Rivian just unveiled their R2, which I believe is a Model Y competitor.
But they also - surprise even to my friends that work at Rivian - rolled out the R3 and R3X. It's a shorter version of the R2 platform with a five door hatch body on top, and they have a hot three-motor version with flares and fat wheels called the R3X. It's pushing my buttons. It's a crossover, but imagine this a little lower...
Details are thin on the ground, but the bigger R2 is a 300 mile car with a sub-3 second 0-60 that uses the same platform. This thing will scoot.
If I heard right during the reveal, this is what will be built at SVreX's little plant in Georgia.
It’s like an Integrale. :)
In reply to David S. Wallens :
That's the Ionic 5 :)
That side shot looks like a Golf Country, and somehow it kinda looks like a big N600 - especially the non-X.
They haven't revealed dimensions yet, other than a 2800mm (110.2") wheelbase. That's about 4" longer than a CX-5 but since this has no overhangs to speak of I suspect it's in that overall size range.
It's like a Golf Country and a Lada Niva had an electric baby!
I want to build a pavement version. This thing, nearly 40 years (!) later.
Mndsm
MegaDork
3/7/24 3:59 p.m.
I hate absolutely none of this 80s retro futuristic stuff we're all doing right now. Color me curious.
It's a shrunken LaForza! $45k? Where do I sign?
Wow, that looks pretty damn cool! Although I'm hoping for more EV cars than crossovers/trucks.
Duke
MegaDork
3/7/24 4:06 p.m.
Mndsm said:
I hate absolutely none of this 80s retro futuristic stuff we're all doing right now. Color me curious.
I'd rock it... if it had 2" less wheel and 3" less ride height.
Duke said:
Mndsm said:
I hate absolutely none of this 80s retro futuristic stuff we're all doing right now. Color me curious.
I'd rock it... if it had 2" less wheel and 3" less ride height.
I smell an aftermarket coming.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
The name brought images like this to my mind:
Now that's the kind of EV that'll frost my cupcakes! I am really digging it.
SV reX said:
Keith Tanner said:
...SVreX's little plant in Georgia.
I wish!! 😂🤣😂
This quote is a bit concerning regarding the GA plant:
Shifting production of the R2 from the in-development plant in Georgia to the company’s plant in Normal, Illinois, will save $2.25 billion, Rivian said in a press release. It will also allow the vehicle to begin production earlier, it said.
The company said it will pause construction on the Georgia plant, to be resumed “later.”
STM317
PowerDork
3/7/24 4:36 p.m.
Keith Tanner said:
If I heard right during the reveal, this is what will be built at SVreX's little plant in Georgia.
Lots of outlets saying that those plans are on hold for the moment
SV reX
MegaDork
3/7/24 4:36 p.m.
In reply to dyintorace :
Hmm... I was wondering when that might surface
I present the street modified R3X+.
In reply to Tony Sestito :
You beat me to it, I see a lot of Lada Niva.
Keith Tanner said:
I present the street modified R3X+.
I'll take two (even if I can't afford a single unmodified one).
Keith Tanner said:
I present the street modified R3X+.
Ok yeah, that's really good. I'm sold! (Can I borrow $40,000 dollars?)
Keith Tanner said:
I present the street modified R3X+.
I'd like to point out that having Photoshop on my work computer is not good for productivity.
Most electrics do nothing for me. And after hunting for a charger with a friend while they had a loaner Taycan... I'm really not interested.
But this. This is compelling. It's interesting that the startup electric manufacturers are making stuff aimed for the enthusiast while most stream car makers are stepping away from them. They see the hole and are mobile enough (or maybe not overly burdened by committees) to make a move to fill it. I like that.
Even lowered, it could still use some tastefully rad skirts to visually lower the body over the battery. If needing to downsize the tire diameter to not screw up geometry too badly, deeper flares could be used to fill in the gaps.
I like the form factor, it's actually interesting as-is, and pretty cool as-photochopped.
