R2 config emails spiked last week without many deliveries to show for it yet. Owners are now telling me Rivian is lining up a big delivery push this week, with dates already on the calendar into early July.
R2 crosses 2,000 VINs as deliveries ramp, Rivian drops the R1 Dual Standard configuration, and I share two years with my Gen 2 R1T and how I ended the lease early. Plus a trade-in PSA and IONNA crossing 115 sites.
A 20xx VIN from a friend taking delivery this week shows Rivian has built past 2,000 R2 vehicles. Built does not mean delivered though, and here is why.
Two years with my Gen 2 R1T, the service experience, and how I ended my lease early to move into the R2.
An R2 test mule was spotted out in British Columbia, one of the first R2 sightings in Canada. A good sign for buyers up north as the US rollout cools off this week.
IONNA is opening its new Seffner Rechargery near Tampa this Friday, pushing Florida to 17 locations with more under construction. The Friday ribbon cutting is invite only, but customer clinics across Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, and Miami are open to everyone that weekend. Then from July 2 to 5 the whole network drops to $0.20/kWh for the holiday. Here is what it means for Rivian owners.
Everyone assumes the R2 is the smart buy because that is where the new tech lives. Most of that tech is coming to the R1 anyway. The real reason to order an R1 today is the bigger body, the third row, the towing, and the range, none of which an update can ever add, and it makes you wonder why Rivian has not refreshed the R1 yet.
The R1 order menu is down to four configurations. Here is how Dual Large, Dual Max, Tri Max, and Quad Max compare across every color, wheel, interior, and drive mode, and which ones unlock as you move up the lineup.
Rivian has stopped selling the R1 Dual Standard on the R1T and R1S, ending the last LFP battery option in the R1 lineup and widening the price gap between R1 and R2.
Rivian is doing nearly 60% of service via mobile vans and trucks, aiming for 80% to beat service center bottlenecks. Having experienced this with three Rivians, it’s incredibly convenient. However, pushing complex repairs to driveways just to hit a target risks hurting quality.
