Ford threw $800 million behind Rivian, which is no small sum even for a giant automaker, and got 12 percent of the (unproven) electric vehicle company in return. Since then, Rivian went public (and its R1T pickup truck just happened to win a little award we like to give out every year).19Ford CEO Jim Farley says there are no plans to sell their stake in Rivian.26 Jan 2022
Ford, which has invested a total of $1.2 billion in Rivian since early 2019, has a 12% stake that the company has said was valued at more than $10 billion in early December.18 Jan 2022
Ford CEO Jim Farley says there are no plans to sell their stake in Rivian.26 Jan 2022
Amazon owns 20% of Rivian,
Vertical integration is the Tesla business model & the noise coming from that direction will not be without merit.
Although an MOU, there are two manufactirers above with plenty of reason to secure long term Lithium supply else risk their plans to capitalize on EV roll out due to raw material cost.
Ann: Lake and Ford sign non-binding MoU for lithium offtake, page-37
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