Rivian

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Rivian will open its Autonomy Early Access Program to a limited group of owners in December, giving selected participants pre-release access to Point to Point, a supervised Level 2 driver assistance system that combines hands-free driving with turn-by-turn navigation, the company announced.

Rivian delivered 19,248 vehicles from July through September, a 46% year-over-year increase that topped Wall Street's expectations and prompted the company to reconfirm its full-year guidance.

Rivian is issuing a small recall of its 2027 R2 crossover due to an assembly issue in the high-voltage battery pack.

Rivian is developing a Teen Mode and a separate Valet Mode for its vehicles, Chief Software Officer Wassym Bensaid said, giving owners a way to rein in the performance of EVs that weigh 5,000 to 7,000 pounds and can hit 60 mph in as little as 2.5 seconds.

Rivian Automotive is issuing a safety recall covering nearly 99,000 electric vehicles due to a software glitch that can obscure the rearview camera image while reversing.

Rivian's next model, the R3 hatchback, will arrive priced "materially lower" than the R2, CEO RJ Scaringe said in a recent interview. With the R2 eventually starting at $45,000, that points to an R3 that costs significantly less than that figure.

Rivian is rolling its RivianOS 2 interface out to existing R1S and R1T owners through an over-the-air update, bringing the look and feel first introduced on the R2 to the older models. The software arrives as version 2026.31, meaning R1 owners no longer have to trade into a newer vehicle to get the redesigned instrument and infotainment layouts.

Rivian is preparing to roll out one of its most significant over-the-air software updates to date. The upcoming 2026.31 release will deliver a total rewrite of the infotainment system—bringing Rivian OS 2.0 and native Waze integration to all R1T and R1S models, including early first-generation vehicles.

Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has confirmed that Europe is the company's next market, with the UK central to its plan for the continent. In an interview with Auto Express, Scaringe said the first model to arrive will be the R2, the mid-size electric SUV built to take on the Tesla Model Y.

Rivian is updating the R1S and R1T for 2027, with much-improved comfort, tech, and tire compounds coming to the table. The two vehicles are five and six years into their respective model runs, which means these updates constitute the mid-lifecycle update for the electric duo. Rivian brought the goods, though, with a healthy round of improvements to show for the brand's flagship vehicles.

Rivian Automotive has issued a safety recall for 3,829 electric vehicles across its R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck lines due to potential front turn signal failures. The campaign expands upon a previous recall issued for the same component defect.

The 2027 Rivian R2's real-world range lands well below its window sticker, but its charging performance places it among the stronger compact electric SUVs on the market, according to recent testing.

Rivian unveiled site plans and renderings for its $5 billion manufacturing facility in Stanton Springs North, Georgia, revealing a sprawling campus designed to double as an outdoor adventure destination.

Rivian has officially hit the milestone stockholders and EV buyers alike have been waiting for: customer deliveries of the R2 SUV are underway.

When the official EPA efficiency numbers for the Rivian R2 Performance landed, industry watchers were impressed. On paper, Rivian's new mid-size electric SUV achieved an identical combined rating to the segment-defining Tesla Model Y Performance: 105 MPGe and 32 kWh per 100 miles.

Rivian's share price has been on a tear recently, but a bold post-market move just threw a temporary wrench into the rally. After closing up over 8% on Monday following an impressive string of delivery beats and analyst upgrades, the electric vehicle maker saw those hard-earned gains entirely erased in after-hours trading.

Rivian has officially cleared up the guessing game for tens of thousands of reservation holders eagerly awaiting the all-new, mid-size R2 SUV.

Rivian’s R1S SUV and R1T pickup are now under federal investigation after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary probe into a potential rear suspension defect.

With the R1T and R1S, Rivian proved it can build a product people want, but the automaker's next chapter hinges on something far less glamorous: volume.

Volkswagen has quietly become the most influential outside investor in Rivian, overtaking Amazon for the first time since the EV startup went public in 2021.

With great power comes great responsibility, and as it turns out, great pay.

Production of the Rivian R2—one of the most significant electric cars in recent memory—is underway, the company has announced.

Uber is making a major bet on the future of autonomous mobility, announcing plans to invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of a new partnership aimed at launching a large-scale robotaxi fleet.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Rivian founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe wants to anchor his company as a software powerhouse, developing key features and expertise that extend far beyond Rivian’s models.

Rivian's new model picks up a surprising performance superlative: the only new vehicle to offer over 650 horsepower under $60,000.

$46,495 entry model arrives next year; 656-horsepower Performance trim starts from $59,485 including destination.

