Rivian is taking the R2 on a cross-country Block Party tour starting April 3 in Venice, with stops in seven cities through late May. No demo drives yet, but you can see the colors in person, explore the interior, and hang out with the community.
The Rivian-Volkswagen joint venture, RV Tech, has successfully completed winter testing of its software-defined vehicle architecture, and the milestone comes with real money attached. Volkswagen Group is unlocking another $1 billion investment into Rivian, with the VW ID.EVERY1 being the first vehicle to actually use the tech both companies have been building together. With over $3 billion already invested and potentially $5.8 billion on the table total, this partnership is anything but a side project.
Rivian quietly pushed a meaningful update to its website that’s easy to miss but worth checking out. The R1 configurator now has…
Rivian just landed on Fortune's "America's Most Innovative Companies" list for 2026, and it's the first time they've ever made it. What got them there is the stuff they've been heads-down on for the past year: the zonal electronics architecture, deeper hardware and software integration, and early work on a self-driving AI model. Not the flashy stuff, the actual engineering work.
The 2026 Rivian R1S has earned its third IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ designation, making it the only large SUV from an American automaker to hold that title this year. I drive both the R1S and R1T regularly, and safety is always part of why I recommend them.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe sat down with Yahoo Finance for an exclusive interview breaking down the $1.25 billion Uber robotaxi deal and why autonomous software, not just vehicles, is the real business Rivian is building toward.
Rivian is rolling out a new magnetic wireless phone charger in the R1, and we have photos of it already installed in a production unit headed to a customer. The new charger uses two magnets to keep your phone locked in place, and we tested it firsthand to see what it's actually capable of.
Rivian and Uber are teaming up to deploy a fleet of fully autonomous R2 robotaxis, and the scale of this deal is hard to overstate. Uber is committing up to $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031, with an initial $300 million locked in right after signing, and nobody saw this coming.
I recently made the case for why the R2 Performance Launch Edition is the best value in the lineup. But starting in late 2026, Rivian will begin shipping R2s with Gen 3 hardware, LiDAR, and the custom RAP1 chip, and there is no retrofit path for early buyers. If autonomy and future-proofing matter to you, here is the other side of that argument.
The R1S Dual Large and R2 Performance are closer than you might think, with nearly identical range and the R2 actually making more horsepower for about $26,000 less. Here's how to decide which Rivian SUV fits your life.
