Rivian R1T: Production Officially Underway
After a few delays and after the assembly of pre-production models, the first Rivian to go into actual production rolled off the assembly line yesterday morning at the company's plant in Normal, Illinois, driven by company CEO RJ Scaringe.
So Rivian has won its bet. The fledgling electric vehicle company becomes the first manufacturer to bring a non-combustion engine pickup truck to market, beating out Tesla, General Motors (GM) and Ford, among others, in a segment that promises to see many models in the coming years.
Rivian’s founder and CEO, RJ Scaringe, had this to say yesterday when announcing the production of the model on his Twitter account:
“After months of building pre-production vehicles, this morning our first customer vehicle drove off our production line in Normal! Our team's collective efforts have made this moment possible. Can't wait to get these into the hands of our customers!”
- Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, on Twitter
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