![]() ![]() Purchasers may pick up their SUV or truck at one of 21 delivery centers across the country. You can only order the only two models available online. Rivian’s business model is very new in an extremely traditional industry. One can easily feel the hip vibe that the not-so-rarely spotted Rivian trucks and SUVs are bringing to the local scene. State Farm Insurance is headquartered in Bloomington, and Illinois State and a couple of other colleges make Normal a true college town. ![]() Prior to the arrival of Rivian-initially expected to offer 650-1000 jobs and now with 6,500 employees and still hiring-Rivian has become a major economic engine in the Normal/Bloomington MSA. Expecting a typical automotive assembly line, as Rivian re-purposed and expanded a closed Mitsubishi plant, I instead found an enterprise much more akin to a Silicon Valley tech company nestled among hundreds of acres of Indiana sweet corn, as well as a few sheep and just a few miles drive from the campus of Illinois State University. I have spoken to this earlier and received an invitation to visit Rivian’s first and only existing manufacturing plant in the beautiful college and farm town of Normal, Illinois, a few hours’ drive or train ride from Chicago. I predict that the many benefits of a $5 billion direct investment and 7,500 new jobs will eventually outweigh challenges from some neighboring residents of Rutledge and nearby Madison, Georgia, who oppose the plant they have some questions which deserve answers, but that plant will be built. When Rivian, the start-up electric truck and SUV manufacturer set its sights and plans for its second manufacturing plant on Rutledge, Georgia, in Stanton Springs – about an hour east of Atlanta – they got my attention. I am on my third of that vehicle, each of which was manufactured in LaGrange, Georgia. However, as Georgia increasingly looks as though it may become a center in the EV universe domestically, I had been considering a flex-fuel hybrid plug-in the next time I trade in my Kia Sportage. Later models such as the Tesla offer an upscale automotive experience at a price point closer to an RV. My one deviance was the first-year model of the Pontiac Fiero, and its engine caught on fire.Įlectric cars held little attraction for me they first looked like higher-end golf carts and seemingly offered no crash protection. Never that guy with the newest gadget, toy, or hot car. Except for my long-treasured Blackberry, I have never been an early adapter. ![]()
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