Which Networks Support Rivian Plug and Charge

Rivian Plug and Charge works on exactly four networks: the Rivian Adventure Network, Tesla Superchargers, Electrify America, and IONNA. Rivian lists all four on its support page.

EA and IONNA are the newest. They arrived in 2025.38, the same release that pulled IONNA into the in-car nav and turned on live availability and speeds for EA.

Rivian Plug and Charge by network

All four bill to the card in your Rivian account. Connector and adapter notes assume a 2026 or newer NACS vehicle.

Rivian Adventure Network
Tesla Supercharger
Electrify America
IONNA
Authentication
Plug and Charge
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Billed to
Rivian account
Rivian account
Rivian account
Rivian account
Separate network account
Not needed
Not needed
Not needed
Not needed
Plugging in
Native NACS cable
Site by siteNACS retrofit still rolling out
Yes
Site by siteMostly CCS1 stalls today
YesCCS1 and NACS at each bay
CCS1 adapter needed
Sometimes
No
Usually
No
In the Rivian nav and app
Included in route planning
Yes
Yes
Yes
YesAdded in 2025.38
Live availability and speeds
Yes
Yes
YesAdded in 2025.38
PartialVaries by site
Pricing
Member rate applied
N/ATime of use pricing applies
NoStart in Tesla app for the discount
NoPass pricing not carried over
N/ANo membership tier yet
Pre-authorization hold
$60
$70
$70
$70
Rivian Adventure Network
Authentication
Plug and ChargeSupported
Billed toRivian account
Plugging in
Native NACS cableSite by siteRetrofit still rolling out
CCS1 adapter neededSometimes
Nav and pricing
Live availabilityYes
Member rateN/ATime of use pricing applies
Pre-auth hold$60

Two things get mistaken for this. EVgo Autocharge+ looks identical from the driver’s seat, but it’s EVgo identifying your car off the charging handshake and billing through its own account, and owners on the forums report that new enrollments have been flaky for a while now. I haven’t tried enrolling a vehicle recently so I can’t tell you where it stands today. ChargePoint keeps billing in the Rivian app, but you’re still the one starting the session.

Two catches. Plug and Charge trades away your Tesla membership discount and your EA pass in exchange for convenience, and RAN’s own time of use pricing is the only place right now where the rate you see is the rate you get. At EA you’re also usually digging out a CCS1 adapter before any of this happens.

I expect the list to sit at four for a while, because the handshake is a solved problem and the slow part is the commercial agreement behind each network. If a fifth shows up in a release, I’ll flag it for you all.

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Jose Castillo Founder and Editor
Jose Castillo is the founder of RivianTrackr and has owned and driven Rivians since early in the brand's consumer history. He currently drives an R1S and an R2 in Florida and uses Universal Hands-Free every day. As a credentialed Rivian journalist, he has covered the R2 First Drive in Park City and SXSW firsthand and has spoken directly with Rivian's software and autonomy leadership.
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8 Comments

  1. Thank you for this, but I don’t know about everyone,but in California, some Tesla chargers are Tesla only chargers. Found that out the hard way,

    • If it’s an older V2 Tesla Supercharger, you won’t be able to charger at it. If they appear on the Rivian navigation (V3 and V4) you can charge at them!

  2. I just got a new R1T and my first attempt at a charging didn’t work.. I have payment mechanism set up went to tesla supercharger….tried multiple units, it tried to charge and then said “Unplug and try again”… those charger weren’t on the rivian map… am I missing a very obvious thing?

    • If it wasn’t listed on the navigation, it could be a V2 Supercharger which is not supported.

  3. Your comment “Plug and Charge trades away your Tesla membership discount”. Not understanding this point. If you go to a Tesla site and charge is it not all plug and charge or am I missing something. Just got my first EV /R1S last week Tuesday so learning a lot. Enjoying every second of it.

    • Congrats on your first EV! So you can purchase a membership with Tesla for discounted rates but if you do that, you have to select the charger in the Tesla app first before plugging in. If you just plug your Rivian in without touching the app, it’ll charge you the public rate.

  4. The charger I tried to use was a version 4 Tesla charger. It did say on the nav screen Tesla only, but I did not read carefully. For the newbies, charge durring off peak times as much as possible, saves big time. I know I’m on California and peak rates at some chargers are 80 cents for peak and drop to 45 durring off peak.

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