Rivian is telling R1S buyers when their electric SUV should arrive

Preorder Rivian customers continue to receive their R1T and R1S shipping estimates, and despite the opposite indications, it seems that the SUV all electricity is still suitable for early arrival 2022. Delivery from R1T – Zero-emissions Rivian pickup – starts earlier this year, although in small quantities, because Startup starts to produce what has become one of the more anticipated EV.

However, not every Rivia reservation holder expects an electric pickup. At the same time announced R1T at the end of 2018, Rivian also revealed the SUV R1S. It will use the same “skateboard” architecture as pickup, but with a fully closed body and up to three lines of seating.

A series of delays, for various reasons that are not a few global semiconductor crises and pandemic Covid-19, meaning Rivian skipped the estimated launch of the final 2020 original. Some push-back saw SUVs finally pegged around December 2021.

With the notification of the first R1S launch window, the notification is now heading for preorder customers, however, there are concerns from some people who have seen Rivian. The screenshot distributed at Rivianannersforum suggested June – July 2022 is now possible, insideevs see, with the earliest with May – June 2022. Rivian has previously confirmed that it is building R1T and R1 simultaneously with the same production line on normal, il factory , while the van shipping electricity is intended for Amazon built in the second row.

Shipping notice viewed by Slashgear, meanwhile, suggested a little time line before, with one preorder customer warned to expect their R1 between March and April 2022. R1T production continued, with a second message which suggested the edition version of the launch of the pickup can be expected between February and March 2022.

Rivian hasn’t said how many EV consumers are able to be built every month. But the car maker confirmed it had more than 48,000 orders for R1T and R1S before the IPO earlier this year. The reservation holder puts a refundable deposit of $ 1,000 to risk places in line, even though the hope is that it will not be converted to actual buyers.

Come on IPO in early November, meanwhile, and the request for Rivian shares looked strong. Car makers at $ Rivn at $ 78 ahead of their Nasdaq debut, but shares opened at almost $ 107 each. Today, they sit around $ 115 each, rather moistened by the news that Ford will no longer develop EV on the Rivian skateboard architecture.

While it might be a blow, a greater impact is likely to be the Ford F-150 lighting that is close to quickly. The F-Series All-Electric Authaker truck was set to enter production in Spring 2022, after being secured more than 160,000 bookings. Significantly cheaper – in some configurations – rather than Rivian’s R1T, F-150 lightning will also use fully Heft manufacturing Ford.

Indeed, Ford plans to build 80,000 trucks every year, so the center of the Rouge electric vehicle in Michigan rises quickly. Even with that speed, it can still take up to two years for car makers to work through reservation reservations though – like Rivian – Ford prefers to discuss exactly what percentage of reservation holders are completely converted to full customers.

What Ford does not have, at least for now, is a three-line electric SUV. Explorer EV is in the pipe, although it’s not clear when it might arrive.