On September 24, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it opened a preliminary evaluation into 17,198 Rivian electric delivery vans over seat belt concerns.
The probe focuses on the driver’s front outboard seat belt anchorage system, which uses a steel-braided cable to secure the belt t

On September 16, Rivian hosted a formal groundbreaking ceremony at the company’s manufacturing site outside Social Circle, Georgia. Customer vehicle production is expected to begin in 2028, with plans to manufacture the midsize, 5-seater R2 SUV and R3 crossover.
The first phase of construction of the new Stanton Spri

On September 11, Rivian Automotive announced it is recalling certain 2025 R1S and R1T vehicles operating a software version prior to 2025.
The recall affects 24,214 vehicles in which the  Hands-Free Highway Assist (HWA) software may fail to correctly identify a lead vehicle.
Rivian noted an instance where its Level 2

On September 10, Volkswagen Group announced its new “New Level Procurement Model” with Rivian Automotive and Volkswagen Group Technologies at the 4th Semiconductor Summit during IAA Mobility 2025. The model covers over 50 semiconductor categories, including microcontrollers, power transistors, and circuit boards that

On September 8, Audi CEO Gernot Döllner confirmed the brand will become the first in the Volkswagen Group to deploy vehicles built entirely on Rivian's software architecture, with new-generation EVs set to debut from 2028 onwards. The move follows VW Group's USD 5.8 billion investment in Rivian in 2024. 
Audi's vehic

On August 28, VW Group announced it is gearing up its vehicle production for an AI-powered future. VW and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are extending their collaboration on the Digital Production Platform (DPP) – VW’s “factory cloud” designed to support automotive manufacturing – for another five years.
VW uses the DPP t

On August 5, 2025, Rivian announced its second quarter 2025 financial results. During the second quarter, Rivian produced 5,979 vehicles, 37.8% decrease and delivered 10,661 vehicles, 22.7% decrease. Production during the second quarter for both R1 products and commercial vans was limited primarily due to a variety o

On July 21, Rivian started adding Tesla/NACS cables to its Rivian Adventure Network (RAN), now enabling Tesla vehicles and other brands with NACS ports to charge on Rivian’s charging network. Rivian itself has started adopting NACS charge ports on its 2026 R1T and R1S vehicles, and will make it standard on the upcomi

On July 21, Rivian Automotive announced plans to open an office in London to further the company’s AI and autonomous driving ambitions. Rivian is looking to tap into top artificial intelligence engineering talent in London to complement its growing team in Palo Alto, California.
The Rivian Autonomy Platform currently

On July 21, Adient announced plans to invest more than USD 8 million and create at least 75 jobs to locate a new seating production facility next to the Rivian plant in Normal, Illinois, as the EV maker ramps up for its new R2 SUV. 
Adient will repurpose an existing 85,000-square-foot warehouse south of College Avenu

On July 17, Rivian announced it will establish a new East Coast Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia as part of its landmark investment in the state. The office will open in late 2025, followed by further expansion in 2026 as construction accelerates at the company’s new manufacturing site 30 miles outside the city where

On July 8, Rivian launched updated variants of its flagship Gen 2 Quad R1T pickup and R1S crossover, producing 1,025 hp and 1,198 lb-ft of torque from four electric motors built in-house at Rivian facilities for the first time.
The Gen 2 Quad R1 models accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about 2.5 seconds. Top trim levels

On June 25, Rivian began laying off what the company describes as “a small number of our salaried manufacturing employees as part of an ongoing effort to improve operational efficiency for R2.”
The midsize R2 SUV is scheduled to begin production in early 2026 in Normal, Illinois, where the company has been expanding

On July 2, Rivian Automotive announced production and delivery totals for the second quarter of 2025. 
Following its second quarter of gross profit in Q1 2025, on June 30 Rivian received a USD 1 billion equity investment from Volkswagen Group. The investment is part of the USD 5.8 billion agreement associated with th

On June 2, Wassym Bensaid, Rivian’s chief software officer and co-head of the Rivian-VW joint venture since November 2024, commented on usage of Rivian-initiated technology in future VW Group products. The partnership is limited to the software stack and the network interconnect, specifically Rivian's zonal architect

On May 20, Rivian and Samsara Inc., developer of the Connected Operations Platform, announced a collaboration designed to simplify electric fleet management, providing customers with access data on Rivian vehicles in their fleet on the Samsara Platform.
The collaboration addresses the evolving needs of businesses man

On May 19, Infineon Technologies AG announced that it will supply Rivian’s R2 platform with power modules for traction inverters. The R2 platform will use silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon (Si) modules from Infineon’s HybridPACK Drive G2 family. Supply is expected to start in 2026. Additionally, Infineon will supply

On May 6, Rivian CEO R.J. Scaringe said that validation production of Rivian’s brand-new, all-electric R2 crossover is underway at the company’s plant in Normal, Illinois. In a post shared to X/Twitter, Scaringe confirmed that "validation builds" of the R2 have reached Rivian's production line ahead of the mid-sized

On May 6, Rivian announced results from the first quarter of 2025. In Q1 2025, Rivian produced 14,611 and delivered 8,640 vehicles from its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois.
   • Total automotive revenues Q1 2025 were USD 922 million compared to USD 1.1 billion in the same period in 2024, driven in part by

On May 5, Rivian Automotive announced it is investing nearly USD 120 million to construct a supplier park in Normal, Illinois near its EV manufacturing plant, which is already underway and expected to be completed in 2026. 
Co-locating key suppliers in Normal is expected to benefit Rivian operations by reducing impor