Is Rivian a Chinese company?

Is Rivian a Chinese company?

Is Rivian a Chinese company?

An American startup is making autonomous SUVs for the Chinese market

A new, high-tech car company has set up shop in Silicon Valley. Its name is Rivian. It's owned by an American billionaire. But the CEO and the president of Rivian are Chinese. How does that work?

Rivian a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese tech giant JAC Motors launched in March with the promise of bringing autonomy to the masses, developing electric vehicles for the Chinese market and challenging the industry giants, including Tesla, BMW and Volvo, which control most of the luxury EV market. Its vehicles will be available only in China, and will be built in Rivian's Michigan plant. They will be sold to Chinese customers only through its own e-commerce platform.

The question is, how did this happen? said Sam Abuelshaan, a former vice president at Uber and now the chief executive of the automotive industry research and consulting firm Navigant Research. Mr. Abuelshaan said Rivian would never have succeeded if it had been a U.

The U. Is not capable of creating an autonomous vehicle, he said.

In the same month that Rivian made its debut in Michigan, Elon Musk, the Tesla founder and CEO who is also chairman of the board of directors at Tesla, Inc., posted a video online in which he stated that Tesla's future focus was on China.

Our goal in China is to sell about a million electric cars there over the next five years, he said. If we don't get there, it is my understanding that we will not be able to survive. Musk, who has taken a series of jabs at Rivian on Twitter, has not responded to repeated requests for comment. Department of Commerce, which has jurisdiction over foreign companies investing in or exporting American products or services, does not consider Rivian to be a Chinese company. Does not recognize 'China' as a country, said a department spokeswoman, adding that it is unable to determine whether an entity is a foreign corporation or other type of foreign entity.

How much is a 2023 Rivian?

The automaker says that in addition to selling you a car, you'll be able to buy a membership to access exclusive content, perks, and experiences via your RUV2, like ride-hailing or electric car-sharing privileges. It will also have a reservation service through an in-house fleet management platform. If you don't take delivery of the car, it could make money by charging on its platform when you rent out the vehicle to others.

I want one. In my 20s I never would've dreamt of having a self-driving vehicle just to get from point A to B. Even if I were a Tesla shill or knew of Musk's secret plans to save civilization through mass-autonomous flying vehicles, I wouldn't buy a car right now. Yet the idea of hopping into a future version of this and riding away for hours without human interference sounds fantastic to me. Plus, given Rivian is a huge company that already makes trucks and SUVs, owning a car business makes more sense for it than if it had built its own.

For now, I think the company's best pitch is the fact that no one owns an RUV2. It is truly not a one-person car, making it easier to imagine your entire household owning one.

I recently drove an R1S, and it was so smooth I didn't notice. The ride was super quietit barely rolled over bumps or down the road (in traffic or not). It was also as stable as a big car can be, and I felt like it was built for humans rather than robots (with a very long robot arm and camera turret). As a test, I had a group of two friends drive the vehicle around a small town at night. One of them said it felt like a car ride on a spaceship. To some people, R1S might feel a bit more like a spaceship than the X-cars. Maybe the lack of a hood is what gives it that feeling. Rivian says it made it to minimize airflow and direct its focus to the ride, which does seem to be pretty nice.

Is the Rivian coming to the UK?

Edited by John McIlroy - the team at Tesla Owners Europe have a long tradition of publishing, now more than 16 years, and they are great supporters of the Tesla Owners Manual. This is also the debut edition of Tesla Owner Europe Magazine. John McIlroy's website says: "The main topics covered: Tesla Models as Road Trips (The Road Tripper's Diary). TESLA Model S as a family car (The Family Trunk). Driving on German Autobahns (The Road Trunks's Diary). The Road Trunks's Logbook (The Road Trunk Logbook). Tesla Model X as a Sport Cruiser (The Sport Cruiser). A short presentation on the development of the Model X (The Sport Cruiser II). The Road Trunker's Logbook." "You don't buy a Tesla to show it off, you drive it every day. And that's exactly what we did from Hamburg, Germany, to Inverness, Scotland, and back again. We've lived like this for almost 2 months, driving a Tesla Model S 75D in Europe and we wrote everything about it.

The purpose of our trip was to compare a standard road trip with a Tesla to a more modern sporty road trip. Of course we had to test both worlds and learn more about Tesla. But the most important thing was to see how a modern electric vehicle works - day by day."

Tim Nannen wrote on twitter: "In mid-September, I picked up my Model S and drove the 2200 miles from the US to Europe. This book is my logbook."

We also received feedback from other readers as well. Thank you! There was a lot of interest in such a long distance trip, especially from our USA followers. One of them even drove from New York all the way to Hamburg and back just to find out more about this story. Well, in this case, the whole trip took place more than three times longer but his experience was very similar to ours.

How fast is a Rivian 0 to 60?

The long-promised future-proof electric concept could be ready to hit the roads within the next year

Rivian, the ambitious Tesla rival owned by Jeff Bezos, has released some initial teaser details about its upcoming fast-setback 'crossover-utility-vehicle' dubbed R1T and R1S models. But just how fast does a battery-powered, electric car really go? That's an important question given the fact that Rivian's upcoming R1T, when finally revealed this spring, will be aiming to rival the Tesla Model X and the upcoming new Roadster with 'Supercar-class' performance. According to Rivian, The R1T has the same drivetrain as the R1S with all-electric powertrain configuration. The R1T can do 0-60 mph in 4.4 seconds. The range of the R1T is 300 miles or greater on a single charge. When R1T arrives in customers' hands, it will also offer an optional 0-100 mph launch option, which offers a 0-100 mph time of 2.5 seconds.

The R1T has also been announced for the China market, where it will feature a range of 'Supercar-class' 200 to 300 km (124 to 186 mph) electric range according to Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe. So the first question for you might be: will it be capable of super-fast 0 to 60 times at speeds close to 150mph (241km/h)? That would mean that Rivian's new battery-electric vehicles would be faster than any previous generation Tesla Model S or Model X despite lacking their high power output. Or are they slower than the latter because of the use of regenerative braking to increase efficiency? So will the Model Y (and perhaps some other Tesla models as well) be able to hit 50 or 60-mile-per-hour city highway speeds just like a BMW 3 Series? And will its more modern, lighter design be more efficient and hence capable of achieving higher top speeds while maintaining range? Will this be another all-electric, super-fastbackpacker? Is such a vehicle capable of being a super-fastbackpacker?

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