Rivian‘s share of new vehicles in Washington fell to its lowest since 2022 in the first eight months of the year, state licensing data show, in the last period before the company could sell from its own stores in the state.
Rivian titled 1,187 new vehicles in Washington from January through August, down 31.8% from 1,740 a year earlier, according to Department of Licensing transaction data updated on September 15.
The figures count covers all Rivian models, including its commercial delivery vans. Excluding the vans, titles of its consumer models, the R1S, R1T and R2, fell 34.2%, to 1,018 from 1,548.
New fully electric vehicle titles across all brands fell 21.7%, to 24,147 from 30,823.
Rivian’s share of new fully electric titles fell to 4.9% in the first eight months of 2026 from 5.6% in the same period of 2025.
The figures cover the last months before Rivian could sell from its own stores in the state. Rivian has secured a motor vehicle dealer license in Washington but has not said when in-state sales will begin.
Washington’s franchise law barred Rivian from selling at its own locations until a new law took effect on June 11, as EV reported in March. Buyers could still order online, and those vehicles were titled in Washington as new, the data shows.
That restriction was in place throughout 2023, 2024 and 2025 as well, including 2024, when Rivian’s Washington titles peaked at 2,944.
The data counts new vehicles receiving their first Washington title, on the date the state processed the transaction rather than the delivery date. It includes Rivian’s commercial delivery vans as well as its consumer models.
R2 Lifts August
Rivian’s Washington titles rose 45% year on year in August, to 245 from 169, its highest monthly total since October 2025.
New R2s accounted for 60 of them. Without the R2, Rivian’s August titles rose 9.5%, to 185.
The first R2 was titled in Washington on June 22, according to the data. Eight new R2s were titled in June, 15 in July and 60 in August, for 83 new vehicles. One more R2 was titled as used in August.
Rivian took 7.8% of new battery-electric titles in Washington in August, up from 4.1% a year earlier, against a weak August 2025. One month does not make a trend. Before August, Rivian’s monthly titles had ranged between 82 and 201 in 2026.
The R2 arrivals came after the new law took effect but before Rivian secured its dealer license, so they reflect online orders, not sales from its stores.
Losing Share
Rivian’s share of new fully electric titles in Washington in the first eight months of each year peaked at 7.4% in 2024, then fell to 5.6% in 2025 and 4.9% this year, according to EV‘s analysis of the data. It was 5.1% in the same period of 2023 and 2.8% in 2022.
Rivian was the fifth-largest brand in Washington by new titles from January to August, behind Tesla, Hyundai, Chevrolet and Toyota. A year earlier it ranked fourth.
Tesla, which has been allowed to sell directly in Washington throughout, saw its new titles fall 7.4%, to 11,909 from 12,861.
The decline was sharpest for Rivian’s R1 range. New R1S titles fell 40%, to 710 from 1,183, and R1T titles fell 38.4%, to 225 from 365.
Titles of Rivian’s electric delivery van fell 12%, to 168 from 191.
For all of 2025, Rivian titled 2,406 new vehicles in Washington, down 18.3% from its peak of 2,944 in 2024.
The year-to-date comparison includes an unusually strong January 2025, when Rivian titled 448 vehicles in Washington, more than in any month since. The data does not explain the spike.
9,800 on the Road
There were 9,800 Rivians registered at Washington addresses, according to the Department of Licensing’s electric vehicle population data, also updated on September 15.
That is about 4.1% of the 241,125 battery-electric vehicles registered in the state.
The total includes 5,622 R1S, 2,930 R1T, 1,162 delivery vans, 84 R2s and two Rivian Commercial Vans.
Tesla had 122,573 vehicles registered in the state, just over half the battery-electric total. Lucid had 915, of which 700 were Air sedans and 215 Gravity SUVs.
More than half of Washington’s Rivians, 5,297, are registered in King County, which includes Seattle. So are 47 of the 84 R2s.
Prices Paid
The average reported sale price of the 83 new R2s titled in Washington was about $60,600. The company will begin sales of a cheaper trim later this year.
The average reported sale price of new R1S titles this year was about $100,600, and of R1T titles about $98,000.
The prices are those reported to the state at the time of titling. They are not transaction prices, and the dataset does not specify what they include.
