For any other CA buyers in the purchase process, here’s what my guide said when I asked if our purchase agreement could be updated to include the rebate:
We have yet to be part of this program just yet. Once we have more information we'll be sure to let you know.
Not an outright “no” so I’m...
Bummer for us early buyers, but Rivian has confirmed they will participate in the rebate program.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/shopping/evs/2026/07/14/rivian-california-ev-tax-rebate/90918260007/
The sales rep I spoke to today says as of now, Rivian is not participating. I’m planning to proceed with my purchase without the rebate. Hopefully Rivian will sign on eventually and help out future buyers.
I’ve read that it’s self-attestation, essentially honor system. At your own risk of course, CARB could always investigate but I suspect it’s not really worth their time.
https://insideevs.com/news/800208/california-ev-credit-rivian-lucid/
This seems promising for my upcoming R2 purchase. Carve out on the price cap for CA based manufacturers like Rivian, and supposed to launch tomorrow. However when I called Rivian today the sales guy had no awareness of the...
Awesome analysis! CA is a big state, I’d wager the CA cluster is all in SoCal. Chatting with other Bay Area folks, we are getting no love in northern CA. Time for Rivian to kick it up a notch on Catalina Cove!
Is anyone seeing any patterns in how delivery dates are being assigned (I have not received one for 6/17 order). Was trying to parse something based on color/config/state, but I’m not seeing anything obvious. There are people with my same config (CC/BC) who ordered within a day of me that have...