Rivian and Below Canvas have teamed as much as supply Waypoints charging stations at two of the latter's safari-style glamping resorts. The resorts will increase Rivian's presence in Southern Utah, an always-popular off-road journey vacation spot. Whether or not you are driving your R1S for a weeklong keep at one of many properties or stopping in a single day forward of a broader R1T overland journey into pink rock nation, the chargers will high your rig off.
Below Canvas will supply Waypoints chargers at its Moab and Lake Powell-Grand Staircase areas. Whereas the chargers will solely be accessible to friends, and never simply to any Rivian driver rolling by way of the realm, they will not be restricted to Rivian house owners and might be accessible to drivers of different EVs.
These newest Waypoints characterize Rivian's first team-up with a hospitality accomplice and are among the many 10,000 Waypoints Rivian introduced a yr in the past, together with areas unfold throughout Colorado's 42 state parks. Not like the Rivian-specific Degree 3 Journey Community chargers, the Waypoints are a extra common Degree 2 AC charger with J1772 connection and as much as 11.5-kW charging speeds. Rivian estimates that a Degree 2 charger will zap between 16 and 25 miles (26 and 40 km) per hour into its battery pack, so the Waypoints will work as an in a single day charging answer, not a fast cease.
For Below Canvas, the transfer represents the subsequent step in its mission to encourage a discount in carbon emissions. The corporate additionally strives to put in resource-conserving facilities corresponding to low-flow bogs, solar energy and pull-chain showers. And whereas strict conservationists would possibly nonetheless take exception, the corporate designs its resorts to reflect the encompassing topography and promote open, inexperienced area inside their borders.
Below Canvas resorts look like they might positively attraction to Rivian house owners, however the R1T is completely able to working as its personal camper. Slide within the accessible electrical kitchen; mount up a rooftop tent over the mattress; plug a fridge/freezer into the frunk; throw a transportable bathroom, water jug and different provides within the mattress; and you've got each all-terrain transportation and in a single day lodging. This week introduced some attention-grabbing electrical RV ideas, however a correctly outfitted R1T camper truck stays the most effective e-RV you should buy within the US.
The Moab and Lake Powell Below Canvas resorts are each scheduled to open in early March, and plans name for the Rivian Waypoint chargers to be able to go for opening day. As a part of the launch, Below Canvas will supply complimentary charging from opening by way of Earth Day, April 22. After that, friends will pay for charging utilizing the Rivian app.
Sources: Rivian, Below Canvas
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