Electric vehicle company Rivian will be delaying its 400 miles vehicles production till the year 2023. In an email sent to customers, CEO RJ Scaringe says that the company will be priotizing the production of the standard “large” battery vehicles.
Scaringe says they will be currently producing the higher trim “Adventurer Package” with standard batteries first. Afterwards the lower “Explorer package” vehicles with bigger batteries would be produced.
That means customers who have orders for its R1T pickup trucks with “Max pack” batteries will have to wait till 2023 to receive their vehicles. Accrosding to the email, among the 71,000 preorders of its electric trucks the 400 miles “Max pack” option has about 20 percent of the orders.
Hence the need to protise the production of the other truck trims. The company has pans to build more factories to accommodate for this demand. Firstly, it has an obligation to deliver vans to E-commerce company Amazon.
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Budding electric car company Rivian will start delivering its electric vans to non-Amazon companies in 2023. The company made the announcement recently with a vague delivery date of “early 2023.”
Other companies apart from Core Investor Amazon will receive their electric vans, pickups and SUV fleets long after Amazon own delivery for its Prime subscription service. Rivian has been backed by E-commerce giant Amazon and Automaker Ford, since its inception.
Rivian now has an obligation to both customers and businesses. Electrek reports that customers who ordered the max option can change their orders to other trims. It is currently a race to meet production demand, maintain supply of scarce computer chips and ensure prompt delivery of its vehicles.
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