Rivian's first R2s — test models called manufacturing validation build vehicles — drove off the line earlier this month, with ...

Rivian has quietly crossed an important threshold on its path to becoming a higher-volume automaker. The company confirmed that its first Manufacturing Validation Build examples of the upcoming R2 ...

Rivian officially confirmed that the first R2 Manufacturing Validation Build (MVB) vehicles have already rolled off the production line in Normal, Illinois ...

Rivian has moved its long promised R2 from PowerPoint to production tooling, with the first validation rigs now emerging from its reworked factory and early buyers being told that customer vehicles ...

Rivian on Thursday said that manufacturing validation builds of the R2 started rolling out of its factory in Normal, Illinois. Rivian started producing "manufacturing validation builds" of the R2 at ...

Rivian has begun Manufacturing Validation (MV) units of the R2 five-seater electric SUV. The production istaking place at the automaker’s plant in Normal, Illinois, which has been expanded (by another ...

Rivian Automotive has started building manufacturing validation units of its R2 SUV at its updated Illinois plant, a key step toward targeted volume production in 2026. The company has issued a recall ...