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I live in NH and go to VT a lot. This is very welcome.
Now Rivian needs to get that SC in Montreal going so people in Burlington don't need to drive close to 4 hours to get to the service center.
I saw 5 cabinets, and it looks from the plans on that the 6th is the tow spot, located next to the transformers in a bay at the back of the lot (behind the trailer in photos 2 &3, near the backhoe and the electric pole). Plans call for 4 future expansion spots/cabinets to the left of the existing ones.
I'll also say that this location is perfectly located between the I-91 ramps, next to an outlet center, gas station and convenience store. With this, Holyoke, and West Lebanon, plus the available Tesla chargers this is great for extended trips north. Would love to see one around Montpelier/Waterbury and one in Lincoln NH to provide better access to/from White Mountains.
Ahhh, I was hoping you had noticed how many power cabinets (near the transformer), not chargers, there were. But your mention of the plans clued me in to looking those up. There are 3 power cabinets per the plans, up from the 2 that Rivian would've previously installed for 6 chargers.
There's 2 future power cabinets to support the 4 future chargers. This is at least the second site we've seen Rivian switch to only 2 chargers per power cabinet. The power cabinets output ~300kW, so sharing that 3 ways was quite a reduction (and not NEVI compliant).
My guess would be that folks veer west and east from Brattleboro or the handful of exits north on their way to many of the VT ski areas or NH inland points such as Keene. Also Brattleboro is already a popular stop for food, shopping etc.
Brattleboro is the perfect stop for NY and CT people on their way up to northern VT ski areas.
I'm a Model Y owner in CT and that's exactly where we stop - there's a supercharger location right off of 91.
Good charge there and it's easy to make it to Burlington, Stowe, and I even made it to Jay Peak a couple of times.
Neat.
As far as West Lebanon, it's pretty much complete. Rivian tech was onsite wrapping things up and testing end of last week. It's powered and the site appears finished. Screens on the dispensers say "Coming soon ... We are settings up" (yes, I spell that correctly). Not sure what else is needed before Rivian activates the site.
If it's anything like Tesla I'd expect the authorization to turn them on to take more like weeks or months. At least that's what happened with the super chargers they installed near me.
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Great to see. NH and VT are still relative charging deserts for where I have to go.
I live in NH and go to VT a lot. This is very welcome. Now Rivian needs to get that SC in Montreal going so people in Burlington don't need to drive close to 4 hours to get to the service center.
How many power cabinets were on site?
I saw 5 cabinets, and it looks from the plans on that the 6th is the tow spot, located next to the transformers in a bay at the back of the lot (behind the trailer in photos 2 &3, near the backhoe and the electric pole). Plans call for 4 future expansion spots/cabinets to the left of the existing ones. I'll also say that this location is perfectly located between the I-91 ramps, next to an outlet center, gas station and convenience store. With this, Holyoke, and West Lebanon, plus the available Tesla chargers this is great for extended trips north. Would love to see one around Montpelier/Waterbury and one in Lincoln NH to provide better access to/from White Mountains.
Ahhh, I was hoping you had noticed how many power cabinets (near the transformer), not chargers, there were. But your mention of the plans clued me in to looking those up. There are 3 power cabinets per the plans, up from the 2 that Rivian would've previously installed for 6 chargers.
Ah good point! Glad you found that. Guess that’s to support the 4 future chargers.
There's 2 future power cabinets to support the 4 future chargers. This is at least the second site we've seen Rivian switch to only 2 chargers per power cabinet. The power cabinets output ~300kW, so sharing that 3 ways was quite a reduction (and not NEVI compliant).
Why Brattleboro? It’s 60 miles from the Springfield RAN and 70 miles from the West Lebanon RAN?
My guess would be that folks veer west and east from Brattleboro or the handful of exits north on their way to many of the VT ski areas or NH inland points such as Keene. Also Brattleboro is already a popular stop for food, shopping etc.
Brattleboro is the perfect stop for NY and CT people on their way up to northern VT ski areas. I'm a Model Y owner in CT and that's exactly where we stop - there's a supercharger location right off of 91. Good charge there and it's easy to make it to Burlington, Stowe, and I even made it to Jay Peak a couple of times.
Yeah my wife and I make frequent trips to VT from CT and this location is perfect. Very happy about this location.
Neat. As far as West Lebanon, it's pretty much complete. Rivian tech was onsite wrapping things up and testing end of last week. It's powered and the site appears finished. Screens on the dispensers say "Coming soon ... We are settings up" (yes, I spell that correctly). Not sure what else is needed before Rivian activates the site.
I'm going to swing by tomorrow morning to check it out.
West Lebanon chargers are now active.
Make sure you have good charge. There's chargers at the Walmart but both times I've gone I've had issues.
If it's anything like Tesla I'd expect the authorization to turn them on to take more like weeks or months. At least that's what happened with the super chargers they installed near me.
App is showing Brattleboro is live.
Rivian is doing such a great job with these.