Rivian pulls plug on EV plant, at least for now

  • The State of Georgia has committed to spending nearly $200 million on improvements to the property it purchased for the Rivian EV manufacturing plant off of I-20 in Morgan and Walton counties, including a frontage road and new exit on the interstate. MARK ENGEL/File photo
    The State of Georgia has committed to spending nearly $200 million on improvements to the property it purchased for the Rivian EV manufacturing plant off of I-20 in Morgan and Walton counties, including a frontage road and new exit on the interstate. MARK ENGEL/File photo
Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian announced March 7 that it is delaying indefinitely its plan to build an EV plant east of Atlanta, near Madison. Instead, Rivian said it will initially begin building its new R2 midsize SUV at its present location in Illinois.“Rivian’s Georgia plant remains an extremely important part of its strategy to scale production of R2 and R3,” the company wrote in…

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