Rivian Automotive has redesigned its all-electric R1 pickup and SUV fashions to enhance vary, efficiency and computing energy with the assistance of Nvidia chips, the corporate stated Thursday.
Whereas the 2025 model-year automobiles don’t outwardly look too totally different than the present fashions, Rivian stated it has modified greater than half the {hardware} parts for the second-generation merchandise and reengineered their batteries and electrical architectures, often known as the brains of a automobile.
“We proceed to evolve our flagship R1 automobiles, providing high quality and efficiency with out compromise. Our revamped R1S and R1T push the technical boundaries additional, creating our most succesful merchandise thus far,” Rivian CEO and founder RJ Scaringe stated in an announcement.
Amid essentially the most notable modifications to the brand new automobiles is their computing energy, which Rivian says delivers 10 instances extra efficiency than the earlier system.
The brand new system makes use of twin Nvidia DRIVE Orin processors to assist energy the “Autonomy Compute Module,” which incorporates driver-assistant options. Rivian stated a “premium model” of the system additionally can be accessible with a broader set of capabilities similar to hands-free driving “for durations of time.” Rivian stated drivers will nonetheless want to concentrate to the street always.
The updates to its present merchandise come because the automaker makes an attempt to extend gross sales of the flagship fashions forward of launching less-expensive “R2” models, that are anticipated to begin at about $45,000 once they start delivery through the first half of 2026.
The lower-priced automobiles are essential to Rivian’s growth as gross sales of its present fashions have slowed amid a sluggish industrywide gross sales tempo for electrical automobiles. The corporate has reduce headcount, lowered operational prices and retooled its plant in Illinois to be extra environment friendly in an effort to decrease capital spending. It additionally paused construction of a brand new plant in Georgia, saving $2.25 billion.
Rivian’s inventory has been underneath strain, because the automaker continues to burn via money and report vital losses. Rivian reported a loss of $1.45 billion through the first quarter of this yr.
Its shares are down roughly 50% yr thus far.
Deliveries for the 2025 R1S and R1T will begin instantly, Rivian stated.
The California-based firm will proceed to supply three motor configurations — twin, tri and quad — in addition to Normal, Max and Giant battery packs, with prime ranges of between 270 miles, 330 miles and 420 miles, respectively.
2025 Rivian R1T and R1S
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Rivian stated pricing for the second-generation R1S SUV will improve $1,000 from present fashions to begin at $75,900, with top-end trimotor fashions beginning round $106,000. Beginning pricing for the R1T will stay the identical at $69,900 however prime $100,000 for trimotor. The corporate didn’t announce particular pricing for the top-end quad-motor automobiles.
The up to date battery packs will proceed to make use of a “2170 cylindrical cell,” however the pack enclosure now makes use of massive high-pressure die castings to simplify manufacturing and cut back mass.
The tri- and quad-motor automobiles embody new Rivian-made drive items. The highest-end quad-motor will now ship as much as 1,025 horsepower and 1,198 pound-foot of torque when utilizing Launch Mode and 0 mph to 60 mph acceleration in 2.5 seconds. That’s up from 835 horsepower and 908 pound-foot of torque.
Rivian stated the automobiles additionally characteristic extra luxurious, up to date interiors in addition to a totally redesigned software program interface. Charging instances have additionally improved, with all automobiles able to including as much as 140 miles of vary in about 20 minutes.
