Rivian Warns Dispute With Seat Supplier Threatens Production of Amazon Delivery Vans (US.RIVN) - 17 mai 2022
Rivian warned that if Commercial Vehicle Group stopped delivering the seats, the EV maker would face an imminent shutdown of its van production, which is just launching, according to the documents filed in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit. Rivian has an order for 100,000 vans from Amazon, an early investor in the startup holding a roughly 18% stake. Rivian has worked with Amazon to finalize details of the van and has begun producing and delivering them, Chief Executive RJ Scaringe told analysts during a conference call last week. He declined to say how many of the 5,000 total vehicles Rivian has produced since the start of production last fall are vans for Amazon.