{"id":35866,"date":"2026-03-16T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=35866"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:04:21","slug":"35866","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/35866","title":{"rendered":"Rivian unveils R2, a lower\u2011cost SUV with rugged performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/03\/11\/PDTN\/89095616007-rivian-r-2-fr-34.jpg?width=660&amp;height=495&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"2026 Rivian R2 follws the R1S and R1T with similar design.\" width=\"536\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>2026 Rivian R2 follws the R1S and R1T with similar design.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Rivian, Rivian<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rivian Jr. is finally here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rivian Automotive Inc. introduced its entry-level, battery-powered\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2025\/11\/05\/rivian-cost-cuts-help-pare-loss-as-ev-maker-readies-next-suv\/87105452007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">R2 SUV<\/a>\u00a0this week aimed at the volume compact SUV segment. Prices range from $46,495 for the Standard rear-wheel-drive model to $59,485 for the high-performance, all-wheel-drive Launch edition that will be first to arrive this spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The R2,\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/detroit-auto-show\/2025\/01\/10\/payne-the-good-the-bad-and-the-chilly-of-the-2025-detroit-auto-show\/77601994007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">previewed at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show<\/a>, follows the midsize R1T pickup and R1S SUV that established the Silicon-Valley-based startup as the Tesla of off-road EV makers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">True to its parent, R2 comes with signature vertical headlights, screen-centric interior, face-flattening acceleration, and plenty of ground clearance to go off-road. Like Tesla with the best-selling Model Y compact SUV before it, Rivian hope the R2 will open the luxury EV-maker to a broader sales base just as the Model Y\/3 expanded the Model S\/X DNA to more buyers last decade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/03\/12\/rivian-r2-debuts-with-lower-price-and-rugged-ev-performance\/89095534007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Rivian R2 follws the R1S and R1T with similar design. Rivian, Rivian Rivian Jr. is finally here. Rivian Automotive Inc. introduced its entry-level, battery-powered\u00a0R2 SUV\u00a0this week aimed at the volume compact SUV segment. Prices range from $46,495 for the Standard rear-wheel-drive model to $59,485 for the high-performance, all-wheel-drive Launch edition that will be first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35868,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35866\/revisions\/35868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}