 1000 to the North. One of the main reasons I bought a Model Y and didn't even look at anything was the simplicity and reliability of the Supercharging network.
Yep it's very well done
Of course, the Rivian who can use Tesla Superchargers too.
My ford lightning can super charge on the Tesla network too. 👍👌
Just get the Tesla adapter and use Tesla or Rivian stations whenever possible. You'll have a great experience. I've road tripped 5000+ miles in my R1S.
Agreed. Though my first R1S trip was almost exclusively between EA chargers. I don't know if I was just lucky, but they worked fine almost every time. The one secret was that they were almost always the ones at a Walmart. Maybe those get more attention?
Man - as a fellow Rivian owner I’ll watch all your vids. Crack me up every time. Nothing like a Taco Bell at the RAN. Playing with fire
That was a perfect start to the trip
Not a Rivian or Tesla owner and hardly ever do ev road trips but love his videos
That’s what the blowout facility is for.
I haven’t watched the news in a decade. I read the news because I get to control what I read about. I feel fully informed without feeling assaulted by the fear approach of the news “if it bleeds, it leads.”
Much happier, far less stressed and worried about things I have no control over.
And yes I drove my ‘21 Model Model 3 SR+ across the US (Sacramento CA > Louisville KY and back, 5,500 miles). This is the least expensive, smallest battery, slowest charging vehicle Tesla sells.
It was an absolutely fantastic trip! I have made many other long road trips and am totally convinced paying the $10k more for the bigger battery pack would have been wasted.
Love your x-country trip videos! 👍🏼
This is the content we need! Bravo.
Love my MYP but I put a reservation down for the R2 for my wife. If the R2 stays at its current stated price, it will slay.
lets be real - bottom line is its not easy to road trip in any EV for more than 400-500 miles especially when you just want to get from point A to point B. when you need to charge more than two times on any road trip there are too many variables, regardless of vehicle. I did a 2500 mile road trip and it was painful either having to wait, finding dead/broken chargers, or going out of the way or to multiple locations to find a DCFC. let alone all the extra time waiting to charge once you do find a spot.
Depends on your mood/desire for A to B.
If you're not in a hurry, it's not that hard at all. A quick charge(assuming you pick/get an easy-ish supercharger...I'm looking at you EA)...getting out, stretching, walk, food, coffee for 30-45 is really nice. Also, getting much easier with use of Tesla network now.
Also depends on where you live; the west coast is super easy, and I have done that on another EV that only gets 200-220 highway.
@@TheLearningCatalystCoach agree but the key there is "if you're not in a hurry". when you're trying to get from point A to B it's dreadfully painful.
Figuring out the charging strategy is a lot of the fun for me.
Until you have to charge but the Chargers are not working....Not fun at all. At least Tesla have their shit together. 3rd party Chargers, not so much.
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I’m sure you’re aware Hampton inns have Tesla destination chargers. I always stop at those when on a road trip
I’d love that trip! The stress of charging would be very stimulating. A private Blow-Out space is priceless. Awaiting to see how the rest of the trip goes! Be safe & have fun.
Family, girlfriend AND a wife? Wow that’s harder to balance than a job and TH-cam channel.
Hahaha, he’s got some hustle for sure. I was waiting for him to correct himself lol
Watching you drive through Arizona reminds me of the feeling I get when people tell me “there are too many humans! There’s no land left!“
Usually spoken by folks who live in dense metropolitan areas.
Yep I always think about that as well. There is so much wide open space out there
Keep up the great videos and telling the story your way! I’m working in corporate too so I know that grind and the life, but you do you man!
Btw super helpful video. My sister in law loves the R1S for the looks but is torn between that and the Model x. The charging network is a big deal for her in the middle of nowhere Ohio.
Phoenix to Albuquerque on just one charge is amazing. That’s a long distance. For me in my Model Y making it from Gallup to Albuquerque is cutting it close.
Thanks for the tip at 20:20 about route preferences! I thought I knew a lot about my Rivian. Was not aware of these controls. Nice!
Yea that took me a while to figure out but made the trip a lot better
If you've got questions about the cell towers and how they get there (specifically the ones you would've seen New Mexico, reach out. It's a fun time and yes it's quite expensive. I can show you what it looks like from the top of many of them.
I took my Model Y on a 5,900 mile trip from Colorado to Newport, RI at the end of May. No problems at all using the Tesla Supercharging network and some trickle charging when visiting friends. Charging cost = $587. Did a similar trip in 2022 using an Acura RDX with 5,300 miles. Gasoline cost on that trip = $754.
