{"id":357762,"date":"2021-10-25T22:05:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-rivian-electric-truck-problem-no-one-is-talking-about-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-10-25T22:05:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:05:55","slug":"the-rivian-electric-truck-problem-no-one-is-talking-about-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-rivian-electric-truck-problem-no-one-is-talking-about-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Rivian Electric Truck Problem No One Is Talking About \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The Rivian Electric Truck Problem No One Is Talking About \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rivian is finally fulfilling pre-orders for its R1T electric pickup truck, an off-road beast and the first fully-electric pickup to hit the market. But Rivian has a big problem that nobody\u2019s talking about\u2014it\u2019s building just two R1Ts per day.<\/p>\n

Production of the R1T began about five weeks ago. But according to a filing made with the SEC on October 22nd, Rivian has only finished manufacturing 56 of its R1T electric pickup trucks. That\u2019s a shockingly low production volume, given that Rivian has around 50,000 orders<\/a> to fulfill. (At the company\u2019s current pace, it would take over 60 years to complete these 50,000 pre-orders.)<\/p>\n

While Rivian will almost certainly increase its production volume, this slow start is not a good sign for a relatively small automaker. We\u2019re in the middle of a global chip shortage that\u2019s dramatically slowing EV production from major manufacturers like GM. If Rivian isn\u2019t prepared to deal with supply chain issues (or just doesn\u2019t know how to enter a full-scale production phase), it may run out of money.<\/p>\n

And that brings up an interesting point\u2014what if Rivian is intentionally sticking with a low R1T production volume to accommodate a more lucrative deal? The company is currently developing electric delivery trucks for Amazon<\/a>, a task that could be a lot more profitable than manufacturing electric pickup trucks.<\/p>\n

Either way, it\u2019s been five weeks and Rivian has manufactured less than 1% of its R1T pre-orders. And of the 56 electric pickups produced by Rivian, only 42 have been delivered (mostly to Rivian employees, it seems). If you\u2019re one of the 50,000-ish people to pre-order an R1T \u2026 well, I hope that you\u2019re a patient person.<\/p>\n

Source: Rivian<\/a> via InsideEVs<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n