Towing the Rivian quickly adds charge to the battery.
We're off the grid out here, and the Rivian battery is low.
Rivian is providing 135 kilowatt-hour battery packs from
its development vehicles to support the microgrid.
Ford will invest $500 million in Rivian, and use the startup's“skateboard” platform to develop a future electric vehicle.
Rivian's platform was designed for a pickup truck and SUV,
so it's likely Ford will use it for similar purposes.
In addition to the model co-developed with Rivian, Ford plans to launch an all-electric version
of its bestselling F-150 pickup truck, and a“Mustang inspired” electric crossover.
Rivian plans to launch the R1T electric pickup truck
and the R1S SUV in the U.S. in late 2020, with introduction to other global geographies starting in 2021.
Rivian, the once secretive company that made its public
debut in November with an electric pickup truck and SUV, plans to give its batteries a second life and put them to work in a solar microgrid project in Puerto Rico.