{"id":82633,"date":"2025-05-27T17:38:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T21:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82633"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T21:38:44","slug":"rj-scaringe-teases-r2s-rear-suspension-new-rivian-ev-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82633","title":{"rendered":"RJ Scaringe teases R2’s rear suspension, telling followers the new Rivian EV is ‘sooo good’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Less than a week after sending a beautifully wrapped fleet of R2 validation prototypes out into the wild, Rivian <\/a>founder and CEO has shared more of the design work at HQ, including a look at the EV\u2019s multi-link rear suspension.<\/p>\n

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We will be able to assemble the upcoming Rivian R2 EV with our mind\u2019s eye if RJ Scaringe keeps posting updates with images of key components. <\/p>\n

Over the past month, Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has shared several\u00a0social media posts\u00a0centered around Rivian\u2019s next flagship EV model, the R2, which is scheduled to hit the market next year.<\/p>\n

Recent posts included two looks at Rivian\u2019s Maximus Drive Unit<\/a>\u00a0that will power the R2s, the EV\u2019s\u00a0body harness<\/a>, and a fleet of validation models assembled on a pilot line at Rivian\u2019s Normal, Illinois, production facility (complete with some fantastic \u201cvalidation-only\u201d wheels).<\/p>\n

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Rivian\u2019s company account has also joined the social media onslaught, sharing a video last week of Senior Director of Exterior Design Jonathan Szczupak walking through the unique wraps<\/a> on the R2 validation EVs before they left Normal, Illinois, for real-world testing.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s post from RJ isn\u2019t as visually pleasing as last week\u2019s camouflage wraps, but it is exciting nonetheless, especially for the CEO behind the new model.<\/p>\n

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RJ \u201ccan\u2019t wait\u201d for people to drive the new Rivian R2 EV<\/h2>\n

RJ posted the two images above,<\/a> showcasing the R2\u2019s multi-link rear suspension alongside a brief caption:<\/p>\n

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The R2 multi-link rear suspension includes 5 stamped steel links and uses an isolated rear subframe\u00a0to deliver incredible ride quality and handling, while achieving our optimized cost structure. Our \u201cstarfish\u201d forged aluminum rear knuckle integrates bushings for each of the 5 rear suspension links to reduce unsprung mass to support enhanced ride quality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Rivian founder always does an excellent job of breaking down exactly what is in each photo he posts and explaining the design benefits of said component in a more easily digestible way, especially if you\u2019re not a \u201cgear head.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is just as exciting is RJ\u2019s continued enthusiasm for the upcoming Rivian R2 EV. Its hype train is chugging at full speed, and on paper, it has the makings to skyrocket Rivian\u2019s sales reports and set the company up for a nice run of additional models, like the R3<\/a> and R3X.<\/p>\n

At the end of RJ\u2019s post, he shared this excitement:<\/p>\n

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Can\u2019t wait for folks to get to drive R2 \u2014 it\u2019s sooo good!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course, Rivian\u2019s founder is going to say the R2 is good, but when RJ says it, it\u2019s easy to genuinely believe him. Everything Scaringe and Rivian have shown us of the R2 so far has been impressive, so it\u2019s not unreasonable to think that this new EV won\u2019t just be \u201cso good,\u201d it could be utterly amazing.<\/p>\n

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Less than a week after sending a beautifully wrapped fleet of R2 validation prototypes out into the wild, Rivian founder and CEO has shared more of the design work at HQ, including a look at the EV\u2019s multi-link rear suspension. We will be able to assemble the upcoming Rivian R2 EV with our mind\u2019s eye […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}