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Ahead of Tesla, General Motors and other automakers, Amazon's Rivian starts production of electric pickup

Written by Valdemar Medeiros
Published 16/09/2021 às 11:46
Updated 19/08/2022 às 05:07
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Rivian's first electric pickup, controlled by Amazon, rolled off the production line (Photo: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)

Surpassing Tesla, General Motors and several other manufacturers, Amazon's Rivian launches its first electric pickup truck, the Rivian R1T. The company's CEO has already driven the vehicle which is ready to be delivered to customers

Amazon company, Rivian, comes out ahead of Tesla, General Motors and other manufacturers and launches the first unit of the production version of the Rivian R1T electric pickup, which has just left the assembly line. This action was already expected due to the approaching start of deliveries of the model, which are scheduled for this month of September.

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The Amazon company started out 12 years ago in 2009 and was called Mainstream Motors before adopting the Rivian name two years later in 2011. The Amazon company went through a big “boom” in terms of partners, investments and employees in recent years.

This Wednesday (15), RJ Scaringe, CEO of Rivian, tweeted the news and a photo of the first production electric pickup, which has the color Rivian Blue. According to the CEO's Tweet, after months of building pre-production vehicles, this Wednesday morning the company's first electric customer pickup rolled off its production line. The team's collective efforts made this moment possible, and Scaringe says he can't wait to get the model into the hands of his customers.

Rivian pulls ahead of Tesla and General Motors after electric pickup launch

Rivian produces electric pickup beating Tesla, Ford

According to the latest post on the Amazon company's website, CEO RJ Scaringe walked out driving the first electric pickup truck for the customer, surrounded by factory workers in Normal, Illinois. For now there are not many details, but it seems that Rivian has reached the stage of having the first units of the electric pickup ready for deliveries to customers, surpassing Tesla and General Motors.

It is worth mentioning that the company postponed the launch of the electric pickup, the last one being in September, a deadline that was reconfirmed by the Amazon company a few weeks ago. Soon we will have some official information about the historic milestone and details about the progress of deliveries to customers. Rivian vehicles recently received EPA range ratings of over 300 miles (482 km) on a single charge.

The company, which has surpassed Tesla and General Motors, has raised $10,5 billion since 2019 and since then has expanded its factory in Normal Illinois, created several jobs, won Amazon as a commercial customer and recently filed a confidential IPO filing.

See electric pickup specifications

The company's model that surpassed Tesla and General Motors can go from 0 to 96 km / h in just 3 seconds and still manages to tow almost 5 tons.

The model has 5 seats and a storage of 1.925 liters. Its height is 1.828 mm, length 5.537 mm, wheelbase 3.429, and its width is 2.006 mm. The volume of its front trunk is 311 liters, as well as its tunnel volume. The bucket width is 1.295 mm.

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Valdemar Medeiros

Journalist in training, specialist in creating content with a focus on SEO actions. Writes about the Automotive Industry, Renewable Energy and Science and Technology

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