Karl Furlong
2023-09-28 14:05:31
carbuzz.com
One can’t ignore Tesla’s ability to ramp up production quickly, though, making it the envy of many electric startups. Elon Musk’s company produced its five-millionth car this month, just over six months after it hit the four-million production mark.
Despite Scaringe’s comments, it would be impossible for him not to have an eye on Tesla. After all, Rivian has mirrored Tesla’s strategy several times, including building its motors in-house to save on production costs. And, like Tesla, Rivian aims to open its own charging infrastructure, too.
On a much smaller scale, Rivian is overcoming its own production hurdles and gradually getting cars into customers’ hands faster. Dual-Motor variants of the R1T pickup with the Large battery pack recently began reaching customers, and Rivian added its 5,000th electric van to Amazon’s delivery fleet in July.
We’ll see if Scaringe remains unruffled by the Cybertruck when the electric pickup finally begins to make an impact on the sales charts.