R2 Factory (Building 2 - Body Shop and General Assembly) damaged by tornado storm (April 17)

[Katsudon]

Damage to Rivian R2 factory (Building 2) from tornado / storm yesterday.

Building 2 is Body Shop and General Assembly unfortunately.

Photo by @jgilbs

And some exterior damage photos (by @Hilbe @raushel)

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[tobyringle]

Oh Jesus. Of course it did! Can't we have anything nice?

 

[AirplaneDr]

Yikes! Clean up in Aisle 13. Hope everyone is OK.

Is Building 2 the new one east of the existing factory or the new facility to the west?

 

[R1SFamilyGuy]

Not sure how it would work here but insurance should help them?

 

[ThumprMN]

Oh Jesus. Of course it did! Can't we have anything nice?

No.

 

[savethemanual]

Yikes! I'm certain if this has anything to do with affecting R2 production, it will be fixed by Monday, Ha.

 

[KRIV_ian]

Reports are this is building 2 which is the R2 body and General assembly.

 

[tivoboy]

That is a lot of damage fore sure but this is clearly not a production line building. Looks more like inventory overflow or even inventory pallets/trays storage area. Could also be inventory QC cast offs. They might tell us. More like will tell the markets.

 

[Mos Eisley]

Jose chimes in.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

OK, that's it, no deliveries until 2028 ...

 

[Katsudon]

Here's drone video showing the storm damage:

 

[Dark-Fx]

Probably won't be a big deal for R2 where things are at currently, as long as they are allowed to get occupancy while the repairs are ongoing.

 

[captainjp]

Definitely not body shop, general assembly. More like receiving to me

 

[HaveBlue]

Here's drone video showing the storm damage:

Meanwhile Normal has 22kw of excess power from the storm it's trying to offload.

 

[Mos Eisley]

Definitely not body shop, general assembly. More like receiving to me

Several sources (none are actually Rivian)

Definitely not body shop, general assembly. More like receiving to me

FWIW Reddit member International-Art360 claims to be an employee. He's commenting here.

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