That’s not much in savings. Especially since electricity cost are on the rise.
@@keeppushin6725it is when you consider that Acura will need an oil change, service to the brakes, transmission, AC etc
What??? We loved the Pondo Palace! It closed in my town, but it was an awesome place to take my kids when they were young.
I’m always laughing at ur videos man it’s hilarious sometimes completely unexpected and catches me offguard lol
Gjeebs' "euro" accent reminds me of Fire Marshall Bill 😂 and yes, don't move here, we dont have enough water.
Eating a 72 ounce steak is nothing.....Finishing the ole' 96er is unveiling a superpower most will never comprehend.
I did a lot of research before buying my Tesla two years ago, and yours and many other videos remind me why that was the right decision. I love doing cross-country trips, but would not feel confident in any other EV. Tesla's charging infrastructure is second to none and has proven itself to me over many long-distance trips.
I love road trips. Currently own Model Y. Are the rivian seats comfortable for road trips?
I thought they were comfortable!
Coming from a Londoner, That's almost a good south London accent! Nice one guv'na!
Good to know! I'll keep working on it
@@Gjeebs although to be fair it slipped into South African a bit at the end but kudos for trying 😂
Do you have a shade installed for your roof? If so, would you mind sharing the brand? Also, great vid, thank you for sharing your experience.
Thanks for an awesome road trip experience....from my living room. The R1S has been on my list to test drive, but given your charging experience, I'm holding out for the new Y.
Love your channel and videos, I notice you drive in the left lane a lot with no one in front or behind you. That’s a bad habit. Stay to the right and leave that lane for emergency vehicles or passing! ❤
Interesting point to consider. Even though there are two cables on each Electrify America charging station, only one cable can be used at a time. Two vehicles cannot charge on one station.
Great video. Not selling me on Rivian much as I’d like to be. Curious whether during your road trip you had the tonneaux (how the f do you spell that word?!) cover closed. Looked open the whole way (and empty) which I’m guessing hurts range by at least 10%? And of all the non Tesla and Rivian chargers, which off brand worked best? EVgo? “Love your body Larry!”
Rethinking fish and chips currently.
I prefer the look of this truck over cyber truck.
Weaving in a Taco Bell bathroom tile review… boss move G… boss move… 😂😂😂🍻… btw, the charging network was the punctuation to me getting a Tesla despite other manufacturers, IMO, having better build quality and features… fyi… somehow I ended up at an Electrify America charger in Santa Barbara recently - six of the eight chargers were broken..
Love these road trip videos. Always some of your best
"you could come out as a ferret" LMAO
I feel the same way about the Tesla phantom breaking. All I got was excuses and stopped even using the cruise control because I couldn't trust it. I'm dig'n the Hyundai road trip experience on my I6 though.
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hahaha I am happy people watched to the end
How are you charging at Tesla Superchargers that aren't Magic Dock? You have a NACS to CCS adapter that works for Superchargers???
Yea I showed the charging adaptor I was using. It's linked below
@@Gjeebs Hey gjeebs! Love your content. I saw it, I was just surprised it works at superchargers!!! Do you have to have the Tesla app? It really works at all superchargers?
It works on most V3 and V4 superchargers, not V2 and some others Tesla has chosen not to open up.
@@sbmyrickif it really works then why isn't everyone using it? What was the whole "buy a tesla because it's the only way to access the supercharger network" thing about? How long has this adapter existed?
I may have fast forwarded past the explanation, but is there a reason you didn't just stick with Tesla chargers (and RAN)? With the adapter, I can't imagine even giving this a second thought. But again, maybe I missed something.
I just drove from Sarasota FL to Philadelphia in Model X. Easy peazy lemon squeazy.🍋
you would be fun to cross the country with. some folks take themselves so serious that they dont risk looking foolish, otherwise known as having fun. i wish you would clean the windshield. nice job Jeebs.
Yea the windshield was a mess. I clean it in the next video
Great video, truly shows the hassle of charging non-Tesla EVs. Can I ask what color your Rivian is, moving from Model X and love that set up.
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Politician should drive around the country and meet people 2 times per year, minimum.
Thumbs up for Steve-O alone!
He was awesome. He is getting breast implants for his next stunt haha
I like your videos because you add comedy. You're a smartass and it's awesome. 👍
Did you charge up at Flying J in Joplin on 7/23?
