Transportation

Rivian Gallery - Climate Issue

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    Photograph: Cayce Clifford
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    Each of Rivian’s skateboard platforms includes a battery pack, motors, and inverters, seen here in close-up.
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    Photograph: Cayce Clifford
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    Rivian uses clay models—in this case, of its forthcoming SUV, the R1S—for aerodynamic testing.
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    An R1T pickup (left) and its sister SUV, the R1S, are on display in Rivian’s engineering and design studio in Plymouth, Michigan.
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    Photograph: Cayce Clifford
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    Rivian designed its Amazon delivery van from the ground up in order to shave fractional bits of time—and millions of dollars—from the delivery process.
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