I ran a real 70 mph highway range test on my R2 Performance with the Out of Spec crew, and against a 330 mile EPA rating it returned 253 miles from full to dead. Here is how the test worked and why the gap says more about EPA testing than it does about Rivian.

My R2 came from the plant in Normal, Illinois, and I picked it up there in person rather than waiting on the…

Rivian has paused deliveries of Half Moon Grey R2 vehicles after a paint matching issue with pre-painted exterior parts, with around 800 vehicles affected.

Tom Moloughney melted a pin on an older Tesla adapter while charge testing the R2, and the reason is the R2 itself. It pulls more current than almost anything else on the road, which means the adapter in your frunk may not be up to it.

An R2 owner's pickup got cancelled six hours before delivery after the service center caught his front bumper finished in the wrong grey, a color not even offered on R2.

A friend of the site had his R2 VIN assigned in the low 4100s, a sign Rivian keeps moving reservation holders forward. Deliveries still look slower than expected though, with plenty of R2 sitting in Normal and some owners left waiting on vague "final checks" while software update 2026.24 begins rolling out.

Some R2 reservation holders are reporting their invitation windows suddenly shrinking, with one owner watching a four to eight week estimate drop to one to two weeks. It does not mean the truck shows up that fast, but it does move the whole timeline forward, and it hints that Rivian is feeling good about the ramp.