Rivian teased 5 new autos past the beforehand introduced R2 and R3
Rivian could be engaged on a smaller electrical pickup truck alongside new SUVs
The brand new automobile teasers come as Volkswagen proclaims it is going to make investments $5 billion in Rivian
Rivian could also be engaged on extra fashions past the R2 compact crossover and R3/R3X compact hatchback it offered in March.
Throughout an investor presentation held on Tuesday to element a tie-up with Volkswagen Group price as much as $5 billion, Rivian confirmed a slide containing the silhouettes of 5 thriller autos. The slide confirmed the autos along with Rivian’s present lineup, all grouped in 4 columns akin to the platforms underpinning the autos.
The primary column is for the Gen 1 platform present in Rivian’s present R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck, plus the industrial van the corporate initially developed for Amazon.
The second column is for the Gen 2 platform that Rivian offered on June 6 within the up to date R1S and R1T. They arrive later this yr as 2025 fashions. The thriller automobile within the Gen 2 column is probably going an up to date model of the industrial van.
Slide from Rivian investor presentation outlining take care of Volkswagen Group – June 2024
The third column is for the Midsize platform, referred to within the slide as “MSP,” that Rivian introduced in the course of the reveal of the R2 and R3/X. There’s one other thriller automobile that’s being developed on the MSP platform, probably an R2T compact pickup truck, a trademark for which surfaced way back to 2021.
The fourth and remaining column introduces what Rivian refers to because the Reasonably priced Mass Market platform. Rivian hasn’t beforehand talked about plans for a platform past the MSP, although the slide factors to at least one coming, and with at the least three autos set to journey on it. These could also be entry-level autos to focus on a brand new crop of inexpensive EVs on the horizon, just like the $25,000 mannequin promised by Tesla.
Rivian is about to carry one other investor presentation later at this time, throughout which the corporate would possibly reveal extra particulars concerning the thriller autos.
Rivian’s new take care of VW Group will present the mandatory funding to get a few of these future automobile applications off the bottom. Below the deal, Rivian and VW Group will set up a 50:50 expertise three way partnership that can develop {hardware} and software program architectures that each corporations will introduce in autos due within the second half of the last decade.
