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Found this on YouTube posted 2/26/2022

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Nice to see a few R1S.
 

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Kept pausing the video but couldn't find any R1Ts that looked like the elusive Limestone.

Also, I'm kind of surprised I only noticed 2 EDVs in the video. I would have assumed that there would be a number of them outside as well, but I guess not.
 

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Interesting Vid. First thing I noticed is hardly any R1's in the employee parking lots. I would have expected a significant quantity. Towards the end of the Vid, in the New Vehicle staging lot, saw about 200 R1T's, 2 R1S's and 2 of the Amazon vans. Colors looked like White, Launch green, Blue and some greys. No Reds or Yellows. But it looked like a fair amount of activity there.
Finally, it looks like a significant addition going up on the side of the existing building, probably to ramp up production.
 

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I wonder why they did not go over the other parking lot to the top right coming around the corner at 7:14. That looked like the larger group of vehicles with 2 on a trailer. Unfortunately to far away to see what is really in there.
 
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I wonder why they did not go over the other parking lot to the top right coming around the corner at 7:14. That looked like the larger group of vehicles with 2 on a trailer. Unfortunately to far away to see what is really in there.
Seems to be quite a few more trucks staged in that parking lot. Perhaps that lot holds trucks ready to go out for delivery and the lot closer has trucks that need further work/parts.
 

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This was kinda interesting. No room to store the frames inside? or this is failed attempts to be recycled?
Rivian R1T R1S Normal Factory Drone Footage - 2/26/22 1645982274658



I wonder why they did not go over the other parking lot to the top right coming around the corner at 7:14. That looked like the larger group of vehicles with 2 on a trailer. Unfortunately to far away to see what is really in there.
Yup. It looks like a ton (may be around 1000) of R1Ts:

Rivian R1T R1S Normal Factory Drone Footage - 2/26/22 1645982727798


The big question is how many of you pick up arms if conflict expands and Russians bomb Normal? I know the ones that have got the call from their guide will.
 
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Very cool footage. You really get the feeling they are active and in the middle of an expansion. I wonder if Rivian needs someone (me) to take each vehicle on a lap around the test track before it ships? You know - all in the name of quality control….
 

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Great video... and seeing all that unused rooftop real estate makes me consider that if it was lined with solar panels it might just power the whole facility.
 

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Here's a few screen shots of trucks parked outside - in these pictures I did a ROUGH count of 350 vehicles.
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Rivian R1T R1S Normal Factory Drone Footage - 2/26/22 1645988393571
 

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First thing I noticed is hardly any R1's in the employee parking lots. I would have expected a significant quantity.
The manufacturing employees are less likely to be able to afford an R1T, even with Rivian's employee incentive (which may or may not even apply to manufacturing employees). I can't recall ever seeing a post where someone linked a delivery to a manufacturing employee. They've all been corporate employee from what I can recall.
 

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Here's a few screen shots of trucks parked outside - in these pictures I did a ROUGH count of 350 vehicles.
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Then the other lot that had a couple of cars on a trailer, over 600 in that lot. There is another one past that as well but hard to see what might be in that one.


Edit: Top right of video around 7:14
 

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People are right it looks close to a thousand vehicles. Since that is many weeks production why are so many awaiting delivery? I assumed that deliveries from Normal would be occurring regularly so not too many are stored on site.
 

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Also wondering why some of the vehicles had their hazards on? Maybe that’s an indication that the need some sort of rework?
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