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Rivian reinforces commitment to build factory, bring jobs to GA
By Tim Bryant,
22 days ago
Executives for Rivian say they are committed to building a $5 billion manufacturing plant in Morgan and Walton counties. Those same Rivian executives announced a month ago that they were pausing plans for construction on the two thousand acre site near Rutledge. Rivian plans to employ upwards of 75 hundred workers for its production plant in northeast Georgia.
From WSB TV…
Executives for Rivian say they are committed to building a $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia.
Channel 2′s Richard Elliot got an exclusive first look at the three Rivian vehicles that the electric vehicle manufacturer says will be built here in Georgia.
Tony Sanger, Rivian’s Vice President of Production Facilities, told Elliot they needn’t be.
“We committed to the governor, to the state of Georgia, and the citizens of Georgia that we are coming back, and we’ll be building these R-2′s and R-3′s here in Georgia,” Sanger said.
Just last month, Kemp said Rivian told him that despite the pause, they remain committed to the Peach State.
“Everything, they’re telling us, they’re still committed. They can still meet the metrics that they have under our contractual obligations by 2030,” Kemp said.
Rivian announced a $5 billion loss last year and with a general slowdown in EV sales, it decided to pause construction at the Georgia plant and to focus on building its R-2′s in its Normal, Illinois plant.
That plan, Rivian says, could save more than $2 billion and it insists once they get the R-2′s up and running and on showroom floors, they’ll start construction here again.
If they can’t, they’ll have to pay Georgia back. But Sanger said don’t worry.
“We know we have deadlines here with the state of Georgia. We’re going to honor those deadlines with the state of Georgia, and we’ll be back in plenty of time to meet those deadlines,” Sanger said.
Sanger said those R-2s are designed for the mass market with a lower price point, so they’re hoping sales will pick up.
When they do, he said, you may see 7,500 Rivian employees at the new Georgia plant.
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