More than just an SUV? Rivian is working on more R2 models.

We don’t have much longer to wait for Rivian’s highly anticipated R2 electric SUV. After cutting his teeth with the R1T electric car, including the three-row SUV model (the R1S) and all the delivery vans for Amazon, the result is smaller and more affordable – the basic models of the R2 medium and. competitive price against their opponents BMW iX3and next year if all goes to plan, Rivian will add $45,000 R2 with a smaller battery.

But according to Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, who was was asked by Reutersthere are more R2s in the works. “So there could be R2X,” Scaringe told Reuters. “There will be combinations … I want to be careful not to advertise the program,” he said. Terrible he also told the news agency that Rivian is considering developing its own lidar sensors, in partnership with a Chinese company.

The first R2s are being built at Rivian’s factory in Normal, Illinois. But R2, along with the smaller R3 (and R3X) which will follow, will also be built at Rivian’s new factory in Georgia. The plant should come online in 2028, supported by a loan of $ 4.5 billion from the Department of Energy, which Rivian will start receiving next year.

As soon as the plant in Georgia starts working, it has 300,000 cars a year, so it is clear that there is room for different models of R2 (and R3), Rivian will take the same approach as BMW to be able to rotate different models from one platform. Georgia will also manufacture Uber robotaxis in a $1.25 billion agreed signed between the driving company and Rivian in March.

Currently, Rivian’s Normal company has the capacity to build another 155,000 R2s per year, along with up to 60,000 R1s and delivery vans.