Is this the R2 spotted in the wild?

Spotted on reddit, maybe it's the refreshed R1S? The headlights and behind the c pillar make it seem legit, but bigger than I thought....



https://www.reddit.com/r/Rivian/s/8XRdm4Djmn

Potato photo, but it could be. Fits the bill.

I think I might call bs on my own post. Look at the people standing, they seem stretched and the parking lines are weird.

The charger looks weird too, too close together

I highly doubt it

I am skeptical based on all of the R1 models that had camouflage wraps prior to launch. And then this has nothing? Plus a charging port in a completely different spot on the vehicle.

Which RAN location would this be? (Assuming it’s legit photo)

I’m more apt to go with the opinion that it’s a refreshed R1.

ads75 said:

I am skeptical based on all of the R1 models that had camouflage wraps prior to launch. And then this has nothing? Plus a charging port in a completely different spot on the vehicle.

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Not to mention the shape shifting roof in the rear.

This looks like a refreshed R1, if anything. And the roof is totally distorted and weird at the back. Could be a manipulated image

Twitter Fingers said:

This looks like a refreshed R1, if anything. And the roof is totally distorted and weird at the back. Could be a manipulated image

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They are not refreshing the R1 this early, when they do it would surprise me if they made it that much smaller.

This looks like a poor AI/Photoshop rendering to me.

These two photos that are apparently related don’t look congruent. The RAN units are totally different looking (even from the side). Looks like a V4 supercharger

See blue arrow. (And what is that in the yellow arrow?)

SANZC02 said:

They are not refreshing the R1 this early, when they do it would surprise me if they made it that much smaller.

This looks like a poor AI/Photoshop rendering to me.

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Yes they are. And the white vehicle is no smaller than the green one. The rear door line is in exactly the same location on the fender. The vehicles have the same body. The refreshed vehicle has chrome delete, thinner light bar, possibly rounder headlights, and a new set of wheels.

Twitter Fingers said:

Yes they are. And the white vehicle is no smaller than the green one. The rear door line is in exactly the same location on the fender. The vehicles have the same body. The refreshed vehicle has chrome delete, thinner light bar, possibly rounder headlights, and a new set of wheels.

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Do you mind sharing where you have seen the information about a refresh?

They are shutting the line down in Q2 to make some internal changes to simply the wire harness and other things that will reduce the cost, similar to what they did with the EDV last year but nothing about any body changes for those enhancements.

Blobsquatch.

Kia EV9 photoshopped to look like a Rivian?