Rivian has filed a patent utility for a pass-through charging system that may permit the automaker’s electrical vehicles to move present from automobile to automobile.
As described within the utility, which was printed by the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) on June 22 and initially filed in December 2021, pass-through charging may clear up the issue of a number of autos needing to be charged in a single location the place there is probably not room for sufficient chargers.
The system would basically flip electrical autos into extension cords. One automobile may plug into each a standard charger and a second automobile, which in flip would plug into one other automobile. A switching system would permit energy to be despatched both to the battery pack, as in standard charging, or to an output that may move electrical energy to a different automobile.
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This is not suggested for many present EVs or charging programs, and it would void warranties. However such a system may doubtlessly bypass such issues.
The patent drawings embrace Mixed Charging Normal (CCS) connectors, indicating AC or DC could be used.
Such a system might be used the place house is a matter, equivalent to when two autos are parked shut collectively in a non-public storage, or rows of autos are parked in a industrial fleet storage, the applying states. Utilizing autos as a junction or relay would doubtless be permissible below present requirements, which do not permit precise extension cords to attach chargers and autos.
Towing is not talked about within the utility, however pass-through charging may add some flexibility there as properly, the place disconnecting from a trailer to succeed in a charger can be inconvenient. Rivian, which focuses round extra of an outdoorsy life-style and the conditions it would deliver, has proven that it is pondering these conditions out, despite the fact that they could by no means make it to manufacturing.
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Rivian has additionally filed a patent utility for fanned air cooling to assist enhance fast-charging efficiency, and it introduced the addition of Magic Dock-compatible Superchargers again in March.
To enhance accessibility for its clients, Rivian just lately dedicated to the Tesla Supercharger community and its North American Charging Normal (NACS) connector, and acquired A Higher Routeplanner to assist drivers discover chargers. And Rivian remains to be constructing its personal charging community, with an emphasis on backwoods areas.
Rivian is clearly keen to attempt completely different concepts, however the firm can be studying that not all the things that is technically potential is a good suggestion. CEO RJ Scaringe just lately defined that the Tank Flip mode first proven approach again in December 2019 will not be added to manufacturing autos as a result of it tears up trails.
