Full Rivian R2 Lineup, Range, and Pricing Finally Revealed

As we noted in our first prototype drive report of a 2027 Rivian R2, this midsize electric SUV with pricing that straddles America’s average transaction price is the model expected to bring the nascent EV brand international scale. Designed to meet global regulations, sales of the R2 in Europe are expected to begin once production at the Normal, Illinois, plant ramps up to full speed, expanding to other regions when Rivian’s new plant east of Atlanta, Georgia, comes online.

A key component in lowering the price point is rationalizing the number of production variants. Transitioning from the R1’s body-on-skateboard architecture to the R2’s unitized construction with the battery serving as the structural floor pan makes stretching the wheelbase to accommodate a pickup bed exponentially harder. So, no truck.

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This exploded view clearly illustrates the new continuously wound stator, the rotor’s integrated input shaft, and the side mounting of the inverter into the motor’s endplate.

Rivian’s First Two-Wheel-Drive Offering

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe has been promising a $45,000 base price, and now he’s keeping his word—with mostly and probably qualifiers, as destination charges will boost cost by $1,495 and that Standard entry model is scheduled for late 2027 as a 2028 model, by which time inflation could inflate the price. Your $46,495 will buy a single, 350-hp, 355-lb-ft motor mounted in back, a 0–60-mph time of 5.9 seconds, and a standard-range battery good for more than 275 miles.

During the first half of 2027, the Standard Long Range RWD will arrive. That one’s output and acceleration will be the same as the base model, but it will go up to 345 miles using an 87.9-kWh battery pack and cost $49,985.

Standard R2s get a 525-watt, five-speaker audio system, power heated front seats and steering wheel, and four drive modes (All-Purpose, Conserve, Snow, and Sport). They will come on 19-inch wheels with a choice of five exterior colors but only one interior: Black Crater. Options will include 20-inch wheels, a spare tire, a subscription to Autonomy+ L2+ hands-off/eyes-on cruise control, and an upgrade to the Premium model’s dual-motor, 450-hp, 537-lb-ft AWD.

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Snapped from design-office display boards, these images suggest a fraction of the information that can be displayed on the driver and info screen, all of it rendered with Unreal Engine crispness and incredible resolution.

Mid-Grade: R2 Premium

Opening at $55,485 and arriving in late 2026 as a 2027 model, the Premium trim comes standard with a dual-motor AWD setup good for 450 hp and 537 lb-ft, slicing more than a second off the RWD model’s 0–60 time at 4.6 seconds. The long-range 87.9-kWh battery will take this model up to 330 miles. (Expect the Standard trim AWD model to match these specs.)

Standard equipment upgrades for the Premium include 20-inch wheels, tow hooks, an All-Terrain drive mode, a snazzier interior, premium 975-watt nine-speaker audio, matrix-LED adaptive headlights, the Rivian Torch flashlight in the door, and rear glass that motors down into the hatchback.

Optional equipment includes the same Autonomy+ subscription and spare tire options described above, 21-inch wheels, a towing package, and a Performance upgrade (see the next trim level). At this price point, there are six exterior colors and a second interior color choice (Coastal Cloud).

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Yellow calipers indicate Performance Package gear. These sliding two-piston front calipers are part of Rivian’s fully hydraulic brake-by-wire system, which delivers consistent pedal feel while apportioning braking duties between regenerative and friction braking. One-piston sliding calipers are fitted at the rear.

Top of the Line: R2 Performance

For $59,485, this dual-motor AWD setup is tuned for max output: 656 hp and 609 lb-ft of torque that will enable a sprint to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds. The long-range battery is still rated for up to 330 miles.

This is the output configuration we sampled in the prototype drive, with motors that roughly split torque 40 percent front and 60 percent rear. The Performance equipment also includes single-valve adaptive dampers, 21-inch sport wheels and tires, and brake calipers and other exterior accents painted Compass Yellow.

Still optional at this level: the Autonomy+ subscription (the hardware is included), spare tire, and tow package, plus the choice of off-road-friendlier 20-inch wheels and all-terrain tires. A special Launch Edition model will get a unique key fob, the tow package, a lifetime upgrade for folks who opt for Autonomy+, and the option of a Launch Green color.

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Interior Trim Walk

All three interiors feature the same screens, the same haptic halo-wheel controllers on the steering wheel, and the same basic form language; it’s the trim that differentiates them.

The Standard seats feature a simpler sew-pattern on a vegan Adventex material. A woven textile material covers the accent panel spanning the dash beneath the screens, as well as the door panels inserts. French-stitched Adventex material frames it, and the floormats are bulked continuous fiber (BCF) material.

Premium and Performance models get perforated seat leatherette with a fancier stitch pattern, the cross-dash trim, and a steering-wheel accent made of upcycled birch wood surrounded by stitched textile. The door panels get accent piping and stitching plus textile decoration, and there are polycore mats that look like Chilewich.

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Easter Eggs Galore

Gear Guard Gary can be seen mountain-climbing up the frit line of a cargo-area side window, there’s a cow-owl on the front cowl trim, and a frog-skunk “fr-unk” image inside the washer-fluid cap in the frunk to name just a few.

What Is Autonomy+?

At launch, the Autonomy+ package will comprise 11 cameras and five radar units, feeding sensor data to an Nvidia chip good for 220 TOPS (tera-operations per second). Leveraging the data flywheel of mapping info gleaned from every Rivian on the road, it will enable Universal Hands-Free (UHF) driving—lane centering adaptive cruise control—on nearly every road, basically emulating what the Best Tech 2026 Award-winning Tesla Full Self-Driving V14 can do today.

This package will come online with second-generation R1s, too. Rivian is stating $2,500 for a one-time purchase of an indefinite subscription or $49.99 per month, undercutting Tesla’s since-discontinued $8,000 buy-in or current $99/month price.

Later this year or early next year, Point-to-Point UHF will emulate Tesla’s Navigate on FSD, allowing you to input a destination and letting the car handle the driving from door to door. Then sometime in 2027, R2s will get the option of a lidar unit mounted above the windshield and a Rivian Autonomy Processor (RAP) superchip good for 800 TOPS. These models will eventually enable full Level 3 autonomy (conditional hands-free, eyes-free driving). The operational design domain (ODD) for L3 will initially be smaller than it is for eyes-on UHF.

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R1 models have a turn-signal repeater lamp in the mirror, a Rivian badge on the door, and a combination side-marker lamp/reflector at the forward edge of the front wheelarch molding. The R2 combines all but the reflector into this badge/marker light, mirroring its position on the front of the wheelarch with a reflector that needs no wiring.

Future Variants?

There’s been considerable chatter about a more off-road-focused, higher-performance tri-motor R2X variant, which would seem to represent a relatively easy-to-execute, low-investment opportunity to narrow the price gap between the R2 and R1. Just don’t expect to justify its purchase on the grounds that the R2 Performance model is too slow.