Bi-directional charger will be announced soon for V2H, 24 kW for Gen 1 & 2 R1s, as well as R2!!! Said on investor day call
R2 & R3 sourcing and plant layout:
Found you a high res photo! It is on pg 85 of slide deck: https://downloads.rivian.com/2md5qhoeajym/29B1jJmErhGosTcyaS5Lci/4c04aba25a22778e3a9516cedaac2ddd/062724_Rivian_InvestorDay.pdf
Watch live on:
Link to all of the slides: https://downloads.rivian.com/2md5qhoeajym/29B1jJmErhGosTcyaS5Lci/4c04aba25a22778e3a9516cedaac2ddd/062724_Rivian_InvestorDay.pdf
Things I have picked up on so far. First, new Quad is 350 miles based on slide:
Big progress on cost optimization and...
Ordered the tri-motor R1S, tried to convince the wife to let me order the quad, but since we need a new third row in the next 6 months (new baby coming in July), and it says “2025” and no price tag, we settled on the tri. Sigh #FirstWorldProblems lol
You can take this with a grain of salt, but we were at a pretty similar state of charge and it seemed to be charging about 20 kW higher than my R1T for the 10-15 mins I was there
Sorry, I didn’t get any more pictures. I was going to, but once I started talking to the employee, he seemed pretty nervous about his personal info leaking out. I didn’t want to affect his job, so I didn’t take anymore after speaking with him.
I did get him to confirm that this was indeed the...
Can confirm this is the new R1S. Only know that because I saw one in person 2 days ago while traveling. Has a new camera module for mirrors, has a charger disconnect button near port, lightbar looks different as well (contoured and slimmer), and it had new wheels.
Looked about 85-90% the same...
This is from the Illinois investment announcement. People are speculating on Twitter that this is the refresh since it is just coming off the line. I don’t really see any differences:
I’m not sure why people think it’s exclusively cost cutting. Wassim alluded to a new R1 chipset in line with R2 for future updates. That with the camouflage, new wireless charger, and heat pump referenced. I definitely don’t believe it will be a wild redesign or new gen, but I do believe new...