{"id":75938,"date":"2024-08-20T15:07:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T19:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75938"},"modified":"2024-08-20T15:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T19:07:57","slug":"rivian-rivn-approved-major-plant-expansion-r2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75938","title":{"rendered":"Rivian (RIVN) approved for major plant expansion for R2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After getting the green light to expand its Normal, IL plant, Rivian<\/a> (RIVN) is preparing for its more affordable R2. Rivian gained approval from the town of Normal for a massive plant expansion, including a new 1.14 million sq ft facility.<\/p>\n

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Rivian gets the green light for massive plant expansion<\/h2>\n

As anticipation builds for Rivian\u2019s smaller, more affordable R2, the EV maker is one step closer to launching production.<\/p>\n

The Normal Town Council<\/a> voted in favor of Rivian\u2019s plant expansion on Monday. The amendments to its site plan include a new \u201cR2\u201d building, a 1.14 million sq ft building on the east of the main plant.<\/p>\n

It also includes expanding its current 3.8 million sq ft plant by about 208,000 sq ft, or roughly 5%. The additions include a conveyor system connecting Rivian\u2019s current building to the new R2 facility, which is already under development.<\/p>\n

Parts of the new component will reach 64 feet high, far exceeding the code maximum height of 45 feet.<\/p>\n

Rivian was also approved for four new parking lots. Three of these are for employees, with one reserved for new vehicles waiting to be shipped out.<\/p>\n

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Rivian Normal plant expansion master plan (Source: Normal Town Council)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The only aspects of the plant expansion that need additional review are the impact on traffic and stormwater management. Rivian is conducting a traffic impact analysis that will be submitted to the Town of Normal\u2019s Director of Public Works & Engineering.<\/p>\n

Preps for R2 begin<\/h2>\n

Rivian revealed its next-gen R2<\/a> and R3 vehicles in March. Starting at $45,000, the R2 is nearly half the cost of Rivian\u2019s current R1S SUV and R1T pickup.<\/p>\n

After unveiling the R2, Rivian announced it would build the new EV in Normal<\/a> rather than its new plant in Georgia as initially planned.<\/p>\n

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Rivian R2 (Source: Rivian)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rivian said the move would get R2 to market quicker while saving around $2.25 billion. Planned upgrades will enable up to 215,000 EVs to be built in Normal, up from around 150,000.<\/p>\n

At 155,000 units annually, R2 output is expected to nearly double that of Rivian\u2019s R1T and R1S. Production is slated for early 2026.<\/p>\n

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Rivian family. From left to right R1T, R1S, R2, R3, R3X (Source: Rivian)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 4,715 mm long, 1,700 mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,935 mm, Rivian\u2019s R2 is often compared to the Tesla Model Y (4,751 mm long x 1,624 mm tall x 2,890 mm wheelbase). However, Rivian\u2019s CEO RJ Scaringe promises<\/a> its \u201cworld\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rivian\u2019s R2 is already attracting quite the fanbase. According to Rivian\u2019s Vice President of Manufacturing Tim Fallon, R2 pre-orders<\/a> are \u201cwell over 100,000\u201d and climbing.<\/p>\n

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After getting the green light to expand its Normal, IL plant, Rivian (RIVN) is preparing for its more affordable R2. Rivian gained approval from the town of Normal for a massive plant expansion, including a new 1.14 million sq ft facility. Rivian gets the green light for massive plant expansion As anticipation builds for Rivian\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}