AT&T is Rivian’s latest EV customer following Amazon deal

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 reportedly it was making orders with Rivian at a glacial pace, at a bare minimum of 10,000 units per year. It seemingly added fuel for Rivian to try and end its exclusivity agreement.
In an email to The Verge, Rivian spokesperson Harry Porter noted that the exclusivity terms with Amazon “were due to expire eventually,” but…

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