The Rivian R3 garnered a lot of love from the auto community, and now Rivian has the tall task of making it a reality.
When a silver Rivian R3 prototype rolled on stage during the automaker’s R2 reveal event on March 7, the audience’s eyes sparkled and jaws dropped, followed by cheerful whistling and whooping. Few other EVs have triggered such enthusiastic reactions in recent memory. For car nerds, the pint-sized, angular hatchback was an ode to legendary rally names like the Lancia Delta Integrale. For regular people, the message was clear: An affordable yet highly desirable Rivian is on its way.
No surprises in terms of voltage architecture yet, but the R3 is said to go from 10% to 80% state of charge in under 30 minutes, which isn’t too bad. One aspect that confused the EV community was the charging port, located on the rear passenger side. In a roundtable with reporters, design chief Jeff Hammoud referenced curbside charging in European countries. 'In left-hand-drive countries in Europe, we saw a lot of people charging cars on the street.
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