- Early units of the Rivian R2 will not be equipped with lidar.
- This has caused a bit of a debate between early adopters: buy early and get the car first, or wait for the newest tech?
- Rivian's leadership says that buyers won't notice the difference between the two "for some time."
Rivian's upcoming R2 is all the range right now. The automaker has the potential to poach a ton of buyers already in the EV space, including Tesla buyers who want to try something new. But a lot of those Tesla owners have technological PTSD and fear that being an early adopter could mean that they're left in the dust later on.
