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Blog Rivian Raises $350M from Cox Automotive

Discussion in 'Electric Vehicles' started by TMC Staff, Sep 10, 2019.

  1. TMC Staff

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    Rivian, which has developed an electric SUV and pickup, today announced an equity investment of $350 million from global automotive services company Cox Automotive. Cox Automotive, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is the home of nearly 30 automotive brands, including Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Pivet, RideKleen and Manheim, which transports, services, and auctions vehicles across...
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  2. Cosmacelf

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    Ok, this is almost getting odd. Normally startups raise money as they need it so that they don’t dilute early shareholders. Rivian’s raised $1.5B a year before their first car comes off the assembly line. Great fundraising prowess, but it would be nice to see more progress on the car building side.
     
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    ggr Expert in Dunning-Kruger Effect!

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    I disagree. They have a factory to refurbish, tooling to buy, robots to buy, then they have to build a bunch of them to test with the full expectation that they'll end up recycling them, before they can start meaningful production. If I were them, I'd be happy to take the money up front to know that they would be able to make it to production.
     
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    Rivian is making progress on the car building side. Their factory has completed an initial batch of pre-production models, two of which are currently making their way from Argentina to L.A.
     
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    There never any mention of crash tests either
     
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    I figure Rivian needs another two to four billion dollars to achieve production.

    Too early. I don’t think any production representative vehicles exist.

    I suspect all of what we see on the internets is mule testing vehicles (prototypes). With more than a year from launch, they don’t likely have much production tooling ready except for the most simple or basic of components.
     

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