Maybe not as wealthy as Jeff Bezos, but. . .

By Gary S. Vasilash

One of the ways that Rivian hasn’t become one of those EV companies that has either gone out of business, is teetering on the edge of going out of business, or is in some weird statis that has people wondering how the heck it seems to exist, is through support of Amazon.

Back in 2019 Amazon invested $1.3 billion in the EV company and ordered 100,000 delivery vans.

And now companies of all sizes can get their own Rivian Commercial Van.

The vehicle comes in two sizes.

The 500 measures 248.5 inches long, 114.7 inches tall, and 96.4 inches wide (with mirrors).

The 700 is 278 inches long, 114.7 inches high, and 103.5 inches wide (with mirrors).

The 500 has a cargo volume of 487 cubic feet and a payload capacity of 2,663 pounds.

The 700 has a volume of 652 cubic feet and capacity of 2,258 pounds.

The 500 has an estimated range of 161 miles.

The 700’s is 160 miles.

The starting price for the 500: $79,900.

The starting price for the 700: $83,900.

Tom Solomon, senior director, Business Development, Rivian, said:

“Amazon currently has more than 20,000 in its fleet and delivered over a billion packages from its Electric Delivery Vans in 2024 alone.”

He added: “We’re excited to now be able to open sales to fleets of all sizes in the US, whether they want one van or thousands.”

Clearly they’d be happy were a fleet to go for the latter.

Of course, business being business, one would be helpful, too.