The 2026 Rivian R1T has a premium interior that is on the level of a high-end Volvo. Close your eyes, open them and look around. Is this a truck or a Scandinavian luxury car? The vibes are elite. The downside? No knobs or buttons. Sure, it’s a cliche to harp on that, but just a few of them would elevate this experience and make it more user friendly.

Rivian has christened its in-house skunkworks team Rivian Adventure Department—yes, RAD.

Rivian is recalling 869 of the brand's all electric R1T and R1S trucks and SUVs over bolts that secure the second-row driver and passenger side seat belt retractor assemblies. These compnents may not be properly secured and affect some 2022-2025 R1T and 2022-2026 R1S vehicles.

Rivian has quietly crossed an important threshold on its path to becoming a higher-volume automaker. The company confirmed that its first Manufacturing Validation Build examples of the upcoming R2 have rolled off the line at its expanded Normal, Illinois facility, marking the transition from construction and tooling to vehicles intended for real-world testing ahead of customer deliveries.

It's another year of exciting new metal across all segments, and here are the ones we're most excited about.

Rivian is recalling nearly 20,000 R1S and R1T models from the 2022-2025 model years. The recall affects certain vehicles that had service performed on them previously, specifically before March 10, 2025. These all-electric SUVs and trucks may have the toe link reassembled incorrectly during the service procedures.

PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Rivian is known for its outdoorsy, tech-forward trucks and SUVs. They’re subtle and all-electric.

With a satisfaction score of five (out of five points) and 86% of owners saying that they’d buy one again, Rivian came out on top as the Most Loved Brand in Consumer Reports’ latest Owner Satisfaction survey.

In March, Rivian announced it would pause construction of its Georiga plant to speed up current production and save the company money.

Scout Motors, Volkswagen’s new EV offshoot, will be tapping into software and zonal architecture developed by "rival" Rivian when it starts production in 2027.

Here are three reasons the original electric pickup truck is the smarter pick.

A pricey—or very pricey, in Canada—statement vehicle, the 2024 Rivian R1T still impresses as the original EV truck. Full of thoughtful design and packing serious performance, the R1T adds a whole new dimension to America's favorite vehicle shape.

The R1T and R1S lineup will now encompass three total trims: Entry, Adventure, and Premium, likely in that order. Currently, Rivian offers the R1T and S Adventure with dual-motor AWD, a Performance dual-motor AWD setup, and a quad-motor AWD setup. There’s no telling exactly how the new trim levels will change these offerings, but we should find out soon- Rivian’s NHTSA paperwork shows these changes could take effect for 2025 model year trucks and SUVs.

This is the sort of surprise we are here for.

Today, Rivian announced its next electric vehicles: a small SUV starting around $45,000 called the R2, a CUV it calls the R3, and a performance off-roader based on the latter called the R3X. The R2 was a known quantity, especially after so many of its specifics were found yesterday embedded in the HTML code on Rivian’s website.

As reported by CarBuzz, a Twitter (X, if you must) user, Chris Hilbert, has discovered specs for the upcoming Rivian R2 buried in the Rivian website’s HTML code. While Rivian has since altered the site to prevent users from continuing to view the specs themselves, the cat is absolutely out of the bag. If the source code is to be believed, it shows a smaller Rivian SUV with a starting price of $47,500 and a range of up to 330 miles.

The R2 should arrive in the $45,000 to $50,000 range.

Pricing for the Rivian R1T and R1S has fallen by $3,100, per Automotive News. The R1T now starts at $71,700 including destination, and the R1S now begins at $76,700. The two qualify for the government’s $3,750 tax incentive, but lessees will benefit from the full $7,500 amount. However, Rivian’s lease program is only available in certain states at the moment.

Now anyone can buy an Amazon electric delivery van.

Is this the end of CCS?

You know what we don’t have whole lot of electric examples of? Convertibles, two-doors, and three-row SUVs.

Rivian plans to put its foot on the gas, with some serious manufacturing shifts.

Rivian drops more details on its dual-motor drivetrain.

Rivian’s trucks take top honors in IIHS crash testing.

Mercedes-Benz and Rivian are taking it slow, actually. Or, maybe calling it quits.

Big losses hit Rivian, but the brand is still on target to hit its production goals.

Rivian’s biggest battery pack has been delayed.

Rivian’s production numbers continue to steadily rise.

Move over Sprinter and Metris, the next Mercedes-Benz van might be electric and made with Rivian parts.

Some Rivian reservation holders aren’t happy campers.

Are you a fan of The Simpsons? Rivian’s engineering team certainly is.

Despite criticism from the press and customers alike of slow delivery times and missed deadlines, there are rumblings that Rivian is cutting jobs.

Rivian’s sold almost 8,000 units in the brand’s entirety, most notably outselling the Ford F-150 Lightning. Well, sort of.