Nearly a week after releasing its initial June vehicle registration estimates, Motor Intelligence revised Rivian‘s sales figures upward by more than 600 units.
The update shows the Irvine-based EV maker sold 4,268 vehicles in the United States in June, up from the previously reported 3,635 — representing a 22.1% year-over-year increase.
The revised figures end a two-month streak of year-over-year sales declines and make June Rivian‘s best-selling month of the year by a much wider margin than initially reported.
June’s sales surged 37.7% from May’s 3,100 units — the strongest month-over-month jump since March, as the company opened customer orders of the mid-size SUV R2 to customers.
For the second quarter, the company registered 10,848 vehicles in the US, a 6.8% increase year over year.
Through the first half, Rivian sold 19,692 units in the US, still 7.2% below 21,224 over the same six months of 2025 — after a weaker first quarter of the year.
Delivery Figures
Rivian, which currently sells vehicles only in the United States and Canada, delivered 10,365 vehicles in the first quarter and 12,194 in the second, for a total of 22,559 deliveries in the first half of the year.
Considering Motor Intelligence estimates, the US could have accounted for aboout 89% of the company’s second-quarter volume.
The comparison is approximate, however, as the organization tracks vehicle sales, while Rivian reports vehicle deliveries.
Rivian raised its full-year delivery forecast after second-quarter deliveries topped its own outlook, citing the start of R2 SUV handovers and stronger demand for its trucks and commercial vans.
The delivery range was lifted to between 65,000 and 70,000 vehicles, from a prior target of 62,000 to 67,000, an increase of 3,000 units at each end.
R2 Enters the Picture
Rivian began customer deliveries of the R2 mid-size SUV exactly a month ago.
The EV maker began sending order invitations and handing over the $57,990 Performance Launch Edition roughly three weeks into the month.
Motor Intelligence reports registrations rather than deliveries, so any R2 units that reached customers and completed state registration before the end of June would appear in the data.
As of late June, and based on VIN assignments shared on social media by several reservation holders, Rivian was on track to deliver more than 1,100 R2 units in the second quarter.
About half of early R2 buyers chose to lease, a rate the company’s Vice President of Sales Gary Gaines said matched internal projections.
Whether all of those deliveries registered in time to appear in Motor Intelligence‘s June tally remains unclear.
Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has called the R2 the vehicle that will transform Rivian into “a very large company” and the key to achieving sustained profitability.
The company abandoned its 2027 adjusted EBITDA profitability target in a filing earlier this year, making R2 ramp execution the dominant variable in its near-term financial trajectory.
R1 Volumes Expected Flat
Rivian‘s first-quarter financial filing showed that the R1 lineup accounted for roughly 7,000 of the quarter’s 10,365 global deliveries, well below the 2024 quarterly average, with commercial vans driving the headline 20% delivery increase.
It remains unclear how many of the vehicles sold during the second quarter were R1, EDV, and R2 units, as Cox Automotive usually reports its quarterly model breakdown later in the month.
Rivian updated its incentives last week for the R1T and R1S, raising financing rates and lease payments across its flagship line for July.
The EV maker lifted its lowest advertised rate to 1.99% APR and pushed Dual configurations to 2.99% over 60 months.
On the R1S, leasing rates on the Dual climbed to an estimated $1,189 a month from $1,139, while the Tri rose to $1,689 from $1,599 and the Quad reached $2,099.
Tri configurations absorbed the steepest increases at roughly $90 a month.
Last month, Rivian quietly discontinued the Dual Standard trim, removing it from the configurator and financing page.
The move lifted the entry price for a new R1 by roughly $7,000, widening the gap to the R2.
Rivian also expanded its optional extended-warranty program, Rivian Care, to 31 US states — marking the largest single expansion since the program debuted as a Texas-only pilot in May 2025.
For the first time, the company also added the R2 to the list of eligible vehicles.
Nationwide availability has not yet been confirmed.
Lucid and Tesla
Motor Intelligence has also revised its latest registration estimates for Tesla and Lucid Motors.
Tesla‘s estimate was increased from 36,642 to 40,460 vehicles, a material change as the first number had led the company to a two-year low in US sales that was now overcome.
June’s updated figures rank above January, February and May, despite still remaining below the volumes of 2025.
Lucid‘s estimates were revised down from 1,055 to 912 units.
Following the organization’s “car” and “truck” distinction, which places the Air sedan and the Gravity SUV in each category, Lucid sold 246 cars (down from the previous 280) and 666 trucks (down from the previous 775).
The latest revisions are not unprecedented.
Motor Intelligence has previously made sizable adjustments to its monthly estimates, including correcting Lucid’s December estimates by 63% after receiving updated registration data and then sharply reducing the company’s sales estimates three months later.
