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Through this partnership, Rivian electric vehicle drivers will be able to opt into ChargeScape’s growing network of utility programmes across North America.
At a glance
Who: Rivian; ChargeScape.
What: Automotive firm Rivian and ChargeScape, the vehicle-grid integration platform, have announced a partnership to enrol Rivian’s high-capacity EV batteries into utility managed-charging programmes.
Why: To tap into the flexible capacity offered by the almost seven million EVs on American Rivian internal roads as well as help drivers unlock new ways to save on charging.
When: The partnership is live.
American automotive and technology firm Rivian and ChargeScape, the vehicle-grid integration platform, have announced a partnership to enrol Rivian’s high-capacity EV batteries into utility managed-charging programmes.
As utilities across the US face growing strain from data centre demand, Rivian reckons they are increasingly tapping into the flexible capacity offered by the almost seven million EVs on American Rivian internal roads.
Utility programmes
Through this partnership, Rivian EV drivers will be able to opt into ChargeScape’s growing network of utility programmes across North America, unlocking new ways to save on charging costs while supporting the grid.
Rivian reports that its EVs already serve as a resource for the grid, but now they can seamlessly connect through partners like ChargeScape’s broad network of power utilities, to serve as even more powerful flexible grid assets to help balance peak grid demands.
“Rivian’s partnership with ChargeScape will bring some of the largest batteries on the road onto an industry-owned, shared infrastructure”
Unlike other aggregators, ChargeScape operates as a shared, industry-owned automotive infrastructure platform, backed by BMW, Ford, Honda, and Nissan and utilised by Tesla, Stellantis and others.
Rivian’s partnership with ChargeScape represents a shared belief in the importance of a simple, customer-friendly approach to grid-integrated electric vehicles that prioritises scalability, interoperability, and direct OEM involvement.
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Once integrated with ChargeScape’s platform, Rivian reckons its EVs can serve as “even more powerful, and more flexible energy resources” for a utility’s managed charging programme. Rivian vehicles can support grid resiliency by offering up meaningful flexible capacity, all while enabling customers to maintain a seamless, in-app charging and enrolment experience.
“This is a significant step forward in aligning automakers around a common platform and charging standard,” said Joseph Vellone, CEO of ChargeScape. “Rivian’s partnership with ChargeScape will bring some of the largest batteries on the road onto an industry-owned, shared infrastructure. At a time of persistent inflation and high gas (petrol) prices, we’re unlocking meaningful financial savings for EV drivers across America.”
“These solutions demonstrate how electric vehicles can help reduce electricity costs and support a more resilient energy grid for everyone, whether you own an EV or not"
"Through this collaboration with ChargeScape and other partners, Rivian’s software-enabled vehicles are a perfect, nimble partner to help balance the energy grid and enable drivers to get more value out of their vehicle,” said Andrew Peterman, director of advanced energy solutions at Rivian.
“These solutions demonstrate how electric vehicles can help reduce electricity costs and support a more resilient energy grid for everyone, whether you own an EV or not."
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