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

On April 2, Rivian Automotive announced production and delivery totals for the quarter ending March 31, 2025. 
The company produced 14,611 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois (up 4.5% from Q1 2024) and delivered 8,640 vehicles (down 36.4%) during the same period.
The diminished delivery numbers

On March 28, multiple sources reported that the Ministry of Economy of Serbia granted a subsidy of EUR 3.5 million to Rivian SE Europe d.o.o. The funds were allocated to the company for the establishment of a European technology center, as well as centers of excellence and shared services for Rivian’s support functio

On March 26, Rivian announced it has spun out its micromobility business into a new company: Also, Inc. Also will focus on small, lightweight vehicles designed to meet global mobility transportation challenges.
Rivian had started a stealth program focused on micromobility several years ago to examine how Rivian’s str

On March 18, Rivian’s CEO, RJ Scaringe showed how the company is making progress on its new R2 midsize electric SUV that it is building in Normal, Illinois. On a social media posting, Scaringe offered a view of an R2 body being built with production dies.
Starting at USD 45,000, the R2 will be about half the cost of

On March 20, Rivian Automotive’s CSO announced that the ID.EVERY1 model will be the first Volkswagen Group vehicle to use Rivian’s clean-sheet technology stack.
It will feature a single-zone electrical system that lowers costs while offering a range of connected car features, making advanced technology available to e