RJ Chats with Decoder

RJ joins Joanna Stern to share more about Rivian and R2

By Rivian

October 8^th, 2025

Rivian Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe sat down with Joanna Stern, senior personal technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal for a conversation about R2.

Joanna has been filling in for Decoder host Nilay Patel while he’s on parental leave, and joked with RJ that she considered renaming the show to, “What Car Should Joanna Buy Next?” Of course, RJ’s answer is R2! He and Joanna spent time talking about all of the exciting features of R2, its affordable price point, what we considered when designing the vehicle and more.

You can listen to their full conversation here.

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