The R2 SUV is already Rivian’s best-selling vehicle
Rivian’s new R2 SUV was its best-selling vehicle in the third quarter, the company said Thursday, marking an auspicious start for the all-important EV.
While Rivian didn’t say exactly how many R2s it sold over the three-month period, the company is confident enough in the pace of sales that it raised its delivery guidance for Wall Street. Rivian had previously expected to deliver between 65,000 and 70,000 EVs this year. On Thursday, it bumped up that floor to 67,000.
It’s the second time Rivian has raised its delivery guidance this year, and the company is now on track to break a three-year stalemate during which it struggled to ship more than 50,000 vehicles annually. The company launched the R2 just in June, but it has made a major bet on scaling production of the lower-cost SUV at a historically-quick rate.
The early success of the R2 is also a sign...
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