I drove my Model Y from Long Island to Orlando. It was great since I took our dog with me. With the Dog Mode and the fact that she can’t really stay in the car for a “full tank of gas” it did not slow me down. As a result, I was more relaxed and hydrated since we were both peeing frequently. Without her, I probably would have taken my gas car and went 400 miles on a tank of gas in a constant state of dehydration, and arrived in Florida or back home with a headache and sore throat! That being said, we have 2 ICE vehicles, which I’m thinking about converting another to an EV. I have a hard time with anything but another Tesla due to the fact that I travel regionally a lot and we also road trip a few times a year.
great video. love the channel and sarcasm.
Took Rivian on 4500mi road trip. Loved it, but charging is not there. Would only charge at Tesla and Rivian if this was possible…unfortunately it’s not. Would love to see RAN have a cross country route up soon
Yea even when you select only Tesla and rivian it still send you to others. The beginning was rough but the rest was pretty good
The graphics are most important. As long as the car allows me to watch them.
Man those R1Ts are nice!! Gotta stick with my M3SR for now, but my eye is on them....looking forward to the other videos in this series!! If you come to VA, obey the speed limit and maybe I can buy you an adult beverage if you're near the end of your daily travel time!!
Did you add EA back in to routing or did it not take your Rivian/Tesla routing options?
It for some reason still sent me to other chargers
@@Gjeebs that's disappointing. Time to call RJ...
I was here for the laughs and a little education. Mostly for the laughs😂
There is a filter on the map for Tesla with adapter as well. Confusing with having it in multiple spots. Be careful the adapter doesn't get hot and throttle back. Some people wrap a wet rag on the adapter to avoid the hand hold sensor from tripping. It is pretty sensitive. the bus bar sensor internally likely will never trip.
Liquid cooling on the ea cables often breaks or leaks. You'll get a derate to 40kw
Right, but you can’t instruct the Rivian navigation to calculate the route using only Tesla SCs.
Learned something new at 20:20. So I guess you can specify Tesla only when doing the route planning. I’ll have to try this!
@@danielam3829 True you can only prefer them but you can also filter so that it only uses A and B rated stations. That might narrow things down as well.
Spot on overview!
Phantom breaking used to drive me nuts on my old Model Y. Haven’t really tried it on the R1S. I actually like driving though and therefore I’m old.
Everything’s funny when ur tired 😂
18:35 if I understood what you said correctly and you used the second cable on the station she was connected to, you actually did unintentionally kick her off. For whatever reason EA installs two cables for each charger; redundancy I guess in case one fails. I nearly did it in my early public charging days too and someone explained it to me. It’s confusing and probably not necessary at all considering when EA stations fail it’s not the cable.
I wish you and others would compare the cost of your trip for electric and gas. Using a mpg average for gas. Help out people to know more on the $s used to travel.
That's coming at the end of the series
Those towers you’re referring to is Mount Ord. There isn’t just cellular equipment up there either but also microwave communications systems for various local, state, and federal authorities.
Sorry to hear about all your charging issues. Electrify America chargers need to be switched over to Tesla superchargers!
at this point just hear for the motivational speeches
You mentioned the one pull down to set the dynamic cruise control. My question is related to my model Y with FSD. How do you set the cruise control without activating FSD? One slight tap down engages my FSD.
You can change it in the settings. Single pull or 2 pulls
32:07 ahhhhhhh get out of the left lane! lol unless you're passing people get out of the left lane!
If and when you have to use EA again the 150s charge closer to 200kw than the 350s🤷♂️. It’s totally on the charger side and not the car.
Yea makes no sense
I am a little sad the charging infrastructure isn't better by now. NACS adoption should help.
NACS adoption really isn't going to help because its just a plug. NACS is still CCS communication on non tesla owned chargers.
Tesla superchargers only work on certain cars and they only allow NACS (non tesla) on V3s and V4s.
So much work needs to be done on both the Tesla and Non Tesla side of the house in terms of charging before things will be good.
We really need to see other companies dedicated to relability like Tesla and Tesla starting to upgrade V2 chargers to V4 and release chargers that can actually hold 250+ kw for a longer period of time and 800 volt support.
Based just on ride and seat comfort, which do you prefer? Your Model Y or the R1T?
R1T has better comfort from the suspension and the seats are about the same
First time I heard you say don't move here it's to hot. I live in so cal where I love the weather year round. How do you handle all that heat ? The thing I see at night it doesn't cool down. How do you survive?
