June 9 - R2 order invites, first customer deliveries and demo drives begin!

[Thebandit]

Areas surrounding Rivian Service + Demo Centers will generally receive invitations sooner as this allows us to deliver vehicles more quickly in the early ramp.

I don't really understand this. Are they actually delivering cars to people's houses? I always assumed that Rivian shipped the car to the 'dealer lot', i.e., a sales center, and the buyer went there to pick it up. In which case, why would Rivian care whether you live just down the block or 500 miles away? (All of this aside from the separate issue of how they would prefer to batch deliveries to any particular sales center.)

I imagine a big part of that is that it's so much cheaper to do service on a car that exists locally as opposed to one 2 hours away.

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[macb00kemdanno]

Let’s hope YouTubers with actual viewership get them.

In the grand scheme of things, it’ll probably only be a few dozen Youtubers (out of 20,000 first year R2s) that have enough clout to be among the first to get an R2. Are we really gonna get bent out of shape over that?

 

[DuoRivian]

In the grand scheme of things, it’ll probably only be a few dozen Youtubers (out of 20,000 first year R2s) that have enough clout to be among the first to get an R2. Are we really gonna get bent out of shape over that?

Agree not worth being bent out of shape, was just pointing out a fact.

 

[Eric9610]

I don't know how many people have seen Rj and Rivian's post on Instagram, but they have a lot of R2 units ready to ship.

 

[rbdavis808]

I imagine a big part of that is that it's so much cheaper to do service on a car that exists locally as opposed to one 2 hours away.

I understand that service for an owner who lives far away will be problematic for that owner (although not necessarily for Rivian?), but today's announcement literally says:

... as this allows us to deliver vehicles more quickly in the early ramp.

If they are in fact just delivering the vehicles to sales centers, is there some special magic that allows them to deliver to a sales center faster if the buyer lives closer to it?

 

[Eric9610]

I understand that service for an owner who lives far away will be problematic for that owner (although not necessarily for Rivian?), but today's announcement literally says:

... as this allows us to deliver vehicles more quickly in the early ramp.

If they are in fact just delivering the vehicles to sales centers, is there some special magic that allows them to deliver to a sales center faster if the buyer lives closer to it?

I think what they are saying is that people who live by more than 1 are being prioritized. IE Ca. I have 3 service centers and 2 show rooms within 15 miles of me.

 

[DuoRivian]

As test drives can be booked on 9th June I assume reviews will appear just before this?

 

[captainjp]

Well, deliveries are 2-6 weeks from June 9th

Womp womp

 

[captainjp]

I’d say anyone in the NY Metro area will get theirs first. Queens, Brooklyn, Iselin, and Blauvelt.

 

[baggachipz]

Holy crap. I live in SC and always picked up my Tesla(s) in Charlotte. You can't buy a Rivian in SC but also in NC either?!? So I have to go to GA or VA? Wtf

Same here... why can't you buy an EV in NC? I hope this is just wrong information.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Same here... why can't you buy an EV in NC? I hope this is just wrong information.

NC has direct sales bans that Tesla got grandfathered into bc they got in before NCADA found out early on. SC has total direct sales bans but I found out from the SC Rivian Facebook group you can take delivery in SC bc of a legal loophole where you “bought the car” in Illinois bc of electronic paperwork or something. Unsure about NC, I’d ask people who already took delivery of R1s in NC.

 

[dleepnw]

I know that people like to bash Youtubers, but I can’t wait for Kyle‘s review of the R2. I absolutely love his deep dives into everything related to EV’s. From batteries to range testing to every little nook and cranny that he finds in the vehicles. People even dog on his hour long videos, but I’ll sit there and watch ‘em all.

I also religiously watch Tom from State of Charge and JerryrigEverything. Most of the others are just relegated to background fodder for me, because they all regurgitate the same crap.

Good content but that dude needs to learn how to edit videos. There's no need for any of them to be 1-2 hours long.

 

[dleepnw]

Hate to break it to current R1 owners who reserved day one but you're going to get passed up by non-owners. Looks like no one else here noticed the statement:

"Current Rivian owners will receive accelerated delivery timing, balanced alongside deliveries to non-owners to keep the line moving for everyone."​

I'd guess this is due to them being able to batch deliveries by location regardless of ownership status. This could even mean those that ordered later may still get priority. Yikes! At least they are up front about it.

 

[maba2366]

Hate to break it to current R1 owners who reserved day one but you're going to get passed up by non-owners. Looks like no one else here noticed the statement:

"Current Rivian owners will receive accelerated delivery timing, balanced alongside deliveries to non-owners to keep the line moving for everyone."​

I'd guess this is due to them being able to batch deliveries by location regardless of ownership status. This could even mean those that ordered later may still get priority. Yikes! At least they are up front about it.

Meh....it's better to wait a but anyways, let them iron the initial gremlins out of the manufacturing process.

 

[Yamazaki]

So if they are batching by location and Service Center proximity, would they be sending to the SC's with the most reservations around them? If that's the case, could I convince a bunch of you Californians into moving here to Las Vegas within the next two weeks?

Although I still want to know what is considered "near" a Service Center...

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