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2022 Rivian R1T: How We Charged Along The Trans-America Trail
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9/20/2023
Taking the Rivian R1T
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Hey everyone, I'm Miguel Cortina with Motor Trend and we're going to tell you how we've
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been charging the all new Rivian R1T in the Transamerica Trail.
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As you can see we're in the middle of this campground.
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This is what you would see at an RV station, an RV park or something.
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It is very common and also will charge your Rivian or any other electric vehicle that
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way too.
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So once you have that plugged in into the wall or in this case a tree, you'll get your
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other end of the charger and simply plug it into the Rivian.
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This comes with the truck.
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This is a cable charger that you can plug into a level 2 outlet.
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So once everything is set, this light bar will come on and will indicate the state of
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the charge.
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So there's basically three types of charger available.
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Level 1 is what you would essentially plug in at home like where you plug in your toaster
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or your refrigerator.
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That is the longest type of charger that it will take for an electric vehicle to get a
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full battery.
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Level 2 is what we're using here.
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That will give you about 25 miles per hour of charge.
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Level 3 is a step above that and that depends on how depleted the battery is at the moment
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that you start charging and how much power the battery can take.
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On a level 3 you probably get about 150 or so miles of range in probably 30 minutes or
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so.
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If you're going to coast on the Transamerica Trail on an EV vehicle, you really have to
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plan your trip.
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In this case we've planned it up from the start from the Atlantic all the way to the
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Pacific.
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So what we've demonstrated is that you can really do the Transamerica Trail with an electric
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vehicle.
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With a little bit of planning you can pretty much charge anywhere you want.
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We're going to let the R1T charge for a little more and I am looking forward to getting back
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on the trail.
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For more make sure you visit Motortrend.com
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