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Rivian R2 First Drive: The Company's Most Important Car

Smaller, cheaper, and unmistakably a Rivian. The waitlist is, again, the story.

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By Hiroshi Tanaka
Reviews Editor · Atlanta
NORMAL, ILL. · November 6, 2025 · 10:00 AM ET
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Rivian R2 First Drive: The Company's Most Important Car

Rivian's R2 is the car the company needs to sell hundreds of thousands of. After two days with a pre-production unit on the roads around the company's Illinois plant, it is clear it can.

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