Rivian gears up for a busy year with the new R2

14 February 2026
Rivian is betting its future on the new {{$45,000}} R2 SUV, aiming to nearly double its deliveries by 2026 while navigating heavy financial losses.

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  • Anonymous

Anonymous, 16 Feb 2026They will be in red once more, not in green. Do you understand what that means? It means the... morethis is completely normal for a startup manufacturing company.

Factories are not free, design is not free, materials are not free.

So it is typical for them to lose money until the midrange, mass-appeal model is selling with the factory working at 100% output capacity.

  • Glom

Anonymous, 16 Feb 2026They will be in red once more, not in green. Do you understand what that means? It means the... moreYes do post it. Post how much money any EV car maker looses when they start up, 2020 onwards. Compare with Rivian. Also compare specs/MRP/profit-loss analysis of EVs sold by Form,GM vs Rivian. Perhaps it will help you understand why Rivian is miles ahead

  • Anonymous

[deleted post]Get lost spammer.

  • Anonymous

Anonymous, 16 Feb 2026They already burned >$20 Billion over the years. And we don't know how much more they... moreAnd what I posted is just the loss over the years.

  • Anonymous

Anonymous, 16 Feb 2026They will be in red once more, not in green. Do you understand what that means? It means the... moreThey already burned >$20 Billion over the years.
And we don't know how much more they will burn until they are profitable.
Is their cash reserve enough or not? A very good question and we will have to see.

  • Anonymous

Glom, 16 Feb 2026Seems you don't understand how business works. You don't make money on things which ... moreThey will be in red once more, not in green.
Do you understand what that means? It means they will lose money once again. They themselves expect a loss of €1.54 billion and €1.79 billion.
There is no info in which year they expect to make finally a profit.
You can easily find how much money they already burned over the years, or should I post It for you?

  • Anonymous

Glom, 16 Feb 2026When did they loose money after launching EV with same specs as R2?When did they release an EV with same specs as R2?
R2 will be the first, but they still expect a loss.

  • Glom

Anonymous, 15 Feb 2026You mean losing money once again?Seems you don't understand how business works. You don't make money on things which have not been sold yet.....in books that's a loss. Especially if you are setting up new manufacturing units and expanding.

  • Glom

Anonymous, 15 Feb 2026You mean losing money once again?When did they loose money after launching EV with same specs as R2?

  • Anonymous

Anonymous, 15 Feb 2026Nice. Looking good. Excited for r3. Rivian is doing what ford, chevrolet , gm are scared to doYou mean losing money once again?

  • Anonymous

Nice. Looking good. Excited for r3. Rivian is doing what ford, chevrolet , gm are scared to do