{"id":361975,"date":"2026-09-17T17:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/it-doesnt-always-have-to-be-tesla-the-rivian-r2-emerges-as-a-model-y-alternative\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T17:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:08:54","slug":"it-doesnt-always-have-to-be-tesla-the-rivian-r2-emerges-as-a-model-y-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/it-doesnt-always-have-to-be-tesla-the-rivian-r2-emerges-as-a-model-y-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"It doesn\u2019t always have to be Tesla: The Rivian R2 emerges as a Model Y alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/it-doesnt-always-have-to-be-tesla-the-rivian-r2-emerges-as-a-model-y-alternative.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rivian r2 fahrbericht\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" title=\"rivian r2 fahrbericht 2026 01\"><\/div>\n<p>The Rivian R2 brings fresh air to the uniform mid-size electric SUV segment. The model competes against the Tesla Model Y, BMW iX3, and others, while also serving as an electronics donor for future VW models. On the first test drive, it impresses with comfort and off-road capability, but it won\u2019t arrive in Europe until at least 2028. <a href=https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/2026\/09\/17\/it-doesnt-always-have-to-be-tesla-the-rivian-r2-emerges-as-a-model-y-alternative\/ target=_blank>Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rivian R2 brings fresh air to the uniform mid-size electric SUV segment. The model competes against the Tesla Model Y, BMW iX3, and others, while also serving as an electronics donor for future VW models. On the first test drive, it impresses with comfort and off-road capability, but it won\u2019t&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/it-doesnt-always-have-to-be-tesla-the-rivian-r2-emerges-as-a-model-y-alternative\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":361976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electrive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}