Important step for Rivian: first international deliveries, to Canada for employees, but with parties for everyone

It was a definitely difficult 2022 for Rivianwith the many production and organizational problems, which have shaken the company financed, among others, also by Amazon and Soros.

Just at the end of the year, an important step arrives, namely expansion outside the United States, even if for now in the market neighbor and friend of Canada. As with the home market, the first deliveries in Canada also went to employees.

However Rivian also held a party to welcome families and customers interested in the products in the area Vancouverand has promised that deliveries to regular customers will also arrive within days.

After the delay in the approval of its vehicles in Canada, Rivian it also experienced delays in setting up the headquarters, in Richmond, just outside of Vancouver. The final permits from the city are arriving, which may be the reason for the delay. For the same reason, the customer party was held in an external location, with a dozen vehicles present, both pick-ups R1T what an SUV R1S.

Before the production crisis there was even talk of one factory in Europe, to satisfy any demand without exporting the vehicles from the United States, a desire that Rivian had also told us about in person, but of which we never heard from again given the difficulties. The landing in Europe probably postponed, focusing the focus on factory numbers.