Bezos’s big van order signals Amazon-backed rivian is ‘for real’

Jeff Bezos recently announced plans to buy 100.000 electric vans from Rivian, custom-built for Prime deliveries, as part of an Amazon environmental initiative designed to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord 10 years early. The deal follows a USD 700 million investment in Rivian that the online retailer led in February. Amazon will start making deliveries with Rivian vans in 2021. By late the following year, Rivian expects to have 10.000 vehicles on the road. The vans will be built at the company’s plant in Normal, Illinois, purchased years ago from Mitsubishi Motors Corp