User:Mmh65/Rivian

Facilities
As of 2019, the company had four primary locations. Its headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan are dedicated to finances, engineering, and design. A facility in Irvine, California focuses on batteries, electrical hardware, and vehicle control software, while a facility in San Jose, California develops self-driving technology and data. The 2.6-million-square-foot factory in Normal, Illinois manufactures vehicle components such as battery packs. The Normal plant has a paint shop, robotics, stamping machines, and other production equipment, such as injection molding. The company has additional office locations in Carson, California and the United Kingdom designated for electric power conversion and advanced engineering, respectively. As of 2020, the company has added two more locations to its network. The first location being in Palo Alto, California which is dedicated to cloud commerce and digital activity. The second location being in Vancouver, British Colombia which is dedicated to digital commerce. The Vancouver, British Colombia location is the second base outside of the United States for the company.

Collaborations
On 20 December 2018, professional rock climber Alex Honnold announced his partnership with Rivian as a brand partner and collaborator. During a live stream on 15 June 2019, Rivian announced plans to collaborate with the Honnold Foundation and nonprofit Casa Pueblo on a solar project aiming to establish a microgrid in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, a city that was severely affected by Hurricane Maria in 2017. Rivian plans to repurpose used battery packs from its development vehicles into stationary energy storage units. The microgrid is intended to grant residents access to electricity for core business and will be used daily to mitigate the high cost of energy in Puerto Rico, which is twice the U.S. national average. The project is expected to launch in 2020.

In addition, Rivian was teaming up with Ford's luxury brand Lincoln to make a fully electric vehicle that will be sold as a Lincoln. There was no release date for the new Lincoln electric vehicle, however, the Detroit automaker had released a statement saying, "The Lincoln battery electric vehicle will be built off of Rivian’s flexible skateboard platform and is part of Ford Motor Company’s planned equity investment in Rivian. This all-new vehicle also is part of Ford’s previously announced investment of more than $11.5 billion into electrification, which includes the Mustang Mach-E and a fully electric version of the best-selling F-150 pickup.” Despite the news from both Ford and Rivian, Lincoln Motor has recently canceled the plans to build a new fully electric vehicle based on Rivian's flexible skateboard platform.

As of 2019, Rivian announced that it was developing an electric van for Amazon using the flexible skateboard platform. Amazon has ordered 100,000 of these Vans and are expecting deliveries to start in 2021. Amazon has unveiled the delivery van made by Rivian. It includes technology such as sensing equipment and an advanced driver assist system. The driver-side door will have added protection while the back of the van will have three levels of shelving in addition to a bulkhead door for easy access. Amazon is expecting to have 10,000 of these vehicles from Rivian as early as 2022 and all 100,000 by 2030.