R2 Launch Watch

[Scout_Lookout]

I am seeing so many posts online with people very confused as to why their delivery window is what it is based on when they made their reservation.

Does anyone know what Rivian is requiring for a deposit to place an order?

 

[Scout_Lookout]

I refuse to commit to a 5 figure purchase without test driving it, probably more than once. the 30 minutes for a tech heavy vehicle feels really tight (and that seems to be the sentiment with those who have gone too)

The 30 mins is only for the drive, they have R2 floor models that you can sit in and play with for as long as you want. I strongly recommend and feel it will be a more enjoyable experience by arriving well before your test drive and sitting in and getting yourself familiar with the vehicle via the floor model before you test drive.

 

[J Alynn]

The 30 mins is only for the drive, they have R2 floor models that you can sit in and play with for as long as you want. I strongly recommend and feel it will be a more enjoyable experience by arriving well before your test drive and sitting in and getting yourself familiar with the vehicle via the floor model before you test drive.

Good to know. Thanks for that info

 

[robothero]

The 30 mins is only for the drive, they have R2 floor models that you can sit in and play with for as long as you want. I strongly recommend and feel it will be a more enjoyable experience by arriving well before your test drive and sitting in and getting yourself familiar with the vehicle via the floor model before you test drive.

Thanks for the info! I will definitely carve out some time to do that.

Just figuring out who to bring with me lol....

Wife - Passenger princess, theoretical secondary driver.
Dad - EV curious, good bonding activity


The kids don't get a say.

 

[chucchinchilla]

Adding to the pile of reservation holders who ordered early but will have to wait till later..

..my guess for the later timeline is I'm not a current Rivian owner and..

 

[Scout_Lookout]

Well I wasn't that much earlier than you.....but.

Also, can I just add how much more excited I am for the day our Scout reservations come up.

 

[cyure]

I’m hoping Scout production is the same and they are able to make more than they project the first year.

Rivian raises EV sales forecast as Q2 production ramps up | TechCrunch

The company now expects to ship a few thousand more vehicles by the end of 2026 than it previously expected, after launching its R2 SUV last month.

techcrunch.com

 

[THil08]

I’m hoping Scout production is the same and they are able to make more than they project the first year.

Rivian raises EV sales forecast as Q2 production ramps up | TechCrunch

The company now expects to ship a few thousand more vehicles by the end of 2026 than it previously expected, after launching its R2 SUV last month.

techcrunch.com

Great that they are being optimistic, but if they don’t pass that mark there stock will come tumbling down. And from what analysts have said if they hit $9 a share, Rivian will have to close. So they better hit their targets. Hopefully they continue to grow. This week there stock has been raging

 

[R1TVT]

I’m hoping Scout production is the same and they are able to make more than they project the first year.

That would be great. To be realistic, it is probably a little easier for Rivian to exceed forecast production numbers at this stage with an experienced staff & already-proven processes in place that they could leverage for their 2nd BEV product launch. Notably, the R2 is also a much more simple & less complex variant than R1 - that was a very intentional build objective. It will greatly help with production & costs, but also with faster and more efficient service as they continue to scale, I imagine.

It will be interesting to see if Scout can fast track production & leverage VW's experience in spinning up factories and launching new models. There are parallels there for sure, but Scout is also adding a lot more complexity, parts, SW and production time with Harvester in the mix too. Of course the production forecasts will be different for Scout and for Rivian. I think for Scout, the big win will come if they can simply stay around the forecast numbers for the first year, then build on that success, THEN launch their own second variant to drive even more mass-market appeal.

 

[robothero]

Scout lovers should be rooting for Rivian here.

 

[R1TVT]

Scout lovers should be rooting for Rivian here.

 

[cyure]

Welp, it’s starting…

 

[cyure]

Right, it was a gift and they just don’t need it anymore. Because everyone buys a car and doesn’t need it after 50 miles. Just be honest. They bought it to flip.

 

[J Alynn]

Right, it was a gift and they just don’t need it anymore. Because everyone buys a car and doesn’t need it after 50 miles. Just be honest. They bought it to flip.

Same will happen with the Scouts, as it did with the Broncos and sadly there are always people willing to throw away money to say they were first. Sad but true-as the saying goes-“there’s an a$$ for every seat”

 

[robothero]

The gift was giving myself extra money leeched from a sucker!

