{"id":41171,"date":"2023-01-25T06:03:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T11:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=41171"},"modified":"2023-01-25T06:03:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T11:03:47","slug":"rivian-solar-powered-ev-charger-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=41171","title":{"rendered":"Rivian Opens Its First Solar-Powered EV Chargers In Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rivian and solar company Clearloop have switched on the American EV maker\u2019s first solar-powered electric vehicle chargers in the small town of Paris, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

With a population of around 10,000 people, the city that has a 70-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, is the first in the United States to benefit from Rivian<\/a>\u2019s solar-powered EV charging stations.<\/p>\n

Dubbed Waypoints<\/em>, Rivian\u2019s top-up stalls are powered by a nearby solar farm that has a total capacity of 1 megawatt (MW), with the company aiming to further finance a larger 6.75 MW project that will power all Waypoints chargers in the state.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat that means is that we are connecting the dots between a charging station for electric vehicles brought by Rivian, which makes electric SUVs and electric trucks right here in the US, and the solar project that is going up in Henry County,\u201d said Laura Zapata, the CEO of Clearloop for the local TV news station.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Paris, Tennessee chargers are equipped with J1772 plugs, which means other EVs can top up their batteries here, not just Rivians, as the local news report<\/a> showed with the help of a Hyundai Ioniq 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rivian\u2019s Waypoints EV stalls are now deployed in 11 state parks in Tennessee:<\/p>\n