Person 1: The Rivian company was founded in 2009 by Robert Scaringe and is based in Irvine, California, but has locations in seven other cities. Rivian initially set out to produce sports cars, but following a large investment in 2015 shifted its focus towards electric autonomous vehicles with a plan for a network of related products and the "ride-sharing and driverless car markets." In 2017 the company purchased a manufacturing facility previously owned by Mitsubishi that was nearly ready for production and will see its first full calendar year of production this year. The company is for profit, has recently become publicly traded, and received most of its resources up to this point from private funding.

The company currently produces three all-electric vehicles with a wide range of customizability and gear options. Over 71,000 pre-orders for the R1 models were reported in December 2021 and 24,337 were produced in 2022. The R1T is a truck that features two electric motors on each wheel and has a range of up to 400 miles. This was named motor trend's truck of the year in 2021, but Rivian has announced they plan to eliminate the base model and focus on other variations in the future. The R1S is a sport utility vehicle in the form of an SUV that shares over 91 percent of its components with the R1T and holds up to seven passengers with the same off-roading and outdoors capabilities. The electric delivery van can be produced in models that hold up to 900 cubic feet and have the same battery pack design as the R models. As of November 2022 Amazon was operating 1,000 of these EDVs with plans to possess 100,000 by 2030 as part of their plan to become 100 percent electric by that year. The company also sells home chargers and plans a network of public charging stations to install across Canada and America. Ford and Rivian had previously planned the joint development of a vehicle to be produced for Ford's Lincoln brand, but that has since fallen through and Ford now holds a large stake in the company. The goal is a charging speed of 300kW for 600 charging stations.

Focusing on sustainability and innovation, Rivian attempts to be a leader in the automotive industry and shows that with their signature on the climate pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2040. Though the company's stock has dropped tremendously over the last year and has seen lawsuits from Tesla and other companies, they plan to continue development with the purpose of transitioning the world towards sustainable energy.

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