Rivian R2 teased again before reveal, key specs leak

The Rivian R2 reveal is but a day away, with a few teasers and a smattering of the debut thunder escaping from the Laguna Beach extravaganza before the appointed time. First, the official stuff: Rivian posted a shot of the R2's rear left corner on X not long ago, the R1 Junior looking exactly like dad. A shot of the entire rear aspect taken at night proves the similarity, a from the black roof to the full-width light bar, although the R2 gets a sharper, squarer swell from the greenhouse to the shoulder line making room for the light bar.

The unofficial information comes courtesy of Rivian owner Chris Hilbert, who got the wise idea to use a browser's ability to pull up the source code of a web site. When he did this on the R2 page at Rivian's site, he found a range of key specs for the electric SUV. Starting with price, Rivian CEO R. J. Scaringe has long spoken of an MSRP between $40,000 and $60,000. According to the site code, the R2 will start at $47,500; buyers who qualify for the full $7,500 tax credit could get down to $40,000 before destination and options and the rest. The least expensive R1S starts at $74,900 before incentives and destination. Remember, though, Rivian doesn't expect to begin deliveries until 2026, a long way off in these capricious times to lock in prices.