https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/rivian-lay-off-more-600-132318837.html
October 23, 2025
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive is set to lay off more than 600 people, or around 4% of its workforce, as the electric-vehicle maker looks to reduce costs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday...
Rivian and VW joint venture will open an office in Palo Also.
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2025/10/17/vw-rivian-rv-tech-palo-alto.html
Rivian's R2 and R3 paint colors and interior trim names:
R2 paint: Cloud White Metallic (versus Glacier White for R1)
R3 paint: Permafrost
R3X paint: Laguna Beach Blue
R2 interior: Slate Sky (just like R1 a different wood)
R3 interior: Wild Sage
R3X: Dakar Dust
This interior we've been...
Permits has been filed for a Rivian Adventure Network station in Irvine, California (for 10 charging stalls) - at Amazon Fresh grocery store on Jamboree Rd.
And a RAN station has started construction in in Lakewood, Colorado (with 12 charging stalls). It'll be located at the Colorado Mills Mall...
Amazon has finally brought its Electric Delivery Vans (EDVs) to Canada! 🇨🇦
This is one of the first one to land north of the border last week, with the first batch scheduled to be deployed in British Columbia in the next few weeks.
By @Rivian updates
Tank Turn! To control it, you use the steering wheel buttons (both left for a left turn, both right for a right turn) and the throttle controls the torque. It only works on soft surfaces though. If the Quad senses too much traction it won’t activate, so it won't let you do it...
Official specs/images/videos just released:
https://g45.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2204203
400 miles range, 463hp, charging can add 230 miles of range in 10 minutes
800V architecture, 400kW peak charging
How do we think Rivian's R2 will stack up?
Hop in and ride along with Gardner Nichols as he pushes his Quad R1T to the limit and claims third at the Corkscrew Hillclimb in at WeatherTech Raceway in Laguna Seca. *Quad R1T shown here includes aftermarket modifications.
Quad Launch Edition welcome kit comes with:
- Signed thank you letter from CEO RJ Scaringe
- 1:18 metal cast R1 car model
- Vehicle print
- Rivian license plate frame
- Power bank / battery pack / handwarmer (fits in R1 door)
- Key fob
- Tire valve stem caps