 

[SaraLiz]

I finally was able to snag a demo slot over the weekend! A few of my observations/thoughts - They were restricting drives to 15 minutes even though appointment slots were a half hour. This is annoying, especially since the Rivian location is in Downtown Denver, so getting a decent route in that time is not really feasible. That being said, I did floor it on an empty side street, and the acceleration was vomit inducing fast. We did get there early to sit in the floor model to try and get familiar with it before driving. That was a little tough because there were 3ish groups all there to look at the R2, so everyone was trying to do the same thing.

Things I like:

• The size. This is a much more workable size for my needs than the R1S and even the Scout. After seeing the Traveler in person, I've really been worried about how big it is. The R2 feels much more realistic. But, even given the smaller size, it uses its interior space well. The frunk is nice (smaller than R1 and Scouts). The cargo space behind the rear seats feels much bigger and more usable than the stats suggest. There's also a ton of space below the cargo floor. You can put a spare there, but if you don't opt for that, lots of extra storage!
• Driving dynamics. Very comfortable and what you'd expect from a more mid-sized SUV compared to the "truckier" feels of the R1S
• Seats were very comfortable! Especially compared to the ones in my Ioniq, which I find to be too stiff (one of my very few complaints about the Ioniq, honestly).
• Rivian colors are so nice. I've had my eye on Catalina Cove, but we drove a Half Moon Gray and it was really pretty. I told myself I don't want another boring (white/gray) car, but that Gray could sway me. I also like Launch Green! So many good choices.
• The rear window fold down is great. The external button to control it from outside the car worked terribly. I feel like there's not a ton of scenarios where that would be the way I'd lower it, but you never know.

Potential turn offs for me:

• I had seen some complaints in write ups about the A/C system, and I'd agree that something wasn't quite right about it. It was a hot 100 degree, sunny Denver day, so the A/C needed to work hard. My husband was in the front passenger seat, and even after messing with all the settings, he didn't feel like he could get sufficient air on him unless the fan was all the way turned up. And when the fan was all the way up (on auto), it was LOUD. Like you couldn't hear the radio loud.
• The touch screens of it all. I'm sure that a lot of this discomfort would go away over time as you become acclimated to the UX and get all your preferences set, but it's still something I do not love. Having simple things like mirror adjustments, climate, etc...requiring selecting into menus before you can do what you want still seems frustrating and dangerous to me. I know you can save user preferences, and people who advocate for this approach say it's a "set it and forget it" type of thing, but that's just not my experience driving. Sometimes I want to sit in a little different seating position based on how I'm feeling. Sometimes I want the air flow blowing directly at me, and sometimes I don't. In my Ioniq, the button to fold the mirrors is on the door right above the window toggles. I love it, because I can be in the middle of parking in a tight spot, or pulling into my driveway into the garage, and just reach down and fold the mirrors without thinking about it at all. I don't have to look at it, etc...You can't do that when you have to open a menu first and then make sure you're pressing in the correct area on the touchscreen, all while trying to park. Again, I don't know if I can really form a true opinion on this without living with the vehicle for a significant period of time, but it's really such a bummer. Aside from those functionality concerns, the UX does seem really nice and appealing.

Overall, keeping it on the top of my list. My order window estimate is Nov-Dec 2026. That's a little earlier than we'd need, since the Ioniq lease is up Dec '27. But our Rav is paid off, so it wouldn't be the worst thing to carry 3 cars for awhile, and my husband and I would be able to both drive EV and have the Rav as a backup. I don't think I want to trade it in since it's such a good car, and if we can make the financials work without using the equity on it, that would be great. There's some other outstanding life stuff that may or may not be a factor over the next few months, but we'll see.

 

[cyure]

I finally was able to snag a demo slot over the weekend! A few of my observations/thoughts - They were restricting drives to 15 minutes even though appointment slots were a half hour. This is annoying, especially since the Rivian location is in Downtown Denver, so getting a decent route in that time is not really feasible. That being said, I did floor it on an empty side street, and the acceleration was vomit inducing fast. We did get there early to sit in the floor model to try and get familiar with it before driving. That was a little tough because there were 3ish groups all there to look at the R2, so everyone was trying to do the same thing.

