No Need For Rivian R1S DC Fast Charging! 500 miles on L2 Charging Family Road Trip

We're off to Hershey, PA for a Hockey Tournament in our Rivian R1S over the Thanksgiving weekend. We packed in a ton including the tournament, Hershey Park, Christmas Lights, and managed it all without stopping to DC Fast Charge at all thanks to well positioned L2 public charging. It shows how important AC charging infrastructure can be and that maybe we should focus on it instead of stressing so much about DC Fast Charging. We also had a few irritations with the Rivian software including music playback and Highway Assist and want to know if others do too.
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[@dianewallace6064]

Great Video. Good Conclusion. Nice lights at the end.

[@dianewallace6064]

4:00 I've seen a Rivian decorated with Christmas lights last Christmas here in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (and not many Rivians here at all).

[@dianewallace6064]

Nice Christmas lights. We take our grandkids to High Point University Christmas Lights Drive in North Carolina. Free, Fun and local.

[@davidphantom7350]

Thanks for the video! I can't wait to buy the R2 when it comes out! :D

[@Eventurefamily]

You and me both!

[@chas60422]

Having Connet+ is worth it to use Apple Music. My Meridian sound system sounds so good. Also my daughter uses the wifi hotspot all the time.

[@johnwndavis2028]

Agreed on rugged with established brand partnerships instead of plush. Merchandising, merchandising!

[@dianewallace6064]

Hershey Park is on my bucket list. And I'm from Philly.🤣🤣🤣Yes, been to Lancaster/Gettysburg (Amish Country) many times. Beautiful!!

[@Eventurefamily]

You’ve never been??? It’s a great park with some really nice coasters. We’ll definitely be back soon now that the kids are getting big enough to ride them.

[@dianewallace6064]

We have Connect+, Apple Music and Spotify in the R1T (no ads-you know those prices). All work well. Try doing a soft reboot maybe? I have Android Auto (haven't used much yet) and XM radio ($6 buck a month for 15 months) in the Ioniq6. On XM, I listen to Watercolors (smooth jazz) a little Symphony and a little Road Trip radio but I'm alone in the car.

[@Eventurefamily]

You are actually right, a soft reset seems to have helped now and Apple Music is back to working well. I think I need to get in the habit of resetting more often, at least after big updates. My favorites on Sirius are PopRocks and Alt Nation though lately we’ve been all about the Holiday Music on Holly.

[@cangundogdu1899]

it s actually really different to see that tesla only allows teslas in their charing network. in europe all the car's can use supercharger network

[@Eventurefamily]

I think we’re moving more toward that model now, but it feels like we’re still quite far behind the state of charging I’ve experienced in Europe. We’ll be road-tripping through the Swiss and French Alps in just over a week with an ID.Buzz soon I feel like we’ll really get a feel for the state of charging there soon. More and more Tesla charging is opening up here for other EVs but it’s a slow transition.

[@dianewallace6064]

"Dad, we have to find Rudolf."

[@Eventurefamily]

And we somehow did!

[@dianewallace6064]

I have a $20 credit at Blink. At least I'm voting with my dollars albeit unwillingly. All I did was enter my credit card info so I'd save time at a stop and they took $20 bucks as credit. Shell Recharge takes $10 bucks but gives more warnings prior to. For some reason, North Carolina has lots of Shell Recharge 50kwh-150kwh for about 2.5 years now. Go figure.

[@Eventurefamily]

Yeah and I cannot seem to manage to get it back from Blink either. At least Flo does the same but gives an option to return your balance to you. I contacted Blink support but nothing. Not a fan!

[@patrick7228]

I know it's not right, but I get annoyed seeing Tesla's at level 2's. They have Superchargers everywhere. I know it's lower cost and it's absolutely their right, but those spots are often so needed by non-Teslas.