Rivian holds kickoff ceremony for new Georgia plant 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 Springs Plant is expected to begin in 2026, with the start of customer vehicle pro...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/17

Rivian lays off 200 workers as EV credits expire, retools Normal plant for R2 On September 4, Rivian announced it is cutting about 200 jobs as it retools its Normal, Illinois, factory for production of the less expensive R2 crossover starting in 2026. “We have made some recent changes to the commercial team as part of an ongoing effort to improve operational efficiency for R2,” a Rivian spokesperson said. The sales and service layoffs represe...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/06

Rivian adds NACS plugs to its Rivian Adventure Network 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 upcoming R2 as well. Rivian is in the process of scaling up its network, which cu...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/25

Adient to invest USD 8 million in new plant to supply Rivian in Normal, Illinois 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 Avenue and adjacent to Rivian's plant to produce comple...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/22

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 it will build its mid-size R2 crossover. Rivian will occupy the top floor and lobby of Portman Holdings' Junction Krog District building, where it expects to employ around 100 p...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/18

Rivian trims workforce by another 1% ahead of R2 launch 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 its operations. A Rivian spokesperson declined to detail exactly how man...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/10

Rivian R2 zonal architecture to underpin VW Group’s future EVs 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 architecture, which Bensaid’s team is responsible for, including softwar...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/11

Infineon to supply power modules for traction inverters for Rivian's R2 Platform 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 other products for the platform, including AURI...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/19

Rivian R2 validation builds reach Normal production lines 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 e-SUV's planned roll-out early next year. Rivian is adamant that the R...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/13

attract suppliers from across the globe to invest in Illinois and continue to create good-paying jobs,” said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. In addition to the 1.2 million square foot supplier park, construction is well underway for the 1.1 million square foot expansion of the plant necessary for R2 manufacturing, expected to begin in 2026. Rivian currently builds the R1S SUV, R1T pickup, Amazon Electric Delivery Van (EDV) and Rivian Commercial...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/06

crazy things going on in the world that can affect that (timeline). But currently we are on track," said Derek Jenkins, senior vice president at Lucid. The company targets a USD 50,000 price point, as it looks to meet competitors such as the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and upcoming Rivian R2 head on. Teams at Lucid are currently working on preparing assembly lines at Casa Grande for the midsize SUV, and coordinating logistics operations...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/22

retail footprint. In connection with the spin-off, Also secured a USD 105 million investment from the venture capital fund, Eclipse Ventures. Rivian Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe will serve as Chairman on Also’s Board of Directors. Rivian meanwhile continues to make significant progress toward its R2 launch in Normal, Illinois and expects to begin customer deliveries in the first half of 2026. (Rivian press release on March 26, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/27

Rivian CEO shows R2 tooling progress ahead of production in Normal, Illinois 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 Rivian’s current R1S (USD 77,700) and R1T (USD 71,7...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/22

its strategic outlook at the Wolfe Research Virtual Autos Summit. CEO RJ Scaringe highlighted opportunities and challenges in the evolving EV marketplace.  Key points were: Rivian aims to achieve positive EBITDA by the end of 2027 through cost management and vertical integration.The launch of the R2 platform is prioritized, with a focus on reducing material costs by 45% compared to the R1. Rivian has now delivered 20,000 EDVs to Amazon. The com...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/19

Rivian 'on track' to launch affordable R2 in first half of 2026, CEO says On February 20 during its Q4 earnings call, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe confirmed that the company’s new R2 model is on track for launch in the first half of 2026 and will have a starting price around USD 45,000.  Scaringe said the company has managed to reduce material costs by 50% over the R1, already securing contracts for "95% of the bill of materials", referring to all o...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/22

rograms Office (LPO) for up to USD 6.6 billion in financial support for the construction of its next manufacturing facility in Stanton Springs North near Rutledge, Georgia. The funds will support the creation of 7,500 new manufacturing jobs and accelerate the volume expansion of the company’s new R2 SUV, which will start production first at the plant in Normal, Illinois in 2026, and the new R3 crossover. The loan will be split across the two ph...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/18

onize the discovery of new battery materials and cell technologies by leveraging artificial intelligence, computational modeling, and automated high-throughput laboratory infrastructure. novali takes on the role of technical lead in the consortium, with VUB as the project coordinator. Together with R2M, novali also played a key role in initiating and leading the consortium during the proposal writing phase. novali develops and manufactures next g...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/24

ons before the DOE enters into definitive financing documents and funds the loan, which would be secured by all assets of the project and fixed assets and guarantees of Rivian. In March, due to financial problems, Rivian said it would pause construction of the Georgia plant and begin assembling its R2 SUV in Illinois in 2026 instead to get it to market quicker and save USD 2.25 billion in capital spending.  With the DOE loan, Rivian says plans t...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/27

Rivian takes R2, R3X to venues across North America On November 13, Rivian announced on its website that it would be displaying both the upcoming R2 and R3X vehicles at various locations in the U.S. and Canada, after initially launching displays at a few select stores.  In addition to the upcoming R2 and R3X displays, Rivian has had the R2 on display at multiple locations in California, as well as in Portland, New York City, Nashville, Austin, a...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/23

Rivian begins expansion of Normal, Illinois plant for R2 production On November 12, Rivian confirmed that the expansion of its Normal, Illinois factory, which will produce the new R2 platform, has officially started. Crews on sight of the expansion have officially broken ground, Chief Operations Officer for Rivian, Javier Varela, wrote: “Rivian R2 is one step closer to coming to market! We broke ground in Normal (Illinois) to begin expanding th...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/15