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Found this today. Kind of hidden away on the site - looks like a recruiting/orientation video for new hires. Some familiar faces among the staff, from other videos. Anyhow, fun to watch. https://tour.rivian.com/

Good article. An article in today's Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/rivian-race-design-all-electric-pickup-truck/ Rivian Wants to Bring Electric Trucks to the Masses

Updated with statement from Rivian: Before shutting down the factory, they made a video report of the progress at the plant for its internal teams:

Update March 20, 2020: Per Rivian, at 12:30PM Pacific: Original post: From Twitter. So far...So good, I guess? Fingers crossed.

PartCatalog.com discovered by analyzing geotagged Twitter data the most anticipated vehicles for 2020 in states across the U.S.. Electric vehicles are the most anticipated in 12 states. Rivian has the most people in line for its R1T electric pickup truck in Delaware and Vermont.

No real news, but interesting what others are thinking, and why they preordered. Article: https://www.wglt.org/post/rivians-pre-order-customers-environment-key-and-so-are-questions-about-charging#stream/0 WGLT interviews five Rivian pre-order customers from across the country to reveal a...

Updated with the full podcast: This seems like it should be worth a listen. Cool. http://ow.ly/MyGO50ykrPz

Appears the R1T and R1S May be making an exhibit stop here.

Here's a well-done video posted from the San Fran event interviewing Rivian engineer Brian Gase, and R.J. Brian explains how Alexa integration will work and R.J. talks about branded chargers — the Rivian Adventure Network. Thanks to Tesla Raj for posting.

Construction has begun on battery shops at the southeast and southwest corners of the facility. A third permit — $14.7 million to P.J. Hoerr, Normal — is for a battery assembly and cell storage facility...

Body-dipping tank stands 33 feet tall - world's largest dip-process setup. Not Vaporware: Rivian Preparing to Build EVs for Ford, Amazon, and Itself Inside: Details on Ford's "Impressive" EV and Amazon's Prime delivery vans...

Anyone else catch this? Nice.

Rivian completed or started more than $24 million in remodeling, demolition, and construction work inside its Normal manufacturing plant in 2019, Town of Normal building permits show. https://www.wglt.org/post/permits-over-24-million-work-year-rivian-plant#stream/0 Permits: Over $24 Million In...

Zoom in and scroll through (swipe left) these photos of the South American trip R1Ts. The show/event models have all had Pirelli Scorpion ATs, but the white truck has Pirelli Scorpion All-Season tires. Will no doubt be an option in the configurator and something to consider. AS = less rolling...

So...what’s the guesstimate on how many new Rivian orders result from that ... reveal. Watching the YouTube comments stream by as the event unfolded was hilarious. And that production photo of the rip-off gear tunnel campstove was a nice touch. How original. Yes, it costs less, but com’on.

Someone on another post suggested “cascade” for the blue color - sounds good to me. Here’s some footage shot by ukeedaze on IG behind the scenes at a shoot with Ben Moon and company in British Columbia.

Well-done story and interview with James Dyson explaining his decision that the costs of producing an electric car were too expensive for a mass market. Includes interesting info regarding Dyson's exploration of a ceramic technology solid-state battery. I wish them well on that end - seems as...

Nice Q&A interview. Here's a quote: Q: The batteries that will power Rivian’s vehicles will also be made in Normal. How is that part of the plant looking? — "Battery is progressing really well. It’s still a wide open space, but it's the first part of the facility that’s ready in addition to...

Lots of Twitter and IG content from Sunday’s R1T and R1S appearance in Bloomington/Normal Ill. Here’s some good video. https://iggyz.com/?p=54827