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Rivian reopens factory, delays electric pickup/SUV, but Amazon delivery van is still on time

May 28, 2020

Rivian announced that it reopened its factory in Normal, Illinois, after shutting it down due to the pandemic. It resulted in a delay in bringing the R1T electric pickup and R1S electric SUV to production, but their Amazon electric delivery van is still on time.

Now Rivian has confirmed that the first deliveries have slipped into “2021” without offering a precise timing. They will update us when they have a better idea of when exactly in 2021 they plan to be able to deliver their electric passenger vehicles.

But there’s another vehicle program that is still on time: Rivian’s electric delivery van being built for Amazon.

Last year, Rivian took a $700 million round of funding led by Amazon, and at the time, they were discussing opportunities to work together.

A few months later, we learned that one of those opportunities is building an electric delivery van for the online retail giant.

Amazon announced that they are going to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans from Rivian.

With today’s announcement that Rivian is reopening its factory, they announced the delivery van is still on time for first deliveries next year:

Amazon ordered 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from Rivian, the largest order ever of electric delivery vehicles, with vans starting to deliver packages to customers in 2021. Amazon plans to have 10,000 of the new electric vehicles on the road as early as 2022 and all 100,000 vehicles on the road by 2030 — saving millions of metric tons of carbon per year by 2030, and supports the company’s commitment to reduce its carbon emissions.

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe commented on reopening the factory:

Rivian’s return-to-work team has been laser-focused on safety with a 4-phase plan that emphasizes employee well-being. Additionally, the vehicle engineering and design teams have been truly innovative in developing digital methods to make sure that program timing remains on track.

Not much is known about the Rivian electric delivery van meant for Amazon beyond the exterior design.
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Pretty nifty. I could live in that thing. I'll take one of those, please.
 

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Some pics of the van driving around from
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I could seriously see those breakover & departure angles being an issue, even in an urban environment. Looks like that van will scrape more places than a Corvette.
 

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As someone that has worked delivery in the past (for Amazon in fact), having the floor that close to the ground would have been a godsend. From what I've seen it's a pretty nice design for delivery drivers.
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