Rivian has announced two new models, the R2 and R3, that feature pleasingly modernist, nearly bland designs. I mean that as a compliment. Unlike their competitors, Rivian's design team has opted to focus on form over sheet metal tricks, simplicity over chaos, and the results speak of design confidence: They're not trying to induce manufactured emotion, tell you how to feel about the vehicle or disguise its proportions. Instead they deliberately assembled a collection of clean, simple shapes...

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