Mercedes-Benz and Rivian Partner to Jointly Build Electric Vans in Europe

08 Sep 2022 | Abstracted from Tech Crunch

"Rivian currently makes electric vans for Amazon, which holds an 18% stake in the startup and has a contract for 100,000.

"The vans will be based on Mercedes-Benz's electric van platform, VAN.EA, and on Rivian's second-generation Rivian Light Van (RLV) platform."

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