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Rivian will build its next EV manufacturing plant in Georgia

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The company confirmed this in its Q3 2021 Earnings Call Shareholder Deck earlier today. Rivian has just started production and deliveries of its R1T pickup, the company’s first vehicle and the first all-electric pickup to hit the U.S. automotive market. The announcement was being prepared well ahead of the Earnings Call.

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Samsung SDI considers building battery factory near Rivian in Normal, IL

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One of the candidates left in the running is located in central Illinois near Rivian’s production facility in Normal. plant has Fort Worth, TX as frontrunner. Dan Brady stated that the Samsung battery factory is expected to employ up to 3,200 people if it chose to build in Illinois. Rivian’s $5 billion U.S.

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Rivian’s 2nd plant most likely to land in Georgia, stock responds

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The automaker’s stock responded with a slight increase on Monday morning, bringing its total rise as a publicly-traded company to over 44% since it started trading last Wednesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution claims that Rivian is already in late-stage discussions to open a plant along Interstate 20, east of Atlanta.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk sounds alarm on Lucid Motors: “They are not long for this world”

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Amid updates suggesting that Lucid is also offering customers who ordered the Air Grand Touring sedan a 10% discount if they completed their order , Elon Musk posted a rather grave prediction for the electric vehicle company. This is not the first time that Musk shared a warning about new EV companies like Lucid Motors and Rivian Automotive.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk gives Rivian invaluable advice on manufacturing

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave electric vehicle startup Rivian a bit of invaluable advice regarding manufacturing efforts that could help the company’s longevity. After reports of Rivian’s second U.S.-based “I’d recommend they get their first plant working,” Musk said on Twitter. What do you think?

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Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

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In related developments, two proposed Midwestern gasification plants with which Denbury has CO 2 purchase contracts, one in Illinois and one in Indiana, have been selected to proceed to the term sheet negotiation phase under the US Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program. Denbury Resources Inc.

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