Just stay inside haha. 4 months out of the year it's brutal other than that it's great
Ahh the Rivian - such a wonderful anti-tesla un-elon car. TriMax R1S on order and about 3 weeks out from delivery. Been driving my buddies dual gen2 and the build quality is so nice.
So what are your thoughts on the car itself (comfort, ride, etc.) for long road trips? Besides charging haha
I went over it in the video but great comfort and ride quality. I was please on my trip. Body felt good
What is the deal with the R1T seats? Are they as comfortable as the Model X seats? Curious as Tesla is buying my 2023 X back as of November they have had this car at service center 8 times. Mostly FWD issues and other stuff and thinking about a different EV but worried about long trips and non Tesla Network
By then you'll have the free adapter Rivian will give you for Tesla charging. I wouldn't let it hold you back from getting one.
If you can wait for the native NACS adapter in the vehicle I would. The adapters are REALLY back ordered and worse and not part of the test and accounted for part of charging. The issue is that most DC fast charge cables are immersion cooled and the ports have sensors etc. When you introduce another device that was not part of the testing and can cause heat/overheat issues and the charger (EVSE) to derate to lower or the car to do it as well they will be more likely to do it with an adapter in there as well (See this video). I am very excited to see Tesla opening up to others but until they use native NACS, it's better than nothing but not by much. See this video for an example of that. Put native NACS adapters in the cars and and let someone travel 100% on Tesla's network... then you have something.
Over all the rivian did great on this trip I just had to filter for only Tesla and Rivian chargers as I showed in the video. The range was excellent and the seats were supportive no issues with the seats
lol i shit my pants and fish and chips came out
When you said Steve O, I thought it was going to be RJ.
Yo gjeebs love the content. Got a Tesla model y 2022. Been following for years. Can you do a rivian tow distance video? Want to see the range or else I’m going for a tree killer… jk
If you just wanted Rivian & Tesla chargers you could’ve selected to only rout you to Rivan & Tesla.
I did that and showed it in the video. Did you watch?
Actually, I'm a TH-camr that's trying to break into the corporate world. Corporate America is my dream job. Do you have any pointers that would help me break into that corp job?
I’ve watched just the first 2 minutes and wanted to comment about the fact that you’re using the Rivian nav for the route planning. I’m predicting you later regretted that move. Lets see if I’m right….😮
Hellyes thanks for the talk 24:00 !! More of thissss
Any reason you didn't try a supercharger on your rivian drive? Since it's open to the network now
I did multiple times on this trip as I showed in the video
@Gjeebs sorry my bad
@@jeffwhiteman7310 all good. Thank you for watching
Love your lifestyle and glad you’re enjoying your occupation.
Remembered you said your Rivian is a lease, do they have certain mileage not to exceed over your contract?
12,000 miles a year
Gjeebs, love your videos. You have the perfect balance of goofy humor and useful information. Thank you.
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The GM new 400 miles truck is amazing in comparison to Rivian and Tesla.
Bro ordered ADHD and fish and chips on the side😂😂😂
Thank you for doing this. Im so on the fence of trading in my Model y for a R1T
33:40 “What this car lacks in a consistent charging network…” You repeat this sentiment many times, even though you used a Tesla station last and you just said you were making about the same time you would have in your Tesla. That’s nonsensical.
I think it holds in some regard if you consider that the "average person" he talks about is never going to discover the charging network preferences and turn off navigation to EA/EV Go or other historically unreliable spots. I'd love to see Rivian and others start using telemetry from charging sessions to inform the navigation system and help people who are used to the reliability of our gasoline network to make better decisions. Filling up with gas was like this in the early days of the automobile, so I expect this is going to take a while to shake out.
Rivian the android to Tesla’s iPhone . I just want my 💩 to work. You should do this with a cyber truck. Curious about changing and highway range.
Right on. That was entertaining!
Thanks!
Thank you I really appreciate that!
If Rivian makes a Tesla Model Y-sized vehicle it will be a banger!
The R2 is coming!
@@Gjeebs 2027💀 (Europe)
IM from Texas, and while im proud to be from there, I carry a lot of shame for the state of the current government. Very much NOT for the people right now, all business. There is a balance, and Texas USED to be there, but like most politicians, no one can leave things as they are.
Alpitronic and IONNA are coming!
Thank god there is 2x speed
Bro watch out of spec race. Rivian charging is trash. Their networks share that 300kw among 3-4 stations. Also, charging limiting by network is caused by rivians terrible charging especially for their max pack. For this price german is a better option with proper charging curve