Rivian delays delivery of 400-mile R1T trucks to 2023

Rivian electric transportation startup delayed the Shipping of the R1T pickup truck 400 miles to 2023. In an email to the customer obtained by Electrek, the CEO of RJ Scinginge said the company prioritized the production of R1T vehicles equipped with “large packages” 314 miles. battery. After the order is fulfilled, it will turn her attention to the “Explorer package” battery that is more affordable and the battery “Max Pack”.

“In managing our delivery time, we optimize the order of our builds around the Build combination that will support us to increase as soon as possible and therefore has the biggest positive climate impact,” Rj wrote in email. We have reached Rivian for more information.

In the same message, Scaring Notes Max Variant Battery takes into account about 20 percent of the 71,000 Preorers R1T and R1S, the car maker has been guaranteed on December 15 this year. Which shows delays involving around 14,200 vehicles. Rivian allows people to change their orders if they want to get their previous R1T. It also promised to share more information about the shipping timing in early 2022.

Rivian has delayed R1T shipments several times over the past few years. The truck was originally scheduled to debuted in 2020, but the company finally pushed the date back to September 2021. The lack of a pandemic and chip had played a role in it, but Rivian also did not have a lot of current production capacity. It plans to destroy the new factory in Georgia next summer. However, it will not be finished until around 2024. Meanwhile, the company also has 100,000 vehicle orders that need to be fulfilled by the Amazon minority owner.