Rivian rolls out its first batch of electric Amazon delivery vans

Rivian Automotive delivered its to start with batch of electrical delivery vans on Thursday to Amazon, an early trader that has been ready out production delays at the EV startup but can now put the futuristic vehicles to function in important U.S. metropolitan areas.

“In 2019, Rivian and Amazon committed to quickly-monitoring a new kind of shipping and delivery auto that would final result in a sizeable reduction of carbon emissions,” Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe stated in a joint statement by the organizations. “That vision is now staying understood.”

The go is another move ahead for Rivian, which has struggled to ramp up manufacturing of its electric powered R1T pickup, and has only not long ago introduced the formal launch of its R1S SUV. Rivian’s consumer autos are crafted on the R1 platform at its manufacturing facility in Typical, Ill., and the electrical delivery vans are built on a different line.

Amazon unveiled street-ready EDVs at a previous-mile shipping heart in Chicago, the businesses stated. Amazon has been tests preproduction cars since final calendar year.

“Beginning now, customers throughout the U.S. will start to see tailor made electrical delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon offers, with the electric powered cars hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas Town, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle and St. Louis, among other metropolitan areas,” the companies stated.

“This rollout is just the beginning of what is envisioned to be hundreds of Amazon’s personalized electric delivery vehicles in much more than 100 towns by the stop of this 12 months — and 100,000 across the U.S. by 2030,” the release said.

The vans for Amazon’s fleet will come in unique dimensions, based on cargo capacity.

Rivian has claimed the EDV 700, with 700 cubic toes of cargo place, is rated at just a lot more than 200 miles of array. The automaker is also making a smaller EDV 500, and options a bigger EDV 900 — both of those with at least 150 miles of array.

Amazon claimed it has included countless numbers of charging stations at its delivery centers across the place and will keep on the expansion to support the electrification of its supply fleet. Amazon is also purchasing electrical Ram ProMaster vans from Stellantis.

Rivian mentioned in its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings report that it experienced begun manufacturing and deliveries of the electric powered shipping and delivery vans, and some check vehicles have been noticed in big metropolitan areas.

“Amazon has been screening deliveries with Rivian preproduction motor vehicles due to the fact 2021, delivering more than 430,000 offers and accumulating about 90,000 miles,” the firms claimed. “This considerable tests has allowed Rivian to constantly boost the vehicle’s performance, protection and sturdiness in numerous climates and geographies.”