<story><title>Amazon reaches 10k Rivian electric delivery vans in US</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/17/amazons-fleet-of-rivian-made-electric-delivery-vans-reaches-10000-in-us/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>paxys</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know why Amazon doesn&amp;#x27;t just buy Rivian already. Their stock price is in the dumps, and Amazon as a business has gone all in on their trucks. Worst case – Rivian ends up just being Amazon&amp;#x27;s in-house delivery van manufacturer, and the costs can be rolled up into their overall logistics business. Best case – Rivian&amp;#x27;s business is a commercial success and Amazon gets to play in that space. The worst case of &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; buying them is that the company goes out of business and Amazon now has a fleet of trucks that will go obsolete once their parts need replacing. ~$17B, while not chump change, is definitely affordable for Amazon.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon reaches 10k Rivian electric delivery vans in US</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/17/amazons-fleet-of-rivian-made-electric-delivery-vans-reaches-10000-in-us/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kypro</author><text>Marques Brownlee did a great review of the van recently that&amp;#x27;s worth a watch,
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=gGrKVpYj_y4&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=gGrKVpYj_y4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s incredible how much thought they put into them.</text></comment>