Ford+Rivian = the development of electric vehicles of America

25 April 2019

Ford and startup Rivian entered into a strategic agreement

Yesterday Ford Motor company and Rivian Automotive announced the beginning of strategic cooperation – Detroit invest in sites Indian half a billion dollars and that's not the biggest investment in this "startup" (the company was founded a good decade ago – in 2009), for example, Amazon in February, have invested in Rivian $700 million, and before him here also invested by Japanese Sumitomo zaibatsu. What's causing such a stir?




Just still working quietly almost firm (by the way, the name Rivian had to take because of a conflict with a major automaker who thought that the former name of a startup from Illinois too reminiscent of one of his production models) showed at the end of 2018 a successful concepts of the electric vehicle – SUV truck R1S and R1T, which intends to launch a series in 2020-2021 years, and just a promising product line will have five models on the so-called platform, skateboard, allowing to build on its base of almost any car.

Electrocautery complement your own electric mobility program Ford Motor, estimated at $11 billion, which includes electrocreaser-type "Mustang" and electropica series F-150. CEO Jim Hackett has skazal: "We believe that Rivian can benefit from the experience of Ford in the industry and its resources." Well, Ford obviously gets the opportunity to "not put all your eggs in one basket" – perhaps the American public will be more inclined to avant-garde design.