TL;DR: Little tidbits about R2 and R3 from Brian Gase, Chief Engineer of Special Projects at Rivian from a small YT channel that attended the Rivian event at the Pasadena Hub this weekend.
Iāve been on the Rivian train for almost two years now (originally an R1S reservation holder and now an R2...
I need someone to put together a list of what was said at this event because apparently this same VP said the front seats folding completely flat wasnāt making it to production.
Hadnāt seen this posted here so I figured it was worth sharing. riviantrackr was the first to post/break the story over on Twitter.
Rivian VP of Manufacturing Tim Fallon shared some new information today at the Rivian 3rd Annual Family & Friends Day in Normal, IL.
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That's exactly what I was explaining to a friend of mine over the weekend. We literally would've had R2s in our driveways by Q4 this year or Q1 next year if there hadn't been all the protests and legal holdup in GA
Could be nothing, could be something. Iām sure this is place holder unofficial information and has nothing to do with range & efficiency targets..., but never say never. Either way, I'm loving what I'm seeing.
See this thread.
thank. you. i wish this exactly reply could be posted on every RIVIAN forum, discussion board, and messaging thread imaginable. people want RIVIAN to succeed, but they want it on their terms and they want it to happen now.
Moving the charging port was a cost cutting measure. RJ said that since the R1s are quad motor they have to have HV cable at the front to charge the battery. But since R2 is RWD the motor is at the back. In order to keep charge port at the front they'd have to run high voltage cable all the way...
I think what's most crazy is you guys want this company to survive, you want your vehicles supported, and you want to see more people buy Rivian's and for cheaper. But the second they make a very meaningful cost cutting measure (the CEO literally said it was so they didn't have to run HV cable...