Things I like:

• The size. This is a much more workable size for my needs than the R1S and even the Scout. After seeing the Traveler in person, I've really been worried about how big it is. The R2 feels much more realistic. But, even given the smaller size, it uses its interior space well. The frunk is nice (smaller than R1 and Scouts). The cargo space behind the rear seats feels much bigger and more usable than the stats suggest. There's also a ton of space below the cargo floor. You can put a spare there, but if you don't opt for that, lots of extra storage!
• Driving dynamics. Very comfortable and what you'd expect from a more mid-sized SUV
• Seats were very comfortable! Especially compared to the ones in my Ioniq, which I find to be too stiff (one of my very few complaints about the Ioniq, honestly).
• Rivian colors are so nice. I've had my eye on Catalina Cove, but we drove a Half Moon Gray and it was really pretty. I told myself I don't want another boring (white/gray) car, but that Gray could sway me. I also like Launch Green! So many good choices.
• The rear window fold down is great. The external button to control it from outside the car worked terribly. I feel like there's not a ton of scenarios where that would be the way I'd lower it, but you never know.

Potential turn offs for me:

• I had seen some complaints in write ups about the A/C system, and I'd agree that something wasn't quite right about it. It was a hot 100 degree, sunny Denver day, so the A/C needed to work hard. My husband was in the front passenger seat, and even after messing with all the settings, he didn't feel like he could get sufficient air on him unless the fan was all the way turned up. And when the fan was all the way up (on auto), it was LOUD. Like you couldn't hear the radio loud.
• The touch screens of it all. I'm sure that a lot of this discomfort would go away over time as you become acclimated to the UX and get all your preferences set, but it's still something I do not love. Having simple things like mirror adjustments, climate, etc...requiring selecting into menus before you can do what you want still seems frustrating and dangerous to me. I know you can save user preferences, and people who advocate for this approach say it's a "set it and forget it" type of thing, but that's just not my experience driving. Sometimes I want to sit in a little different seating position based on how I'm feeling. Sometimes I want the air flow blowing directly at me, and sometimes I don't. In my Ioniq, the button to fold the mirrors is on the door right above the window toggles. I love it, because I can be in the middle of parking in a tight spot, or pulling into my driveway into the garage, and just reach down and fold the mirrors without thinking about it at all. I don't have to look at it, etc...You can't do that when you have to open a menu first and then make sure you're pressing in the correct area on the touchscreen, all while trying to park. Again, I don't know if I can really form a true opinion on this without living with the vehicle for a significant period of time, but it's really such a bummer. Aside from those functionality concerns, the UX does seem really nice and appealing.

Overall, keeping it on the top of my list. My order window estimate is Nov-Dec 2026. That's a little earlier than we'd need, since the Ioniq lease is up Dec '27. But our Rav is paid off, so it wouldn't be the worst thing to carry 3 cars for awhile, and my husband and I would be able to both drive EV and have the Rav as a backup. I don't think I want to trade it in since it's such a good car, and if we can make the financials work without using the equity on it, that would be great. There's some other outstanding life stuff that may or may not be a factor over the next few months, but we'll see.

Vomit inducing. Ha! Yep when my son floored it I about lost my mind. They are really reducing the test drive times and that’s too bad. At the factory it went from 45 minutes down to 30 and that’s not near enough either.

Are you keeping your Scout reservation? Let us know what you decide to do. After all this is transportation and people have to do what works for them.

 

[SaraLiz]

Vomit inducing. Ha! Yep when my son floored it I about lost my mind. They are really reducing the test drive times and that’s too bad. At the factory it went from 45 minutes down to 30 and that’s not near enough either.

Are you keeping your Scout reservation? Let us know what you decide to do. After all this is transportation and people have to do what works for them.

Yes, still keeping the Scout reservation. Never know what life is going to bring in the next few years! I also do still really love the design.

 

[cyure]

Yes, still keeping the Scout reservation. Never know what life is going to bring in the next few years! I also do still really love the design.

It’s absolutely gorgeous and normally I wouldn’t buy a car as big as it is but I legitimately do not care. I have to have it.

 

[cyure]

Well this seems fast.

R2 Fast Charging Test Beats Rivian’s Own 29 Minute Claim

The first independent Rivian R2 fast charging test clocks 10 to 80 percent in 26.9 minutes, beating Rivian's own 29 minute estimate.

riviantrackr.com