AT&T is Rivian’s latest EV customer following Amazon deal
by Umar Shakir from The Verge - All Posts on (#6H519)
A mockup of the upcoming Rivian electric van for AT&T. | Image: AT&T Rivian finally has a second customer for its commercial electric vehicles. Today, AT&T announced it's spinning up a pilot program to switch its commercial fleets to EVs, including Rivian's commercial van and R1 platform trucks.
AT&T is Rivian's first customer to purchase commercial EVs outside of the automaker's long-exclusive deal with Amazon. In 2019, Amazon agreed to purchase 100,000 delivery vans from Rivian, but the retail giant reportedly only met bare minimum orders of 10,000 units per year, adding fuel for Rivian to try and end its exclusivity agreement.
AT&T's first Rivian EVs are expected to join the fleet in early 2024. However, there are no details on how many vehicles are in the initial pilot or whether there are more orders...