Rivian teases 5 vehicles in announcing tie-up with VW Group

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Rivian may be planning to more than double the size of its lineup in the near future.

worth up to $5 billion, Rivian showed a slide containing the silhouettes of. The slide showed the vehicles together with Rivian's current lineup, all grouped in four columns corresponding to the platforms underpinning the vehicles.

The first column is for the Gen 1 platform found in Rivian's current R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck, plus the commercial van the company originally developed for Amazon.. They arrive later this year as 2025 models. The mystery vehicle in the Gen 2 column is likely an updated version of the commercial van.The third column is for the Midsize platform, referred to in the slide as “MSP,” that Rivian announced during the reveal of the R2 and R3/X.

Rivian's new deal with VW Group will provide the necessary funding to get some of Rivian's future vehicle programs off the ground. Rivian and VW Group plan to establish a 50:50 technology joint venture that will develop hardware and software architectures that both companies will introduce into vehicles arriving in the second half of the decade.

 

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