Rivian to include Amazon Alexa in electric vehicles

Posted on January 7, 2020
Rivian’s manufacturing facility in Normal. (Photo courtesy Rivian)

 

By Neil Doyle

NORMAL – Rivian will be integrating Amazon Alexa into its first two all-electric vehicles.

The R1T pickup at Rivian’s plant in Normal. (Photo Twitter/Rivian)

Rivian plans to build the R1S SUV and R1T pickup at its plant in Normal later this year.

CNBC reports Rivian also will include Alexa in its previously-announced fleet of 100,000 all-electric Amazon delivery vans, which are expected to begin production in 2021. Amazon was the lead investor in a $700 million investment round into Rivian about a year ago.

The new Alexa-enabled vehicles were announced in conjunction with the CES technology conference that’s happening this week in Las Vegas.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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