Exciting news this morning, you can now configure your 2025 Rivian R1S Tri-Motor or Quad-Motor with the new Slate Sky + Walnut Wood premium interior option. The new interior option is an additional $2,000 in line with the other optional premium interior. Rivian describes the new Slate Sky + Walnut…

Wassym Bensaid, Chief Software Officer at Rivian, took to r/Rivian on Reddit for an “Ask Me Anything” with the community to answer questions about Gen 1, Gen 2, software, and much more. I monitored the AMA live and compiled notes (in no specific order) of what Wassym shared. Some of…

Rivian today announced that it had eliminated a small number of salaried positions, representing less than 1% of total employees. In April, Rivian increased its manufacturing efficiency enabling them to build the same number of vehicles as 2023 but with 2 shifts instead of 3. The majority of employees affected…

Multiple readers of RivianTrackr have reached out to let me know they have been scheduled to take delivery of their brand new 2025 Rivian R1S Dual-Motor variants. This marks the beginning of the second generation of Rivian R1 vehicles to hit the road with a wide range of exciting new…

A recent photo of a Rivian R1T equipped with LiDAR equipment has sparked speculation about the company’s plans for autonomous driving technology. Rivian vehicles do not include LiDAR, making this sighting particularly significant. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) uses laser light to create detailed 3D maps of the environment, essential…