Every Thanksgiving

Dirk Hanlon: Rivian's cheaper R2 SUV is lifting deliveries 46%. Gus: target smashed, nap time. Dot: Father, the target was raised this year, to 65,000 to 70,000; the fourth quarter must grow another 20.5%, to 23,193. Gus: twenty percent? I grow that every Thanksgiving. Dot: then you understand the challenge perfectly.

Rivian's 46% jump in third-quarter deliveries, to 19,248 from 13,201, comes as it ramps up the R2, the smaller and cheaper SUV it launched this year; it raised its 2026 target earlier in the year, and hitting it means delivering at least 20.5% more in the fourth quarter than in the third.

Starring

Dirk HanlonGus PeltDot PeltLorraine Pelt