Ford Scraps Plan to Develop an Electric Vehicle With Rivian

福特放弃与Rivian合作开发电动汽车的计划

Dow Jones Newswires · 2021/11/19 16:52

By Mike Colias

Ford Motor Co. and Rivian Automotive Inc. have decided to go their separate ways rather than collaborate on future electric vehicles, backing away from an earlier strategic pact that led to a multibillion-dollar windfall for Ford.

Executives from both companies this week decided to scrap plans for a specific electric vehicle, a Ford spokesman said Friday. The auto makers mutually decided to focus on their own projects, scrapping plans to jointly develop a new model as had been envisioned under a partnership struck in early 2019, representatives from each company said.

"Ford remains an investor and ally on our shared path to an electrified future," Rivian said. The Ford spokesman said: "Both their EV development and ours have advanced to a significant degree" since the original deal was formed, giving each company more confidence to move ahead independently.

Trade publication Automotive News earlier reported Ford's decision to end the co-development plans, citing comments from Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley during an interview.

--Ben Foldy contributed to this article.

Write to Mike Colias at Mike.Colias@wsj.com

迈克·科利亚斯(Mike Colias)著

福特汽车公司(Ford Motor Co.)和Rivian汽车公司(Rivian Automotive Inc.)已经决定分道扬镳，而不是在未来的电动汽车领域合作，放弃了早先为福特带来数十亿美元意外之财的战略协议。

福特发言人周五说，两家公司的高管本周决定放弃一款特定电动汽车的计划。两家公司的代表表示，两家汽车制造商共同决定专注于自己的项目，放弃了2019年初达成的合作伙伴关系中设想的联合开发新车型的计划。

Rivian说：“福特仍然是我们通向电气化未来的共同道路上的投资者和盟友。”福特发言人表示：自最初协议达成以来，“他们和我们的电动汽车开发都取得了很大进展”，这让两家公司都有了更多独立前进的信心。

行业刊物Automotive News早些时候援引福特首席执行长法利(Jim Farley)在接受采访时的评论报道了福特终止共同开发计划的决定。

--本·福尔迪(Ben Foldy)对本文也有贡献。

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Ford Scraps Plan to Develop an Electric Vehicle With Rivian

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