EV Fan
04-09-2020, 12:23 PM
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While Covid-19 dominates all components of our personal life, the ramifications have been huge for global automakers as they endure issues like production shutdowns, dealer staff reductions and postponement of delivery timelines for new EV models. 2020 was shaping up to be the “coming-out-year” for substantial EV models from automakers not named Tesla.
One of those automakers was Rivian. This week, a Rivian spokesperson disclosed that “it will be 2021” for deliveries, according to electrive.com. Meaning, the 2021 R1S electric SUV from Rivian won’t be produced and delivered in late 2020. For more perspective, the Rivian spokesperson says there’s approximately eleven employees from the fuselage team working in the Normal, IL. manufacturing plant.
More... (http://www.electricvehicleparade.com/blog/2020/4/7/rivian-delays-new-ev-models-due-to-covid-19.html)
While Covid-19 dominates all components of our personal life, the ramifications have been huge for global automakers as they endure issues like production shutdowns, dealer staff reductions and postponement of delivery timelines for new EV models. 2020 was shaping up to be the “coming-out-year” for substantial EV models from automakers not named Tesla.
One of those automakers was Rivian. This week, a Rivian spokesperson disclosed that “it will be 2021” for deliveries, according to electrive.com. Meaning, the 2021 R1S electric SUV from Rivian won’t be produced and delivered in late 2020. For more perspective, the Rivian spokesperson says there’s approximately eleven employees from the fuselage team working in the Normal, IL. manufacturing plant.
More... (http://www.electricvehicleparade.com/blog/2020/4/7/rivian-delays-new-ev-models-due-to-covid-19.html)