{"url_path":"/sec/rivn/8-k/2026-07-06/item-2-02","section_key":"item-2-02","section_title":"Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-06","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/0001104659-26-080813-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-080813","cik":"0001874178","ticker":"RIVN","issuer_name":"Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/0001104659-26-080813-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001874178","primary_entity_name":"Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE"},"word_count":982,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 2.02 – Results of Operations and Financial Condition.**\n\n \n\nSet forth below are certain preliminary and unaudited\nestimates of selected financial information of Rivian Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”) as of and for the three months\nended June 30, 2026. The unaudited selected financial information as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2026 reflects\nthe Company’s preliminary estimates with respect to such results based on currently available information and is subject to completion\nof the Company’s financial closing procedures. The Company’s financial closing procedures for the three months ended June 30,\n2026 are not yet complete and, as a result, actual results may vary from the estimated preliminary results presented here.\n\n \n\nThese estimates should not be viewed as a substitute\nfor the Company’s full interim or annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles\n(“U.S. GAAP”). Further, these preliminary estimated results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for\nany future period as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, those discussed in the sections titled “Risk Factors”\nand “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the\nyear ended December 31, 2025 (the “2025 10-K”) and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31,\n2026 (the “Q1 2026 10-Q”). This information should be read in conjunction with the section titled “Management’s\nDiscussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for prior periods in the Company’s 2025 10-K and\nQ1 2026 10-Q.\n\n \n\nThe preliminary estimates presented below have\nbeen prepared by, and are the responsibility of, management. KPMG LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm,\nhas not audited, reviewed, compiled, or performed any procedures with respect to the preliminary financial information. Accordingly, KPMG\nLLP does not express an opinion or any other form of assurance with respect thereto.\n\n \n\nThe following table provides the Company’s\npreliminary estimates of total consolidated revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2026:\n\n \n\n(in billions) \nThree\nMonths Ended June 30, 2025  \nThree\nMonths Ended June 30, 2026 \n\n  \nActual  \nEstimated\n- High  \nEstimated\n- Low \n\nTotal revenues \n$1.30  \n$1.65  \n$1.55 \n\n \n\nThe Company expects total consolidated revenues\nto increase for the three months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to an\nincrease in vehicle deliveries, partially offset by lower average selling prices resulting from a higher mix of commercial vans, as well\nas increases in vehicle electrical architecture and software development services and revenues related to regulatory credits.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nThe following table provides the Company’s\npreliminary estimated balance of cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments as of June 30, 2026:\n\n \n\n(in billions) \nMarch 31, 2026  \nJune 30, 2026 \n\n  \nActual  \nEstimated \n\nCash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments \n$4.8  \n$5.3 \n\n \n\nThe information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K\nshall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange\nAct”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other\nfiling under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as expressly\nset forth by specific reference in such filing.\n\n \n\n**Forward-Looking Statements**\n\n \n\nThis Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act\nof 1995. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained\nin Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements\ncontained in this Current Report on Form 8-K that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements,\nincluding without limitation statements regarding the Company's expected financial performance for the three months ended June 30, 2026.\nYou can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,”\n“plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “targets,” “projects,”\n“contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “predicts,” “potential”\nor “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements use\nthese words or expressions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future\nevents and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Forward-looking statements\ninvolve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements\nto be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements,\nincluding, but not limited to, the important factors discussed in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s\nQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.\nThe forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Current\nReport on Form 8-K, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited\nor incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all\npotentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain, and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely\nupon these statements. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation\nto do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,\nas amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n**RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC.**\n\n \n \n \n\nDate: July 6, 2026\nBy:\n/s/ Claire McDonough\n\n \nName:\nClaire McDonough\n\n \nTitle:\nChief Financial Officer"}