The deed is done. As of today, Rivian is no longer selling the R1 Dual Standard on either the R1T or R1S, which wraps up something we first told you about back in March when the plan to retire the LFP configuration started circulating.
This one was not much of a shock. With the R2 here and shipping, the gap between the cheapest R1 and the most expensive R2 has gotten small, and that is not a great look when you are trying to keep two lineups clearly separated in a buyer’s head. Pulling the Dual Standard pushes the floor of the R1 back up and gives the R2 room to breathe at the top of its own range.
There is another piece, too, and it is the part that the owners actually lived with. Since late 2025, the Dual Standard cars have dealt with ongoing LFP battery calibration problems that Rivian confirmed and then kept reconfirming as the months wore on. The range readings drift. The cars want regular full charges just to hold calibration, and plenty of owners say it never really settles down for them. Quietly walking away from the configuration solves a headache Rivian was never fully on top of. With it gone, there is no longer any LFP battery option anywhere in the R1 lineup.
So, where does the R1 lineup land now next to the R2?
The R1T runs from $79,990 up to $115,990. The R1S starts at $83,990 and tops out at $121,990. The R2, for comparison, covers $44,990 to $57,990.
That spacing makes a lot more sense than the spacing we had a couple of weeks ago. The R2 again owns the affordable end of the family, and the R1 is back to being the obvious premium pick. No more staring at a loaded R2 next to a base R1 and wondering why the numbers nearly touch.
That is a major bummer. It’s the one version I could afford and love it to death. I get the reasoning but there goes me even being able to afford a lease on a new truck when mine is up :/
“No more staring at a loaded R2 next to a base R1 and wondering why the numbers nearly touch.”
That’s actually extremely common. For most automakers, the price for the top end of one model overlaps with the low end of the model above it in the lineup. Which makes Rivian the oddball. The logic is that it encourages the buyer to consider the larger vehicle when both are roughly the same price. Now the gap between R1S and R2 is huge ($26k) and I fear it will actually discourage people from considering the R1S. Not many people will accept a ~45% markup to get a third row (yes, it gets you other features too, but that is the big one people will focus on).
However, it does make sense for Rivian to eliminate the R1 Standard models given the problems they’ve had with the LFP battery, not to mention the tariffs enforced on LFP cells imported from China. I suspect those are the actual reasons for discontinuing the R1 Standard models, not to provide more price separation.
I bought the Dual Standard specifically because of the LFP, same with my Model 3 RWD, for environmental reasons. Nickel smelting seems to be quite rough on the surrounding environment, and the “circular economy” of recycling battery materials appears to be still largely in the works. Lithium can be produced in much less impactful ways, like a side effect of geothermal energy production near the Salton Sea, and is quite plentiful.
The range calibration thing had been a bit rough, seems to have improved a bit. Lack of an LFP option may affect my choice of vehicle at end of current lease.