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Rivian and Volkswagen have signed a deal on a joint venture. The two companies will share electric vehicle architecture and software.
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U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood is urging the Biden administration to blacklist Chinese electric battery manufacturer Gotion for human rights violations.
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Unit 5 schools will get almost $1.1 million to buy five electric school buses, with the funding coming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2023 Clean School Bus Rebate Competition.
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Rivian officials said Tuesday there are early signs of success from their plan to more proactively generate demand for their electric vehicles – a critical step as the company looks to turn a modest gross profit by the end of this year.
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Electric automaker Rivian will hire over 550 additional full-time workers in Normal within five years as it begins production on the new R2 model — part of a $1.5 billion investment and expansion plan announced Thursday. In exchange, Rivian is set to receive $827 million in state tax breaks and other incentives over the next 30 years.
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The state’s goal of getting 1 million EVs on the road by 2030 is a lofty one. And to hit it, even communities like Bloomington-Normal that have a high EV IQ — thanks to Rivian and a resurrected EVTown initiative — will need more education and hand-holding.
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One BP service station in Bloomington and Road Ranger stations in McLean and Minonk are also getting state funding to install EV charging stations.
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The electric automaker hosted a community event and discussed future plans Saturday in Uptown Normal, including manufacturing upgrades and staff expansion. The new R2 model's lower price was a point of special emphasis.
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By now, most people know the Rivian story in which a scrappy startup electric automaker brought a mothballed Mitsubishi plant back to life, hired 8,000 people, and has now gone on to make more than 100,000 vehicles. Fewer may know Rivian was not the first electric automaker in Bloomington-Normal.
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Heartland Community College President Keith Cornille estimates the new center could attract as many as 300 more students starting in the fall.