Rivian starts deliveries of its all-important R2 SUV
Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has called it “maybe the most important thing we’ve launched to date.”
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Rivian’s factory hit by tornado ahead of R2 launch
Nobody was hurt after an EF-1 tornado hit the part of the factory where the R2 SUV is supposed to be built.
Why Rivian is holding the $45,000 base model R2 until ‘late 2027’
Rivian spent the last two years promoting the R2 as a $45,000 SUV. But buyers won’t be able to pay that price until late next year — if at all.
Rivian is betting its future on one of the fastest EV launches in US history
If Rivian reaches its R2 sales target in 2026, it will be one of the fastest ramp-ups ever of a new EV in the United States.