How the Rivian R2 compares to the Tesla Model Y

Rivian debuted the R2 electrical crossover on Thursday, promising a $45,000 origination value and a differ exceeding 300 miles when the compact crossover is going on sale in 2026. Will that be plethora or will it’s too past due to dethrone the bestselling electrical automotive within the Tesla Fashion Y?

Right here’s how they examine, according to what we all know now. 

Evaluate measurement and elegance of the Rivian R2 and Tesla Fashion Y

Rivian R2

Rivian R2

2023 Tesla Fashion Y

2023 Tesla Fashion Y

The R2 is 185.6 inches lengthy, 75.0 inches huge, and 66.9 inches towering, which makes it 15.2 inches shorter general than the R1S three-row SUV. The wheelbase is 5.5 inches shorter so it’s sized like a compact crossover, related in dimensions because the Tesla Fashion Y. It has a grassland clearance of as much as 9.8 inches, so Rivian steers it towards off-road usefulness. 

The Fashion Y measures 187 inches lengthy, 77.9 inches huge, 64 inches towering, and it has a grassland clearance of 6.8 inches (6.2 at the Efficiency style). At 115.6 inches, the R2 has a wheelbase that’s 1.8 inches greater than the Fashion Y, which implies the R2 could be roomier inside of for passengers. As for rear legroom, the Rivian offer 40.3 inches to 40.5 within the Fashion Y; through both spec, it’s a roomy rear seat. But, Telsa offer a cramped 3rd row to seat as much as seven passengers overall within the Lengthy Length AWD style. 

The Fashion Y is wider and decrease in peak than the Rivian R2, and it has a blobbier glance to it.  While the Fashion Y slips into that curvier, rounded profile ordinary in electrical automobiles embracing aerodynamics, the Rivian R12 keeps the boxy proportions of the R1S and alternative conventional SUVs. If it follows the R1S, it’ll have bona fide off-road capacity. 

The Rivian R2 wears the glance of its siblings with boxy ends and a headscarf of lighting operating around the entrance fascia and over oval headlights that seem like robotic visible. It looks as if a smaller R1S, with frame colour C-pillars and blacked out B-pillars. The snub rear sits at odds with a moderately lengthy nostril, which, just like the Fashion Y, homes a entrance trunk. 

Rivian R2

Rivian R2

Rivian R2

All 5 seats in the second one and entrance row of the R2 wrinkle flat to create a ground that may are compatible an inflatable bed, CEO RJ Scaringe stated. The R1S can fit a mattress at the back of the entrance row of seats, as can the Tesla Fashion Y. The R2 has rear quarter home windows that come out for higher air flow, particularly if YoDog is using within the shipment branch, and the rear window energy slides ailing into the tailgate. There’s nonetheless a flashlight confidential within the driving force’s door. 

There’s a lot we don’t know in regards to the R2, however Rivian claims to have answered to buyer lawsuits from its R1 sequence and added now not one however two gloveboxes. 

The Fashion Y assists in keeping it easy at the inside of, with handiest steerage wheel controls and a fifteen.0-inch touchscreen around the sprint that controls maximum each alternative serve as. The sprint and fabrics as an entire are extra useful than sumptuous, however the blank minimalist design has enchantment and the touchscreen remainder the paragon of the digitized interface.   

Tesla additionally established the benchmark for DC fast-charging. Rivian follows Tesla’s govern through creating a North American Charging Usual (NACS) port that’s thinner and extra environment friendly than the Blended Charging Machine (CCS) that have been dominant within the EV area till this age. Rivian will come with an adapter to fasten to the CCS fast-charging retailers, and R2 house owners will be capable to faucet into Tesla’s industry-leading Supercharger community for DC fast-charging. The port is situated at the passenger facet rear fender. The fee port at the R1T pickup truck and R1S are at the driving force’s facet entrance fender. 

Evaluate differ and charging between the Fashion Y and R2

Rivian guarantees no less than 300 miles of differ within the R2, however as of now, it’s theoretical. 

The 2024 Fashion Y is available in 3 other propulsion setups, with the bottom style as a single-motor rear-wheel-drive unit with a differ of 260 miles. The Lengthy Length all-wheel-drive style with two motors has an EPA-estimated differ of 310 miles on 19-inch wheels. The Fashion Y Efficiency style trades differ for acceleration with a 285-mile differ; it rolls on 21-inch wheels. 

Tesla holds the sort of aggressive edge in the case of folk DC fast-charging that Rivian has adopted maximum alternative automakers in adopting NACS and tapping into Tesla’s tough community. A Supercharger pumping out 250 kw can repair 160 miles of differ in quarter-hour within the Fashion Y. 

We don’t know the scale of the Rivian battery collect or packs, however Rivian stated it’ll be product of denser 4695 (46 mm huge through 95 mm towering) cells. Within the R1T and R1S, Rivian offer a 106-kwh battery collect dubbed Usual, a 121-kwh Usual+ collect, a 135-kwh Massive collect, and a 149-kwh Max collect. The R2 will most likely have a smaller or related model of the Usual collect. 

Tesla doesn’t expose battery collect sizes, however the dual-motor Fashion Y makes use of a collect within the 80-kwh differ, while the bottom style is within the 60-kwh differ. 

Rivan R2

2024 Tesla Fashion Y. – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.

Efficiency extra between the Tesla Fashion Y and Rivian R2

The Rivian R2 will are available unmarried, twin, or tri-motor setups. That’s actually all we all know, except for Rivian guarantees a 0-60 mph era of lower than 3 seconds, possibly within the tri-motor style. Even with that pace, the R2 shapes as much as be a bona fide off-road automobile. Rivian says the max grassland clearance might be 9.8 inches, possibly via an not obligatory wind abeyance machine related to what’s at the R1S, and it’ll have a 25-degree means and 27-degree resignation angles with not obligatory 32-inch all-terrain tires.

We all know so a lot more in regards to the Tesla Fashion Y, which first introduced in 2020. It could possibly hand an get admission to street, however its grassland clearance is just about two inches lower than maximum Subaru crossover SUVs. It’s made for the street, and the bottom Rear-Wheel Force is going from 0-60 mph in 6.6 seconds. The Lengthy Length with twin motors for all-wheel power skips to 60 mph in 4.8 seconds, pace the range-topping Efficiency style cuts it to three.5 seconds. 

How a lot does the Rivian R2 value vs. the Tesla Fashion Y?

The R2 is projected to price $45,000 aside from vacation spot and aside from the federal EV tax credit score appropriate to maximum alternative Rivians. Who is aware of how the factors could have modified through the primary part of 2026, when the R2 is slated to advance on sale. 

Value cuts have adopted the Fashion Y within the while age, and its value continues to range. The tax credit score applies to the dual-motor Tesla Fashion Y, now not the rear-drive style, however we’ll exclude it right here for uniformity. The Fashion Y prices about $42,000, together with a $1,390 vacation spot price. The Lengthy Length prices $5,000 extra, and the Efficiency provides every other $4,500 to about $51,500.