Rivian is seeking to go mainstream with a decrease price mannequin that can sq. off with every little thing from the Tesla Mannequin Y to the Chevrolet Blazer EV.

On Thursday, the Rivian R2S debuted two years forward of when it’ll arrive. When the R2S enters manufacturing in Regular, Illinois, it’ll price $45,000 and have as much as 330 miles of vary.

The Rivian R2S seems to be just like the automaker put the giant three-row R1S SUV in a shrink ray. With a wheelbase of 115.6 inches and an total size of 185.6 inches, the RS2 rides on a 5.5-inch shorter wheelbase and is 15.2 inches shorter total than its R1S sibling. This makes the R2S wheelbase 1.8 inches longer than that of the Tesla Mannequin Y, however the RS2 is 1.4 inches shorter total than the Tesla. 

At 66.9 inches tall, the R2S is 10.4 inches shorter than the R1S. The R2S skips the bigger SUV’s split-tailgate design, however options front-hinged pop-out rear home windows and a roll-down tailgate window just like the Toyota 4Runner.

The Rivian R2S is a five-seat two-row SUV and won’t provide a small third-row seat just like the Mannequin Y. Rivian has carved out a big frunk that may carry the SUV’s bike mounting system when not in use. That bike mounting system snaps right into a rear accent port with out instruments, in response to Rivian. Anticipate an unlimited array of equipment to reach alongside the R2S in 2026.

The R2S will journey on a Rivian skateboard chassis and have a battery pack manufactured from 4596 cells and one, two, or three electrical motors for a mixed. Rivian stated the R2S will speed up from 0-60 mph in much less as 3.0 seconds.

The R2S will not be able to venturing fairly as far into the wilderness because the bigger R2S. Max floor clearance checks in at as much as 9.8 inches with a 25-degree strategy angle and a 27-degree departure angle with the accessible 32-inch all-terrain tires.

Each R2S shall be able to charging at Tesla Supercharging stations because of a normal NACS cost port. Rivian stated the R2S can even be able to high-speed charging by way of CCS, probably by way of an adapter. A design change from the R1S, which locates the charging port on the driver-side entrance nook, places the charging port on the rear passenger-side fender for the R2S.