Rivian Gallery - Climate Issue
Photograph: Cayce Clifford01Each of Rivian’s skateboard platforms includes a battery pack, motors, and inverters, seen here in close-up.
Photograph: Cayce Clifford02Rivian uses clay models—in this case, of its forthcoming SUV, the R1S—for aerodynamic testing.
Photograph: Cayce Clifford03An R1T pickup (left) and its sister SUV, the R1S, are on display in Rivian’s engineering and design studio in Plymouth, Michigan.
Photograph: Cayce Clifford04
Photograph: Cayce Clifford05Rivian 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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