The Rivian R2, an all-electric sport utility automobile that’s smaller and extra inexpensive than the automaker’s flagship SUV, seems to be a success with potential prospects. No less than, if the variety of reservations for the R2 is any information.
Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe posted Friday on Instagram that the corporate had obtained greater than 68,000 R2 reservations lower than 24 hours because the automobile was revealed at an occasion in Laguna Seashore, California.
Whereas notable, these reservations can solely present a unfastened image of demand. The $100 deposit secures the shopper’s place in line for buying an R2 and is refundable.
“We are thrilled to see R2 (as well as R3 and R3X) resonate so strongly with our community,” Scaringe wrote within the put up.
The R2 is a five-seat, all-electric midsized SUV that can have greater than 300 miles of vary and a base value of $45,000. Notably, prospects should wait at the very least two years to get their fingers on the R2. Scaringe introduced Thursday through the reveal that the R2 can be produced on the automaker’s Regular, Illinois, manufacturing facility — a change from the corporate’s authentic plan to provide the R2 at a $5 billion manufacturing facility close to Atlanta, Georgia, that’s simply now below building. That shift will save the corporate $2.25 billion and assist get the R2 to prospects sooner.
Scaringe stated Thursday the firm was transferring up manufacturing of the R2 to the half first of 2026.
Rivian additionally revealed Thursday the R3 and the R3x, all-electric hatchback autos with sporty Honda e vibes. The R3x would be the efficiency model.
