Rivian announces delivery times for the R1T and R1S

Amazon shows off its all-electric delivery van in a short video. The company has commited to reach zero carbon footprint by 2040 and use 100% renewable energy by 2030. According to the video, Amazon's order of 100,000 electric delivery vehicles has the power to save millions of metric tons of carbon per year. These are modern all-black vehicles with blue accents on the outside and inside that hint at the use of...

14 October 2020

Rivian has closed an investment round of $2.5 billion. The financing was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Participants in this investment round include Soros Fund Management LLC, Coatue, Fidelity Management and Research Company, and Baron Capital Group. Existing shareholders Amazon and funds managed by BlackRock also participated. No new board seats have been added, and additional...

10 July 2020

Korea Herald reports that according to industry sources, Rivian is in talks with Samsung SDI for battery supply. This has been made as a conclusion after high-ranking officials of the two companies recently held a meeting that's supposed to conclude the deal. When asked to comment, an official at Samsung SDI said: "The company can’t reveal any details related to its customer." Three days ago, Lucid announced that it...

27 February 2020

Rivian and Lincoln have announced that they are working together on Lincoln's first electric vehicle, which will be based on Rivian's skateboard platform. The vehicle will progress Lincolns Quiet Flight DNA and feature advanced and intuitive technologies. It is part of Ford's planned equity investment in Rivian and a part of Fords previously announced investment of more than $11.5 billion into electrification, which...

30 January 2020

At the end of December, Rivian has closed its fourth round of investment for 2019. It amounts to $1.3 billion with main participants in the round being Amazon, Ford Motor Company and funds managed by BlackRock. The financing was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. "This investment demonstrates confidence in our team, products, technology and strategy - we are extremely excited to have...

26 December 2019

In a recent post on Twitter, Rivian has announced that it is "busy making metal." Two of the photos accompanying the post unveil body panels for pre-production of the Rivian R1T. Rivian plans to produce them at a former Mitsubishi plant in Normal, Illinois. Conceived as "adventure vehicles" Rivian's models did electrify the expectations of the audience interested in electric vehicles ever since the R1T announcement...

23 July 2019

In a conversation with Wall Street analysts at the UBS Global Industrials and Transportation Conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss said that the company will have "a complete electric lineup, including a pickup truck that’s in development." This is the second time that's widely known, in which GM tries to enter this market. The first known attempt became known in April when GM was in talks with Rivian for...

7 June 2019

Bloomberg reports that the talks between Rivian and GM regarding a possible GM investment in the Amazon-backed start-up may be broken down. This information comes from "people familiar with the matter." Evidently, GM has been widely expected to join Amazon as a strategic investor but, according to the sources, negotiations have stopped in the past two weeks. In case, they're not renewed Rivian will continue...

12 April 2019