Rivian has confirmed on Thursday that the public R2 online configurator will open in June.
The company responded to a user on X asking when the tool would become available, pointing to “June! Only a matter of weeks until we take the next step in the R2 journey together.”
The statement aligns the configurator launch with the timeline Rivian originally communicated to reservation holders when it debuted the R2 at SXSW on March 12.
At the time, the company said via email that “in June, you’ll see your estimated time to order.”
Deliveries have also been scheduled for the same month.
The latest statement effectively walks back a more recent report that the configurator would open in May — a timeline that would have placed the tool online roughly a month ahead of the original June milestone.
That earlier report noted the internal configurator for Rivian employees was already live, and that a May opening would narrow the gap between ordering and first customer deliveries.
Over 100 R2 Units Produced
Rivian officially started volume, saleable production of the R2 on April 22 at its Normal, Illinois plant.
Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe confirmed the milestone in a live interview on Bloomberg Tech.
VIN-sequenced R2 units have been spotted at an accelerating pace since early April. More recently, VIN 100 has been spotted, indicating that Rivian has now produced over 100 R2 units since the line started.
Employee deliveries are also underway, with Chief Software Officer Wassym Bensaid having shared late last month that he took delivery of his unit.
Production Ramp
Rivian is already preparing to add a second production shift at the Normal plant.
Kyle Kindred, a Rivian employee promoted to R2 Group Leader, wrote on LinkedIn last week that he was looking forward to ramping production on the night shift — the first employee-level signal that the company has begun staffing the second shift.
The plant began R2 production on a single shift, with a second planned for later this year and a third in 2027.
The facility has capacity for 215,000 vehicles annually, including up to 155,000 R2s.
A tornado damaged Building 2 — where the R2 is assembled — in mid-April, however, Rivian resumed operations within a week and said the incident did not affect its production timeline.
Rivian is targeting 20,000 to 25,000 R2 deliveries in 2026 within a total target of 62,000 to 67,000 vehicles.
Of those, the company expects to sell 5,000 R2 units this year in California alone, according to an EPA filing.
Additionally, the company has been scaling its retail and service network ahead of the rollout.
The EV maker reached 100 service centers in the first quarter and plans to operate more than 150 by the end of 2027, while expanding its mobile service fleet by 50% this year.
Demo drives at select Rivian Spaces are expected to begin around July.
Launch Trim
Only the R2 Performance with Launch Package — priced at $57,990 — will be available when the configurator opens.
The Launch Package includes lifetime access to Rivian‘s Autonomy+ hands-free driving system, a tow package rated at 4,400 pounds, and a Rivian Green key fob.
After the Launch Edition, Autonomy+ will cost $49.99 per month or $2,500 as a one-time purchase.
A Premium trim at $53,990 is expected in late 2026, with the Standard Long Range at $48,490 arriving in the first half of 2027 and the $45,000 base variant following in late 2027.
Those trims will be added to the configurator closer to their respective launch windows.
Earlier this week, Rivian‘s founder and CEO RJ Scaringe revealed that the company is working on “other variants” of the R2 SUV beyond the three initially disclosed in March.
Scaringe hinted at upcoming production in Georgia — where the EV maker is currently building its second plant, after only manufacturing in Normal, Illinois.
Rivian expects to begin production at the facility in 2028, after construction is completed in late 2027.
