Rivian has ambitious growth plans that will also go through an IPO with which is quoter & agrave; in the bag . Precisely from the documents of the company; that will serve to tackle this important step, an interesting fact emerges and that is; that the automaker intends, in the future, to directly produce the cells for the batteries of its electric cars. However, do not do & agrave; unless supplied by its partners.
This means that the production of Rivian will serve; to integrate that of its suppliers . The manufacturer does not provide a time estimate and other details but the project appears very interesting and not too different from that of Tesla which is working to internally produce a part of the cells for its electric cars. However, the fact that precise timelines have not been communicated may be due to the fact that there are still not very clear ideas.
Moreover, the production of the R1T pickup & egrave; just started and that of the R1S SUV has yet to start. Models that should then be followed by any more cars; small to meet demand in Europe and Asia. The expansion projects, therefore, are not yet well defined and, for this reason, the manufacturer may have been on the generic side about the prospect of building the batteries directly.
In any case, this decision would suit his strategy of trying to develop and produce directly in-house as many parts of his electric cars as possible. Rivian is also rolling out its own high-power charging network, very similar in concept to Tesla's Superchargers.
At the moment, Rivian has entered into a agreement with Samsung SDI for the supply of cells for the batteries of his pickup and SUV. Is not serious; clear if any internal production would be carried out with this same partner or completely independently. A few months ago it was speculated that the company wanted to build a second plant in the United States (Project Terra) within which not only to build cars but also the cells for the batteries.
All & Era was speaking of a capacity of 50 GWh. If Rivian's growth plans go as the company hopes, it's likely that in the not too distant future we will begin to hear more; concretely plans to create his own factory for the construction of accumulators.
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