Rivian Opens Up Electric Vehicle Sales to All Commercial Fleets

<p><b>IRVINE&comma; CA &&num;8212&semi; <&sol;b>Rivian Automotive announced it is opening sales for the Rivian Commercial van to fleets of all sizes in the US&period; The Rivian Commercial Van is the platform on which Amazon’s custom electric delivery van &lpar;EDV&rpar; is based&comma; and is designed from the ground up&comma; prioritizing safety&comma; driver comfort&comma; total cost of ownership and sustainability&period; Safety features include automatic emergency braking&comma; collision warnings&comma; and 360-degree visibility – meaning the Rivian Commercial Van is engineered to be among the safest vehicles on the road today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since the conclusion of Rivian and Amazon’s exclusivity period&comma; Rivian has been trialing its commercial van with several large fleets in the US&comma; and preparing its fleet management process for the mass market&period; These pilots have paved the way to enable Rivian to open sales further&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Rivian Commercial Van comes in two sizes&comma; the 500 and the 700&comma; providing a payload of up to 2&comma;663 lbs and a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of up to 9&comma;500 lbs&period;  Rivian’s in-house software stack controls nearly every interaction&comma; from unlocking the vehicle and opening the door&comma; to charging and acceleration&period; These tools help streamline the ownership experience&comma; and minimize costs&comma; while increasing safety and productivity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Tom Solomon&comma; Senior Director&comma; Business Development&comma; Rivian said&colon;<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Through existing partnerships our commercial vans have already proved incredibly successful&period; Amazon currently has more than 20&comma;000 in its fleet and delivered over a billion packages from its Electric Delivery Vans in 2024 alone&period; Over the last year we have been focusing our efforts on testing with some larger fleets&comma; and we’re really pleased with how those trials have gone&period; As a result&comma; we’re excited to now be able to open sales to fleets of all sizes in the US&comma; whether they want 1 van or thousands&period; Our vehicles are designed to not only be among the safest on the road&comma; but will also help fleet owners to reduce the cost of fleet ownership and their carbon footprint&period;” <&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;