Amazon, Rivian in Talks to End Exclusivity Part of Delivery-Van Pact

The Wall Street Journal2023-03-14

Under terms of a 2019 agreement, Rivian is required to sell all of the vans it makes to Amazon. In recent months, Amazon notified Rivian that it wanted to buy about 10,000 vans this year, which was ...

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