Rivian says ‘hundreds’ of R1T reservation holders will get their vehicles inside months

For some Rivian R1T reservation holders, the wait is nearly over. “Hundreds of R1T reservation holders can anticipate an invite from us within the coming days,” says Andy Bowman, director of communications at Rivian. “As soon as their order is confirmed, they’ll anticipate to take supply within the subsequent 1-4 months.”

In keeping with a Rivian help article, those that get the invitation to order an R1T will get entry to the configurator, which they’ll use to resolve which choices they need. Some configurations apparently received’t be obtainable if the corporate received’t be capable to ship them inside the subsequent 4 months. In keeping with Bowman, the choices you’ll have to attend for embody the twin motor drivetrain, max pack battery, and a few vegan leather-based choices.

Should you select to configure your truck with the choices at the moment obtainable, you’ll then have to verify your order. Doing so implies that “the manufacturing unit choices to your order might be price-protected,” so long as you don’t make any modifications, and that it’s best to anticipate to get your Rivian inside the subsequent one to 4 months.

In its earnings report final month, the corporate stated it expects to make round 50,000 automobiles this 12 months, although they seemingly received’t all be R1Ts — the corporate can be promoting an SUV, the R1S, and electrical supply automobiles for Amazon. These with R1S reservations will seemingly have to attend slightly longer. In keeping with the help article, “invites are solely being despatched to R1T reservation holders” in the intervening time.

Final quarter, Rivian says it delivered 8,054 automobiles. Whereas the quantity was decrease than analysts predicted (a proven fact that appears to have pushed down its inventory), it’s virtually double the “25,000-plus” automobiles the corporate had produced as much as the tip of 2022.