AmazonRivian, a supporting electric car start-up, announced that its first R1T electric pickup came off the production line at a factory in Illinois on Tuesday morning local time, marking the first company in the world to bring electric pickups to market, ahead of Tesla, Inc.., GM and other competitors.
Rivian founder and CEORJ Scarlinch (Robert Joseph Scaringe) said: "after several months of trial production, our first customer vehicle drove off our production line this morning!" The joint efforts of our team made this moment possible. "
A spokesman for Rivian confirmed that the cars under production are saleable. She declined to discuss the company's production plans, including how many pickups were produced on Tuesday and which customers would receive them first.
General Motors CoThe GMC Hummer electric pickup truck is expected to be launched this autumn, and Tesla, Inc. recently postponed the delivery of his Cybertruck from this year to the end of next year.