Electric vehicle maker Rivian sold 3,496 vehicles in the United States in June, marking a 5.2% drop from May, according to new data from Motor Intelligence.
The June total also represents a 27.6% decline compared with the same month a year earlier, when Rivian had registered 4,826 vehicles.
The Irvine-based carmaker delivered 10,154 vehicles in the U.S. during the second quarter of 2025, down 22.1% from the 13,385 units recorded in the same period last year.
The weak performance follows a brief rebound in May, when Rivian posted a modest year-on-year sales gain of 2%, reaching 3,688 units. The company had sold 2,970 units in April and 3,910 in March.
With first-quarter U.S. deliveries totaling 11,070 units, Rivian has sold 21,224 vehicles in its home market so far this year, compared with 26,671 during the first half of 2024 — a 20.4% decline.
One week before the end of the quarter, Rivian sharply reduced lease pricing for its R1T electric pickup and R1S SUV models, as the company prepares to launch updated 2026 versions later this summer.
On June 23, its website listed lease payments starting at $566 per month for the entry-level R1T Dual Standard model — a $213 drop from earlier offers. The R1S received a $223 reduction.
In early May, Rivian cut its 2025 delivery guidance to between 40,000 and 46,000 vehicles, down from a previous range of 46,000 to 51,000 units.
The prior outlook already implied a decline from the 50,122 vehicles delivered in 2024.
In the same week it adjusted pricing, the company laid off roughly 140 employees, or about 1% of its workforce, in a move to streamline operations ahead of the launch of its more affordable R2 mid-size SUV.
The layoff was the third one in the last 18 months.
Priced from $45,000, the R2 is scheduled to arrive in the first half of 2026. Analyst Vijay Rakesh of Mizuho said in a recent note that pilot production has begun, and that Rivian expects to open order books early next year.
Tesla’s U.S. sales dipped slightly to 45,628 in June from 46,150 in May, while Lucid Motors saw a sequential decline from 975 to 840 units, according to Motor Intelligence.
Rivian produced 14,611 vehicles and delivered 8,640 units globally in the first quarter. Second-quarter production and global delivery results are expected later this week.
