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2027 Rivian R2 First Drive: For The Money, The Best EV So Far

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By Michael Van Runkle 
| Gear Open
Short of anywhere other than Marin County, Utah might just take the cake as the true home of Rivian. Towering snowy peaks resplendent in lush trees at lower elevations during late-Spring made for the perfect combination of city, highway, and off-road driving to test the all-new R2 model, and I spotted about a trillion of the R1S and R1T while cruising around the mountains.
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First Drive: The 2027 Rivian R2 entirely changes the EV game

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By Michael Van Runkle 
| Tech News Tube
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First Drive: The 2027 Rivian R2 entirely changes the EV game

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By Michael Van Runkle 
| Ars Technica
Rivian’s second EV is the sub-$60,000 R2, and it was worth the wait. Rivian has a new midsize electric SUV, the R2. Rivian has a new midsize electric SUV, the R2. This month, Rivian begins customer deliveries of the highly anticipated R2 model that aims to bring the startup’s aspirational adventure lifestyle to the mainstream EV market. That has required cutting costs, scaling production, and reaching new customers—a big brief, then, for the diminutive R2.
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