It is official: Rivian has constructed 100,000 electrical automobiles.

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe revealed the information on rival CEO Elon Musk’s social media platform X. The publish reveals off one in every of Rivian’s R1S electrical SUVs in stunning Glacier White, furnished with a banner studying “Constructed with Regular satisfaction” neatly positioned throughout the windshield.

100k Is Simply The Begin

Rivian’s first 100,000 automobiles might have been a problem, however that is solely the beginning of what could possibly be explosive future progress. With the lower-cost R2 and R3 platforms on the horizon, the automaker might quickly expertise its “Mannequin Y second.”

The EV startup started delivering automobiles to clients in September of 2021, which means it took round 2.5 years to succeed in the 100,000-unit milestone. Its climb to 100,000 proves that scaling up a brand new automotive firm may be each troublesome and include exponential progress as a result of greater than half of these automobiles—57,232 models—have been inbuilt 2023 alone.

Rivian hasn’t revealed what number of automobiles have been constructed on its consumer-facing R1 platform. Along with the R1T and R1S, Rivian additionally manufactures business-to-business EDV and ECV business vans, that are bought to fleet clients like Amazon. The automaker tells InsideEVs that it doesn’t differentiate between fashions for publicly reported manufacturing figures.

Amazon has beforehand dedicated to buying 100,000 EDVs from Rivian. In October 2023, Amazon stated that it had round 10,000 of those automobiles on the highway and plans to proceed its deployment by way of 2030.

100,000 automobiles is nothing to shake a stick at. That is an enormous accomplishment. However it’s price noting that not the entire automobiles that Rivian produced have been delivered to clients. Rivian’s quarterly gross sales figures revealed that of the 96,500 automobiles produced on the finish of Q1, roughly 11,600 models (12%) had but to be delivered.

Rivian’s progress is anticipated to proceed. The automaker not too long ago revealed its $45,000 R2 electrical SUV which is deliberate to enter manufacturing someday in 2026. The R2 is anticipated to be Rivian’s “Mannequin Y second,” accelerating gross sales by providing a extra inexpensive entry to its automobiles.

It additionally has a smaller car within the works. The lovable R3 and rowdy, performance-focused R3X have been teased similtaneously the R2, touting both a decrease entry worth (R3) or an enthusiast-focused providing (R3X) to attract in much more clients.

All of which means Rivian’s first 100,000 automobiles may be the beginning for the corporate’s explosive progress potential—so so long as it could actually maintain itself till manufacturing of the R2 and R2 formally begins. Ought to the automaker proceed to provide and promote its automobiles in giant volumes, the corporate could possibly be one of many first electrical car startups to achieve the U.S. aside from Tesla.