Crews on sight of the expansion have officially broken ground, Chief Operations Officer for Rivian, Javier Varela, said.
In a post on LinkedIn, Varela wrote:
“Rivian R2 is one step closer to coming to market! We broke ground in Normal (Illinois) to begin expanding the plant to build R2, in addition to our current products. R2 is our new fully electric midsize SUV coming in 2026 with a range of more than 300 miles and a starting price around $45,000 (U.S.).”
It appears the groundbreaking occurred just a few days ago on November 8, as CEO RJ Scaringe posted an image that seems to show things are moving forward: