Rivian will discontinue the Compass Yellow paint and the 20-inch all-terrain Brilliant wheel choices from the R1S and R1T tools lists from mid-September, based on emails despatched to reservation holders and later posted on the r/Rivian subreddit.

Moreover, the California-based EV maker will now not provide the power to spec a car with a Pink Canyon or Rivian Blue exterior and a Forest Edge inside.

Concerning the discontinuation of the Compass Yellow paint, clients who specced their automobiles with this feature acquired an e-mail from Rivian which reads as follows:

“We’re unable to give you a supply window estimate at the moment because of the upcoming discontinuation of Compass Yellow in mid-September. We acknowledge that you will have had your coronary heart set in your present configuration, however we stay up for serving to you discover a new favourite.”

The e-mail provides that if affected clients don’t configure one other paint coloration, their configuration will mechanically default to LA Silver.

As for the 20-inch all-terrain Brilliant wheels, the story is comparable, with a Rivian R1T reservation holder getting the next message:

On the time of publishing this text, each soon-to-be-discontinued objects had been nonetheless obtainable within the on-line configurator for each the R1S and R1T, nevertheless it’s only a matter of time till they’re gone.

If the corporate doesn’t substitute Compass Yellow with one thing else, simply eight exterior colours will stay within the configurator: LA Silver, Glacier White, Pink Canyon, Midnight, Rivian Blue, Limestone, Forest Inexperienced, and El Cap Granite.

Within the wheels division, there are presently three choices that go hand in hand with the non-obligatory All-Terrain Improve and three which can be extra road-focused, however after the 20-inch all-terrain Brilliant variant is eliminated, simply 5 will stay.

Though the Reddit posts describing the updates don’t point out it, we assume that Rivian is attempting to streamline its manufacturing processes as a lot as it might and minimize some prices the place it might, in order that it might enhance its earnings.

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