Rivian shifts to in-house motors to boost production

Rivian has a healthy order bank and a modern factory in Normal, Ill., but not enough computer chips for its third-party motors. So the EV maker is moving to an internally developed electric drive unit called Enduro, in an attempt to break the production bottleneck and reduce costs.

April 14, 2023 10:00 AM

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