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  "textContent": "The R2's pass-through spoiler and drop-glass tailgate ruled out every conventional solution. So Rivian built a hidden, heated wiper trough that had never been engineered before — and CEO RJ Scaringe said it took nights and weekends to get there.\n\nThe post The Rivian R2 Needed a Rear Wiper That Didn’t Exist. So Rivian Invented One appeared first on The Drive.",
  "title": "The Rivian R2 Needed a Rear Wiper That Didn’t Exist. So Rivian Invented One"
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