Rivian has officially Broken ground At a long-term planned factory near Atlanta, Georgia, one day it will allow the company to produce up to 400,000 next-generation electric vehicles a year.
The company held a shovel ceremony Tuesday, with CEO RJ Scaringe joining Georgia officials, including Gov. Brian Kemp. However, as TechCrunch Reported for the first time in Julythe company is still paying attention to the official construction date for the first quarter of 2026, with vehicle production starting from 2028. Much of what happens now is preparation work, such as hanging up electrical systems and water supply, and building access roads.
Rivian Project The plant will eventually create 7,500 permanent jobs and 2,000 construction jobs in the construction process. According to an email obtained by TechCrunch earlier this year, the company created 47 full-time jobs and invested about $80 million in the project as of June 30.
According to external analysis, Rivian said Tuesday that in addition to the factory work, it hopes to create “nearly 8,000 indirect jobs” with local suppliers and suppliers. Emails TechCrunch obtained earlier this year indicate that Rivian is already asking whether existing suppliers will set up operations near their Georgia plant.
Although the event has some feast, it represents an important milestone for the project, which has been surrounded by many uncertainties over the past few years.
Rivian announced plans to build a factory in Georgia shortly after his 2021 IPO. At that time, the company spent years renovating an old Mitsubishi factory in northern Illinois in order to start producing its R1T truck R1S SUV and commercial vans. However, the size of the Illinois factory limits how many cars can be built there. Rivian wanted something bigger.
Rivian, who promised to invest about $5 billion in the Georgia plant, wanted to move quickly: the company initially hopes to start construction in 2022.
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But local opposition to factories, and supply chain challenges caused by the pandemic, forced Rivian to turn his attention to Georgia for some time. In March 2024, the company announced that it had officially postponed its Georgia project to expand its Illinois plant so that it could start producing its next-generation car, ready-to-be-bearable R2 SUV.
Rivian once again listed the Georgia factory plan as a Georgia factory plan when he announced in late 2024 that it would approach the Department of Energy’s $6.6 billion loan to help with funding. The deal was completed in the last few days of Joe Biden’s presidency, although the funds would not be allocated to Rivian until certain milestones were reached.
In the weeks leading up to Donald Trump’s second term, some soon-to-be president allies targeted Rivian’s factory on a project that could be targeted by the incoming administration. Vivek Ramaswamy should co-lead Elon Musk’s government efficiency division at some point, he said the government may try Loan refund.
But Rivian’s loan remains intact, and in recent months the company has once again worked closely with the Georgia governor’s office as it has once again kicked off operations. The company has huge plans for the new plant, Scaringe told CNBC on Tuesday that he hopes it will Build vehicles for global markets By 2028.
