R2, R3, R3X Revealed | Rivian

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- [Announcer] Please welcome

founder and chief executive officer of Rivian,

R.J. Scaringe.

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- [Attendee 1] R.J.! (cheers)

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- [Attendee 2] Yeah!

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- [Attendee 3] R.J.!

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- [Attendee 4] R.J.!

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- Wow.

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I'm so excited to have all of you here.

You know, this is a moment

that's been building for so long for us

and to have so many friends, family, and supporters

that are here.

It's like moving,

I can feel it in my soul right now.

So thank you, guys.

- Yeah. - Let's go!

- We've got a lot to talk about today.

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You know, I started Rivian

and really at the core of it,

every decision we make,

the products, the strategy, what we're building,

how we go about building our business,

the way we structure our teams,

the way we think about our culture, has been built

around this idea of keeping the world adventurous forever.

And so much of that ties into this world of forever

or into this word, forever.

And forever is an intimidating word.

It's a word that means so many things

it's hard to even capture what it represents.

And when we look at that word,

when we think about what we're building,

what we're creating,

it extends beyond us.

Extends beyond what we're doing today,

what we're doing this month.

And we often say we're building a world

thinking about our kids' kids' kids,

and it's our kids' kids' kids,

that mindset that informs how we make product decisions

and it informs, really importantly,

how we make the products what they are.

So today, you know, when we think about that

and we look at what we're gonna be showing you,

just recognize the thoughtfulness,

that thousands and thousands of decisions

that have gone into those products.

And to start that,

we developed our R1 product line

really as our handshake with the world.

These are products that redefined what a truck was,

what an SUV was,

and enabled a level of performance,

capability, everyday usability

that really never before have been seen.

And that was built on this deep desire,

this really deep desire to make products

that not only enable the types of adventures

we want to take photographs of,

the kinds of things we wanna remember

20 years from now, 100 years from now,

but also inspire those things,

inspire you to say yes to things that scare you,

to explore, to do new things.

And that desire to explore feeds into all the things

that we drive as a business.

And hopefully you see that in our future products

and what's to come.

Now beyond just the desire to explore,

we also need to make sure that these products are safe.

And a huge part of what we're building

has been built around safety.

And the R1 products,

every decision that had to do with structure

or the way the vehicle was packaged,

was laddering into the goal of making these

not only a safe vehicle,

but the safest truck and the safest SUV in the world.

So the R1T and the R1S achieve that; Top Safety Pick+,

the highest safety rating

on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

five-star standard.

And they're incredible.

Now, linked to all this is a technology platform we created,

we built software, we built electronics,

we designed, entirely in-house,

our network architecture that allows our vehicles

to get better and better over time.

And I see a lot of our owners out here,

and I know one of the things that's most followed is

what's the next set of features to drop?

And we get to make improvements to the software.

We get to add new features.

I get tons of feedback.

You know, my dad will send me

whether he likes it or not,

sometimes very strongly worded,

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but we love the feedback.

We love the opportunity to be really integral

and connected to our community

as we're making all these decisions.

You know, we think about our community,

we think about our owners.

It's such a powerful part of what we're building.

When I started,

you know, I can remember back it was,

we had all these things we'd wrote.

We thought about what do we wanna become as a company?

And one of the things that inspired us so deeply was to say,

"Can we create something that inspires people,"

"and inspires us to behave differently?"

"Inspires us to show up as our best self."

And that was embodied in this goal of creating a movement

and a community of users, a community of customers,

that just loved the product

and had an orientation and optimism around the future

that was so core to who we are.

And there's so many ways to look at this.

There's so many stories.

I get lots of emails,

I love sharing with the team.

Emails from customers who're doing really amazing things.

So here's one that just embodies it beautifully.

This is Mylo.

Imagine you're driving down the highway,

you see a semi-truck in a ditch.

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You not only think to yourself,

"I'm gonna pull over and see if they're all right,

"I'm gonna try to pull them outta the ditch."

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And so much in this embodies Rivian,

it's that orientation to help,

but it's also the fact

that the vehicle can pull a semi out of a ditch.

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And so I used to get asked the question,

"Can a Rivian vehicle tow?"

And I'd always jokingly say,

"Can tow a house across the street,

"just how far do you wanna tow it?"

But, you know, beyond the products

and beyond what we're creating,

and the technology, and the software, and propulsion

and towing capability,

is really the other element of how our brand manifests,

which is our spaces.

And we're sitting in one today.

This is normally a movie theater.

It doesn't look like one right now,

but normally there'd be seats right here.

And this is an example

of the types of spaces we wanna create as a company.

Spaces that are active elements of the community,

pull people in, drive discussion,

enable the types of dialogue around what's coming

in terms of electrification,

what we have to drive in terms of change.

And this is one of many spaces,

and we're building more of these

and we have them across the U.S.

and each one of these is special,

each one has some unique link to the community that it's in.

And, you know, these are a chance for us

to physically manifest our brand in a very unique way.

But beyond the spaces like this,

we also have a whole network

of service infrastructure we've created.

And we think about service.

You know, your mind immediately goes

to the idea of going to a physical service location.

But actually more than half of our service is done

with our mobile service fleet.

So we have over 500 mobile service trucks, our R1T,

and mobile service vans that actually show up at your house,

show up at your work,

and we can fix your vehicle there.

