Deliveries of the Rivian truck have been announced, but many are not happy …
Rivian Automotive has begun informing customers who have ordered an R1T or R1S model of when they can expect delivery of their purchases, with 33.2% of deliveries expected in Q2 2022, the vehicle maker reported. electrical on its website on Friday. We recall that Rivian has so far produced only about sixty vehicles, but has over 50,000 on order.
“Thank you for your continued support of Rivian,” reads the customer notification. "Now that vehicle production is increasing at our Normal, Illinois facility, and we are developing our service and support in your region, we are able to share an updated delivery window."
Rivian plans to officially begin deliveries to third-party customers of both its R1T and R1S models in December. "By the end of 2021, we intend to produce approximately 1,200 R1T and 25 R1S and deliver approximately 1,000 R1T and 15 R1S," the company reported in a November 12 424b registration statement filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission following the IPO of 10 November. So the times are quite long, for those who have paid the advance, also because a good portion of buyers have received bad news …
In total, just over 50% of respondents reported being informed that delivery is currently expected between March and June 2022, with 33.2% of that total saying the R1T model would be delivered before June. . About 24.2% of respondents reported that delivery was scheduled for June or later. Only 1.5% reported a delivery notification before March. In short, the bulk of customers will have to wait many months to get the car worth over $ 60,000 for which they paid a large advance.
For the R1S model, 26.4% reported a delivery notification between May and September, with 11.4% reporting a delivery from July to September. About 5.4% reported receiving delivery notification before July and 2.8% reported delivery notification after September.
The survey, posted on the company's RivianForums website for customers, generated 633 responses at the end of Thursday. Customers who ordered an Adventure or Explore package were told to expect a delivery window before the end of the year. Too bad others are commenting negatively: “This is very disappointing,” user TessP100D said of its July to September delivery window. "This is not (the) spring 2022 (promised delivery)!"
User IniliRivian was more detailed, saying: “I placed my order in November 2020, just before the configurator was active. R1S… suburb of Chicago. My window is from July to September 2022. This means they have no expectation of fulfilling orders by the end of "spring 2022", as they said.
In short, there is a great disappointment among potential buyers. After all, a car company is not created out of nothing in a day, if not from the point of view of finance. If you make promises, you have to know how to keep them …
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