Rivian

The electric automaker Rivian said Wednesday that it’s spinning off a micromobility business into its own separate startup, called Also.

The electric automaker Rivian said Thursday it has recorded its first quarterly gross profit even as the company braces for potential U.S. policy changes on incentives, tariffs and regulations that could bring “hundreds of million of dollars” in financial impact.

Mayor Chris Koos says the atmosphere in Washington, D.C., is unsettled, as the flurry of executive orders seeking to chop federal spending continues.

The Town of Normal approved the strategic plan in 2023, with only a few projects still yet to begin.

Charles McCubbin and several other former Rivian employees told WGLT they believe production demands and employee turnover combined with a lack of training have compromised safety conditions at the plant.

Plans for the new Rivian plant outside Atlanta had stalled before the federal government provided the help following an agreement that company officials say was over two years in the making.

Gov. JB Pritzker says his administration is fighting to make sure federal help promised to Rivian and other electric vehicle makers doesn't go away when Donald Trump returns to the White House.

The electric automaker Rivian says it made just under 50,000 vehicles in Normal in 2024 and that supply problems with a key motor part have been fixed.

Bloomberg News reports Rivian and the UAW have a confidential agreement for the company to take a neutral position on efforts to bring union representation to its plant in Normal.

A Town of Normal fixture is retiring after four decades in municipal government and the town is re-aligning leadership in the wake of that. Inspections Director Greg Troemel oversaw $3 billion in commercial and residential growth.