But in addition to that,

for things that we can't fix in your driveway

or fix in a parking lot of your office,

we do have a physical service infrastructure.

We have 54 service locations today.

These are rapidly ramping up.

And these are beautiful spaces,

enthusiastic team members.

And we've just started doing test drives outta these

to give more people exposure, not just to Rivian,

but importantly to electrification

and what it feels like to drive an electric vehicle.

Something that really completely changes the way you think

about the way a car operates.

So we won't be talking

about electric vehicles in this massive transition

where we have to move one and a half billion vehicles

in our global fleet,

over the next hopefully few years,

maybe a couple of decades,

to electric without thinking about charging infrastructure.

And one of the elements of charging

that we often don't fully appreciate

is most of it happens at home.

More than 90% of your charging is happening

actually in your garage.

But you do need to go point to point.

You need to go from Washington D.C. to New York,

from San Francisco to L.A.

Or if you don't have a garage,

you need a way to charge your vehicles.

So we're also building a high-speed charging network.

We call it the Rivian Adventure Network.

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It's rapidly being built out,

within a few years while 600 of these charging locations,

and it'll be an open network.

So it'll be Rivian vehicles as well as non Rivian vehicles.

And beyond that, we of course integrate

across the other third-party platforms.

And importantly,

in fact, this month,

our vehicles will be able

to access the Tesla Supercharger network.

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And that's for existing customers.

But I think we're gonna see a big shift

in the mosaic of charging solutions.

And the technology and the platform we developed

with our Rivian Adventure Network is really key for that.

Now, powering that network

and powering this transition to electrification,

we can think about the end vehicle,

the use of that vehicle as driving this change,

driving a downstream demand shift from,

of course, your gasoline or diesel to electric.

But we also need to create the upstream supply

of renewable energy.

And this is an area we've been really focused on,

and we're committed to building out

over 7 billion miles of renewable energy by 2030.

And so those projects are already underway.

And the downstream demand that all of our customers,

all of our owners collectively represent,

enable us to create this new upstream supply

of renewable energy.

So we're here to talk about what's next.

We're here to talk about how all this brings us

to our next set of products

and really how we get a lot more people

into our products, into our brand,

and how do we make Rivian more accessible

to a lot more people.

So with that, let me introduce you to R2.

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- Hey, you ready?

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- [Parent] Let's go.

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(softly) - How are you?

Good. Good. - Good.

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- This is Jeff, our Chief of Design.

Jeff and the team have done just an incredible job

of being the driving force behind our products.

We've been working together

since well before the R1,

so it is so amazing, Jeff, to see this

and to you and the team, amazing work.

- Thank you.

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- [Attendee 5] Yeah, Jeff!

- So it is so awesome to show this.

I've been waiting for this for a while

and there's a lot to talk about here.

The vehicle combines capability, performance,

utility, storage, functionality

in a way that we think just really fits right

into a huge customer need and a huge need within the market.

The vehicle size,

the vehicle capability really has been optimized

around enabling, as I said,

and inspiring all those adventures.

And so we're gonna walk through the vehicle,

but just starting here at the front,

in the front of the vehicle,

we have a large front storage trunk.

For those that are familiar with R1, of course,

this should be very relatable,

but this is great for putting luggage,

backpacks, your gear.

It's one of the most used storage areas

for our R1 vehicle.

We get to see all the data

on how all of our owners are using it,

but it is just an awesome setup.

And of course, this also serves

to support a lot of the front safety in the vehicle

in terms of the crash structure that you saw

in those R1 videos.

Now, if we go around to the side of the vehicle,

it's hard to see without sitting in it.

But so much effort has gone

into making sure the packaging,

not just in the front row,

but also in the second row, creates this really airy,

really comfortable, really spacious experience.

Something that really is world class.

There's nothing quite like it in this size of vehicle

where you get in and you feel so comfortable

and it feels so inviting.

And we're gonna take a look at the interior in a second,

but first just walk around the back.

We did a lot of work to create something

that builds a really open air experience.

And you just saw, or maybe you saw,

these quarter windows pop out.

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And what that does is

we leverage the negative pressure

off the back of the vehicle to pull natural air through

and it creates this beautiful

open-air feeling and experience.

And then the rear glass,

which you just saw drop, also opens.

And now the rear glass opening

it literally feels like an open-air experience,

but this gives you an ability to put-

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You could put surfboards, you can put longer gear,

and as you just saw, the second row seats fold flat,

but also the first row seats fold flat

and the first row seats folding flat

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that gives you,

you know, if you're driving the vehicle,

you can put long things in very easily,

but if you're not driving the vehicle,

let's say you're camping or staying overnight in the vehicle

it creates this awesome in-vehicle

camping experience with an inflatable mattress.

So walking around here to the side,

you're thinking to yourself,

"Well, what's the vehicle's size?"

You're probably looking at me, I'm about 6'1",

trying to figure out how does this compare to an R1?

Well, we'll tell you,

it's about 400 millimeters shorter than an R1S.

And in addition to being shorter,

it's quite a bit shorter in wheelbase,

it's also lower in height,

and it makes it,

it fits into any garage,

it fits into tight spaces, really maneuverable.

But looking at it in a driving

environment is really helpful.

So we'll show you it here next to an R1S.

It looks awesome.

It looks really

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like, you know, just,

you know, two family members out for a stroll.

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