After Volkswagen, other manufacturers want to work with this young brand of electric cars

Rivian and Volkswagen recently reached a $5.8 billion deal to create a joint venture. A collaboration that seems to give ideas to others. The Californian manufacturer is said to be in talks with various historic car manufacturers.

In November 2024, the Wolfsburg firm, in difficulty in the electric sector, concretized its plans with the American Rivian. A partnership has officially been sealed. This collaboration is considered to be the last chance for Volkswagen. According to Oliver Blume, CEO of the German group, this partnership is intended to “ bring the best solutions to our vehicles, faster and at lower cost ».

« Many other brands are knocking on our door »

Volkswagen plans to use Rivian’s technological knowledge to develop “ a new generation architecture “. This partnership has not gone unnoticed in the automotive world. According to Wassym Bensaid, technical director at Rivian and co-general manager of the joint venture, several historic manufacturers have expressed an interest in collaborating with Rivian and accessing its technologies.

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« Many other brands are knocking on our door “, he said. Without, however, revealing names or giving details of the current discussions. “ There is no shortage of demand “, he specifies, before adding that “ the priority until 2027 is to launch the R2 », a mid-size SUV. Thanks to Rivian’s skills and Volkswagen’s investment, this new architecture could become a benchmark.

Rivian is progressing quickly

At the same time, the Irvine manufacturer continues to develop its own technologies. Particularly in the field of autonomous driving. According to The VergeRivian plans to launch a driving assistance system this year “ without hands » on the R1T and R1S. This level 2 system, comparable to Ford’s Blue Cruise or General Motors’ Super Cruise, will be limited to mapped highways.

The light bar, which the American brand’s models are equipped with, will even be able to change color to signal the activation status of the autonomous system. Currently, the models already integrate the “Driver Plus“. It offers similar functions to Tesla’s standard Autopilot. But at this rate, Rivian could well overtake its long-time rival. We will monitor this closely.