2026 Rivian R2 Specs & Reviews!! 300+ Mile Range, 10-80% Charge in 30 Min, 656 hp / 609 lb-ft, 0-60 mph in 3.6s, dimensions

[blipit]

I am still trying to figure out how the guy on Carwow charged from 19-83% and the screen said it only took in 39.1 kwh?

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[andrewgrhogg]

Pretty easy to see the vent holes in the drivers seat during Doug D’s video.

Plenty of cars these days have "vent" holes with no seat ventilation. Think "Audi".

 

[KRIV_ian]

Good point. Ventilated seats are essential living in a desert. Ventilated seats were not an option on DeMuro’s test car per the climate screen

Watching some of DeMuro’s review. Some random thoughts.

- His test car showed as red on the display. Possible Red Canyon variant?

I think all the reviews I saw showed a red vehicle in the camera view but none of them had red paint beneath the wrap. Looking at the door jams on Doug's review car it was a dark grey/silver.

 

[SANZC02]

I am still trying to figure out how the guy on Carwow charged from 19-83% and the screen said it only took in 39.1 kwh?

I agree, had to be something off there. That is 64% range, if the battery is between 84-87 kWh should have been between 53-56 kWh.

For those numbers to be true the battery would have to be 61 kW.

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

Without pricing details, I find these reviews much less useful than they could have been.

My guess is these were spec'd to be roughly the equivalent of the Model Y AWD Performance (at around $59,500). Similar range and performance. One reviewer said that he thought these R2's were priced $5K above entry level. YMMV on that. If Rivian prices those cars at $55K, it is an absolute winner.

 

[blipit]

I agree, had to be something off there. That is 64% range, if the battery is between 84-87 kWh should have been between 53-56 kWh.

For those numbers to be true the battery would have to be 61 kW.

The drivers display was also shown during charging. Displaying 215 mile range at 76%. That works out to 283 mile range.

Was he driving and/or charging a small pack?

 

[TexasBob]

The drivers display was also shown during charging. Displaying 215 mile range at 76%. That works out to 283 mile range.

Was he driving and/or charging a small pack?

He was definitely driving a large pack given the 0-60 times unless it was two different vehicles (with same decals). I would put money on prototype software display not being accurate.

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

 

[ev1337]

I am still trying to figure out how the guy on Carwow charged from 19-83% and the screen said it only took in 39.1 kwh?

Let’s do some math. The cell is probably around 33 Ah, and with 768 cells in total, a 400-volt car would likely have a 96s8p pack. That means 8 × 33 Ah = 264 Ah total for the pack. Using a nominal voltage of 3.6 V, that’s 96 × 3.6 × 33 = 91.238 kWh gross capacity, or about 91.23 kWh. Assuming 87.5 kWh net, it would require 56 kWh with a linear charge curve. It’s not linear, but it’s unlikely the difference would be that large. Some usable capacity could be hidden as a buffer, like Lucid does, but that wouldn’t seem right either. Conclusion: either the battery is smaller, or something is off with the charging.

 

[Tim-in-CA]

Wildomar OHV park in Murrieta Ca

And it looks like they took Ortega Highway from Irvine to get there based on the footage. The road is MUCH better since they repaved and widened it slightly. Ortega has the reputation for one of California's most dangerous roads (former coworker died on it years back), but it sure is scenic.

 

[blipit]

He was definitely driving a large pack given the 0-60 times unless it was two different vehicles (with same decals). I would put money on prototype software display not being accurate.

Software issue is likely culprit. Could also explain sub-200kw charging. It is possible Rivian weren't expecting the results he got or else they would not have let him charge it. I wonder if he was first to charge...had sub-par results. So then no one else got the chance, they clearly had chargers coned off to use on the drives. I doubt he was the only media outlet planned to charge.

 

[RivianXpress]

The drivers display was also shown during charging. Displaying 215 mile range at 76%. That works out to 283 mile range.

Was he driving and/or charging a small pack?

I see the Flag icon so the R2 was in sport mode I assume that would account for lower range??

 

[TexasBob]

Software issue is likely culprit. Could also explain sub-200kw charging. It is possible Rivian weren't expecting the results he got or else they would not have let him charge it. I wonder if he was first to charge...had sub-par results. So then no one else got the chance, they clearly had chargers coned off to use on the drives. I doubt he was the only media outlet planned to charge.

Sub 200 was on the dispenser so that was accurate. Anyone's guess on the accuracy of the in-vehicle screens.

 

[SANZC02]

The drivers display was also shown during charging. Displaying 215 mile range at 76%. That works out to 283 mile range.

Was he driving and/or charging a small pack?

That does not work either, to get 283 miles based on those numbers they would need to get 4.63 miles per kWh.

My guess is that he started the charge at 19% but the session interrupted and restarted somewhere around 30%. Starting at 30% would get you to 83% with 39 kWh charge on an 84 kWh battery.

For sure those numbers appear to be wrong as reported somewhere.

 

[SANZC02]

And it looks like they took Ortega Highway from Irvine to get there based on the footage. The road is MUCH better since they repaved and widened it slightly. Ortega has the reputation for one of California's most dangerous roads (former coworker died on it years back), but it sure is scenic.

That would track as some of the pictures look like they are behind the Irvine facility.

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