Has anyone on this forum received a confirmed delivery date?

[Guy]

It would be a steep ramp, but they just had the first real public marketing ever with the IPO and it's now a production vehicle and not a projected one.

I'm actually surprised they don't lower the reservation deposit to $100, given that they don't need the cash now. Their stock price will be driven by that reservation number as much/more than anything for a while.

There have been debates about $100 vs $1000 and does $1000 show more seriousness? While I see the impact a larger reservation number could have on the stock in the short term this will be irrelevant if they, by some estimates, will barely get to 50k by the end of 2023.

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[Dbeglor]

There have been debates about $100 vs $1000 and does $1000 show more seriousness? While I see the impact a larger reservation number could have on the stock in the short term this will be irrelevant if they, by some estimates, will barely get to 50k by the end of 2023.

Yeah, you could argue a huge reservation number dissuades new orders that may be real if I think it may be 5 years before I get it (looking at you Ford).

 

[atlastracer]

Apparently Canadians go to the back of the line for LE. Dec 2018 pre-order....somewhere around #2600. White R1S, 20 wheels and off-road package. We have to wait until July-September 2022 now.

 

[Guy]

Apparently Canadians go to the back of the line for LE. Dec 2018 pre-order....somewhere around #2600. White R1S, 20 wheels and off-road package. We have to wait until July-September 2022 now.

Sorry to hear you are delayed more than others but does make sense for them to focus on US sales as they are rolling out US service centers first.

 

[cheungkm]

I just got a April - May 2022 delivery window email for a R1S LE in Washington State.

Pre-ordered in April 2019.

 

[EVTrucking]

I think people are underestimating the actual impact Covid is having.

Walk around the stores and look at all of the empty shelf space.

I had solar installed this year, what normally would be a 2 month process took almost 8 months to complete. If I count when the electric company coming out for the final inspection almost 10 months as I had the PTO from the electric company 2 months before they did the final inspection of the panel upgrade (I did have the final city inspection before the PTO).

I just got a April - May 2022 delivery window email for a R1S LE in Washington State.

Pre-ordered in April 2019.

Hard to believe Rivian will start delivering non LE R1Ts in January 2022.

 

[godfodder0901]

Hard to believe Rivian will start delivering non LE R1Ts in January 2022.

They won't.

 

[EVTrucking]

They won't.

Probably not but currently they are according to their website and multiple CS chats.

 

[ironpig]

Sometimes you should just listen to what others are saying, and when it contradicts your beliefs, reevaluate your belief to consider whether it is flawed.

1. Lucid's factory is orders of magnitude smaller than Rivian's, as in like 5x smaller in terms of annual production capacity. I don't even know whether they built it faster than Rivian, but it doesn't really matter because it's a false comparison.
2. Rivian would tell you that it would have been faster/easier to build a factory of equal size from scratch than to retrofit one that had been sitting vacant. Case in point, I can build a house from scratch in 12 months but it takes 6+ months to renovate a kitchen. That's why their future ones will be ground up. They likely did it because it was perhaps more cost effective, and they didn't need speed based on where they were in R&D and expected timing for launch. Also from a risk management standpoint, if the world blew up, they could walk away and sell it, whereas new construction you're committed to the whole thing once you sign a GC contract and start.
3. They are expanding Normal because at current capacity they will be supply constrained at the end of 2023 when it is expected to be running at full capacity on an annualized run rate basis. Therefore, they need to expand capacity to meet expected higher demand (which doesn't happen overnight). For the same reason, they need additional factory capacity to launch additional models which are critical to the business actually surviving (Normal will only make R1 S/T and the EDV) and to expand internationally.
4. Hubs/Service centers are absolutely impacted by the pandemic. When people talk about supply chain disruptions (which also includes labor by the way), they aren't just talking about automotive parts. It's everything.
5. It could go the other way around, for all we know, delays with Hubs/Service Centers were one of the causes of the delay in production. So, it's not as simple as just saying, why aren't they open if they planned to be selling vehicles already.

Very well put. I've been trying to tell people that it's going to be fall of next year for a lot of them and they don't want to accept it.

I don't have to like something to accept that it's true. I just have to accept that's the way it is and move on with my day.

 

[jackk0807]

Got my EDD (Oct - Dec 2022) for my Nov 21 configured R1T with adventure pack

 

[Bullitt]

Got my EDD (Oct - Dec 2022) for my Nov 21 configured R1T with adventure pack

Quick question. What other order details could you share if you dont mind me asking (Eg. Day ordered in Nov, color, off-road upgrade, etc)?

 

[jackk0807]

Quick question. What other order details could you share if you dont mind me asking (Eg. Day ordered in Nov, color, off-road upgrade, etc)?

Sure r1t adventure package, forest green (ext), ocean coast (int), 21 road wheels and a few accessories (crossbar, bike mount, floor mats). Odered 11/13/21

 

[E.S.]

April 1st, 2022! ?

... er, wait a sec! ?

 

[Ralph]

Sure r1t adventure package, forest green (ext), ocean coast (int), 21 road wheels and a few accessories (crossbar, bike mount, floor mats). Odered 11/13/21

Typo?

 

[ads75]

Typo?

Probably not a typo. I ordered an Adventure R1T late September 2021, I am also Oct-Dec 2022 time frame. If anything, his time frame makes me think mine should be earlier in the window, closer to October. Now the actual accuracy of the dates are TBD. I would not be surprised by an actual delivery in Q1 2023 either.

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