Media already have them. My neighbor is a reviewer and has had one since the Road Shows started. Influencer... what 20-100 cars if that... If you are a current owner, day 1 reservation and want an LE you will get one this summer.
With 7000 deliveries projected for Q2, my guess is that significant customer deliveries will start in July, which is only 9-10 weeks from now.
Is there any evidence that the employees that are outright buying these R2's are under any NDAs or are required to data log, etc?
400 seems very low if they are now making vehicles for internal customers to be followed in late May/early June for external customers taking delivery in late June. I would expect a low thousands figure than 400 - especially given that it was reported somewhere that 1600 employees were buying vehicles.
It was reported that they would have to give weekly updates - one of the advantages of having employees drive and test the vehicles before external customers in June. The timeline seems tight if they are just getting them now, to find issues, report them, get the issue investigated and fixed and that incorporated into manufacture for external customers within the next 8 weeks.
Just be glad they are not Ford, their customer is the dealership and that is how Ford does the sales numbers. Most US car companies operate this way. It is refreshing to see Electric Car companies consider customers as the actual drivers of the car/truck.
BNP Paribas analysts expect fewer than 400 deliveries this quarter, before volumes ramp to about 7,000 in the third quarter and about 15,000 in the fourth.
Something tells me Rivian is fully planning to underpromise and overdeliver on deliveries or being very conservative to start. I appreciate it, the feeling is that they want to get things right before going full throttle.
Ummm, this is the way of the entire world not just 'Merica.
Yes I think they are wrong given that production has started 9-10 weeks before the end of the quarter - sure they will make more than 40 a week (8 a day)
For what it's worth, someone on the subreddit who claims to work on the R2 line did confirm after the tornado incident a few days ago that they are "only producing a very limited amount" of R2s per day currently.
Good to know but the 400 estimate which means one per hour being made holds through to end of June. I think we also expect production to increase week to week. It is a hell of a jump from 400 this quarter (still over 70% of the quarter left) you going to 7000 just one quarter later.
Isn't most of the data logging "automatic" with a Rivian? In addition to the on-board up-load tech telling pretty much everything you do, employees that want an issue fixed will have the repair issue logged as a part of that process.
