While Rivian has been forced to delay deliveries of its long-awaited R1T electric van until June 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company continues to advance its competitive electric vehicle plans.
In this video, the company’s factory in Normal, Illinois, with none other than the company’s founder, R.J. Mr Scaringe. Currently, the automaker is building pre-production models and filling the 500,000-square-foot plant with all the necessary production devices and robots.
In addition to the R1T, Rivian will also present the R1S SUV with the same skate architecture with the aim of deliveries two months after the R1T. Both cars will be presented with the same electric motor and battery configurations.
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Battery packs will be available in capacities of 105 kWh, 135 kWh and 180 kWh and will run on 4 electric motors. The entry-level style will be smart for 402 hp, the long-range variant will have 700 hp and the functionality style will be valued at 754 hp.
Unlike other new electric vehicle companies such as Nikola and Fisker, Rivian is not a public company. Since 2019, it has raised $5.3 billion in personal funding, adding more than $700 million from Amazon and more than $500 million from Ford. It also recently announced that Rivian would move most of its operations to a new facility in Irvine, California, which will have a new headquarters to upgrade its existing headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan. However, the Illinois site will remain its primary production site.
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