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Rivian Follows Tesla’s Lead, Opens Charging Network to Other Brands (discuss.online)

submitted 8 months ago by Mireldes@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world

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According to shareholder letters, Rivian plans to allow charging of electric vehicles of other brands in the second half of the year.

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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 100 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Could you imagine having to fill up on gas driving to a specific gas station designed for your make/brand of car.

Hey honey, going out to fill up the car at the local Subaru Gas Station.

[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 59 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Car companies have definitely imagined this. And if they could, they 100% would.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 27 points 8 months ago

Exactly. They know it inconveniences you, and if it was possible and would make them an extra dollar, they would do it.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

this is why leaving infrastructure to private manufacturers is insane.

standardize this shit.

[–] gaifux@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well that's ironic, because it is being left to private manufacturers, and they are moving towards interoperability anyways

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

the are allowing it because they dragged us along until they noticed they don't have a choice now. its important to realize they can always rescind it when they feel like enshittifying.

[–] ___@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Right. Occasionally, regulation can speed up an industry by preventing this kind of thing. If that had happened, however, we would likely be stuck with the bulkier CCS chargers.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

its about interoperability and fairness. speeding it up is a nice bonus.

how bulky chargers are is irrelevant. forcing manufactirers to standardize and interoperate is the point.

i said nothing about how it should be regulated, only who should be managing the system. letting corpos do whatever they want is never the answer.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 months ago

The elitism between the Chevy, RAM, and Ford gas stations would be hilarious though. Meanwhile the Toyotabros would be dunkin on them.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 5 points 8 months ago

Any kind of vertical integration is harmful to competitive markets.

[–] onion@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

Well you see Mercedes has a star-shaped nozzle and Ford has a square shaped nozzle and...