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One BP service station in Bloomington and Road Ranger stations in McLean and Minonk are also getting state funding to install EV charging stations.
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The electric automaker hosted a community event and discussed future plans Saturday in Uptown Normal, including manufacturing upgrades and staff expansion. The new R2 model's lower price was a point of special emphasis.
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By now, most people know the Rivian story in which a scrappy startup electric automaker brought a mothballed Mitsubishi plant back to life, hired 8,000 people, and has now gone on to make more than 100,000 vehicles. Fewer may know Rivian was not the first electric automaker in Bloomington-Normal.
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The EVTown Steering Committee and The Electrifiers hosted a town hall and exhibit all about electric vehicles Saturday at the McLean County Museum of History.
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The electric automaker Rivian dropped three surprises Thursday during the reveal of its new, more affordable SUV – including news that the vehicle will be made in Normal.
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The electric automaker Rivian will eliminate one of its three shifts in Normal next month, saying it can meet this year’s modest production goals with only two shifts because the manufacturing plant is getting more efficient.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker helped cut the ribbon Tuesday on a new $17 million manufacturing training facility – including an electric vehicle lab – at Heartland Community College in Normal.
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Electric automaker Rivian had negative gross profit of $606 million in the fourth quarter alone. Yet the company that has a production facility in Normal said it will bridge to a modest gross profit in the fourth quarter of this year.
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The electric automaker Rivian said Wednesday it plans to cut 10% of its salaried workers, citing “challenging macroeconomic conditions.” The impact on Rivian’s workforce in Normal is not expected to be significant, given that the vast majority of its 8,000 local employees are hourly.
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Rivian plans to begin production of its compact SUV, the R2, in 2026 at its new manufacturing plant in Georgia.