Charging up the electric vehicle market with RJ Scaringe of Rivian

Hello and welcome to How I Built This Lab. I'm Guy Raz. Rivian trucks and SEVs are some of the most in demand electric vehicles on the market. This is both a good and a bad problem to have. Good, well, because lots of people want Arivian. Bad

Because there's a backlog supply for the time being. Now back in 2022, we told the story of Rivian and its founder, RJ Scarynch. RJ and his team spent almost a decade in stealth mode working on building an electric pickup truck. And if you haven't heard that episode, it's really great. Just go scroll back in the podcast queue to find it or do a search for Rivian and how I built this in your podcast app.

Anyway, we wanted to invite RJ back for an update because the company has big plans. Not just to increase production, but also to build an all-electric mid-size SUV in 2026, one that will be significantly less expensive than its current models. But even with all of the success, Rivian has faced many challenges over the past 18 months, including the aforementioned backlog. Much of that has to do with a supply chain squeeze that is really affecting some electric vehicles. We're

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