Amazon begins rollout of 'thousands' of Rivian electric delivery vans

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Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is going ahead with plans to outfit its delivery fleet with custom electric vehicles from Rivian Automotive Inc. and is beginning to roll out the first full wave of them, the company said in a news release Thursday.

The Seattle-based e-commerce company said it expects to bring "thousands" of the electric vans to more than 100 U.S. cities by the end of the year.

Amazon began testing Rivian vans in Los Angeles in early 2021 and has slowly brought them to more cities, including San Francisco and Seattle. Amazon said it has delivered over 430,000 packages using Rivian vehicles, which have driven a collective 90,000 miles.

When Amazon began investing in Rivian in 2019, the tech giant said it was ordering 100,000 vehicles for use by 2030.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2022/07/21/amazon-rivian-electric-vehicle-rollout.html

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1. Can we assume that was the plan all along...

And that there was no real plan for consumer sales?

At $70,000 plus, there’s not a lot of consumers in that market.

Factor in charging time and costs, and battery replacement/disposal, I wonder whether ev is the way to go. I’ve been thinking about buying a hybrid.

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2. i never liked hybrids, but they look better all the time.

there are a lot of entries in the consumer market, w a couple giants sleepin on it.
i would love an e-ray, tho

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4. I've seen some of the pickups around

$70k isn't out of the realm of a lot of buyers.

Ford F-150 XLT (mid range trim) is around $60k and gets 17/23 mpg. Assume 20,000 miles a year for 5 years at 20 mpg. Gas cost for 5,000 gallons at $3.50/gal is $17,500

pay me now or pay me later.

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3. I understand that Rivian is planning to lay off many workers.

I don't know any more than that, but the headline caught my eye in an article on layoffs coming.