Rivian Automotive has redesigned its all-electric R1 pickup and SUV fashions to enhance vary, efficiency and computing energy with the assistance of Nvidia chips, the corporate mentioned Thursday.

Whereas the 2025 model-year automobiles don’t outwardly look too totally different than the present fashions, Rivian mentioned it has modified greater than half the {hardware} elements for the second-generation merchandise and reengineered their batteries and electrical architectures, often known as the brains of a automobile.

“We proceed to evolve our flagship R1 automobiles, providing high quality and efficiency with out compromise. Our revamped R1S and R1T push the technical boundaries additional, creating our most succesful merchandise so far,” Rivian CEO and founder RJ Scaringe mentioned in a press release.

Amid essentially the most notable modifications to the brand new automobiles is their computing energy, which Rivian says delivers 10 occasions extra efficiency than the earlier system.

The brand new system makes use of twin Nvidia DRIVE Orin processors to assist energy the “Autonomy Compute Module,” which incorporates driver-assistant options. Rivian mentioned a “premium model” of the system additionally can be out there with a broader set of capabilities equivalent to hands-free driving “for durations of time.” Rivian mentioned drivers will nonetheless want to concentrate to the street always.

The updates to its present merchandise come because the automaker makes an attempt to extend gross sales of the flagship fashions forward of launching less-expensive “R2” fashions, that are anticipated to start out at about $45,000 once they start transport throughout the first half of 2026.

The lower-priced automobiles are essential to Rivian’s enlargement as gross sales of its present fashions have slowed amid a sluggish industrywide gross sales tempo for electrical automobiles. The corporate has minimize headcount, diminished operational prices and retooled its plant in Illinois to be extra environment friendly in an effort to decrease capital spending. It additionally paused building of a brand new plant in Georgia, saving $2.25 billion.

Rivian’s inventory has been beneath strain, because the automaker continues to burn by money and report important losses. Rivian reported a lack of $1.45 billion throughout the first quarter of this yr.

Its shares are down roughly 50% yr so far.

Deliveries for the 2025 R1S and R1T will begin instantly, Rivian mentioned.

The California-based firm will proceed to supply three motor configurations — twin, tri and quad — in addition to Normal, Giant and Max battery packs, with high ranges of between 270 miles, 330 miles and 420 miles, respectively.

Rivian mentioned pricing for the second-generation R1S SUV will improve $1,000 from present fashions to start out at $75,900, with top-end trimotor fashions beginning round $106,000. Beginning pricing for the R1T will stay the identical at $69,900 however high $100,000 for trimotor. The corporate didn’t announce particular pricing for the top-end quad-motor automobiles.

The up to date battery packs will proceed to make use of a “2170 cylindrical cell,” however the pack enclosure now makes use of giant high-pressure die castings to simplify manufacturing and scale back mass.

The tri- and quad-motor automobiles embrace new Rivian-made drive items. The highest-end quad-motor will now ship as much as 1,025 horsepower and 1,198 pound-foot of torque when utilizing Launch Mode and 0 mph to 60 mph acceleration in 2.5 seconds. That’s up from 835 horsepower and 908 pound-foot of torque.

Rivian mentioned the automobiles additionally function extra luxurious, up to date interiors in addition to a completely redesigned software program interface. Charging occasions have additionally improved, with all automobiles able to including as much as 140 miles of vary in about 20 minutes.

Correction: The Rivian Max battery pack achieves as much as 420 miles. The Giant battery pack achieves as much as 330 miles. A earlier model of the article misstated the ranges.