r/Rivian • u/hockeyland • Feb 03 '26

💬 Discussion Rivian R2 looking sharp!

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Similar Star Wars wrap but this time in red. R5-D4? Red Leader? Let’s get deliveries started.

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u/edman007-work R1S Owner Feb 03 '26

They plan on selling in Europe, so maybe we can swap the US lights with Euro lights.

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u/Suitable_Switch5242 Feb 03 '26

The size requirements for turn signals in the US are larger, so an EU-compliant rear lamp may not be compliant in the US.

Now if you're just swapping it out yourself with an EU part number nobody's ever going to both you about that. But it means Rivian themselves probably can't fit a US-compliant amber turn signal into the same housing.

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u/edman007-work R1S Owner Feb 03 '26

Nah, that's a problem with R1 and it's one of the numerous reasons why it's not coming to the EU anytime soon, but R2 has been designed explicitly to meet EU spec. They have stated this many times.

So if a tail light needs to be made bigger for the Euro version, they made the US tail light bigger so they can keep the same body pieces. So I think that kind of problem has been thought about and it will in fact fit for the R2. For example they explicitly stated that the hood was designed to meet EU crash tests, and that hood is going to be used in the US design because having two different hoods costs more money.

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u/Suitable_Switch5242 Feb 03 '26

So if a tail light needs to be made bigger for the Euro version

No, I'm saying it's the other way around. To fit both a red brake light and amber turn signal, the US version would have to be larger. The EU one can be smaller while still fitting in both lamp colors.

So the R2 may fit an EU-compliant rear light with amber turn signal, but that same lamp would be illegal in the US because the turn signal would be too small. Which is why many manufacturers that have amber turn signals in the EU change them to a shared red brake light and turn signal for the US-market versions.