EV startup Rivian Automotive Inc. RIVN is increasing its manufacturing facility in Illinois because it gears up for the beginning of manufacturing of its new R2 automobile.
What Occurred: “R2 growth transferring shortly!,” Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe mentioned in a submit on X, previously Twitter. The CEO’s submit was accompanied by an image of the corporate’s Illinois manufacturing facility.
Rivian was initially seeking to begin manufacturing of its R2 SUV at its new manufacturing facility in Georgia. Nonetheless, the corporate halted development of the plant in Georgia final 12 months in a bid to chop prices and as a substitute determined to launch R2 at its current facility.
The choice to launch R2 in Illinois as a substitute of Georga will allow the automobile to be launched earlier and save billions in capital till the beginning of R2 manufacturing, the corporate then mentioned.
Why It Issues: The R2 is predicted to start out at round $45,000 — the identical value vary as Tesla’s best-selling Mannequin Y SUV. The brand new automobile might be smaller and cheaper than Rivian’s current R1 choices priced round $70,000, and the corporate expects it to increase its whole addressable market and cater to the demand for cheaper EVs. The corporate acquired greater than 68,000 reservations for the automobile in lower than 24 hours after unveiling it in March.
Along with its R1 autos, Rivian additionally manufactures electrical supply vans for fleet homeowners. On-line retailer Amazon.com is the principle buyer for the vans manufactured by the corporate.
For the complete 12 months 2024, Rivian delivered 51,579 EVs, inside its steerage of fifty,500 to 52,000 deliveries. The corporate, nonetheless, has but to report a constructive gross revenue in 1 / 4.
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