Rivian da Ford sun ƙare yarjejeniyar EV

Ko da yake Rivian yana da babban lokaci tare da R1T, motar daukar kaya da ake la'akari da ita ce mafi kayan aiki kuma mafi yawan 'yancin kai, Ford ya yanke shawarar yin watsi da kawancen da Rivian don kera motocin lantarki. Shugaban Kamfanin na Ford ya ce suna da isassun fasahar kera motoci masu amfani da wutar lantarki ba tare da tsangwamar Rivian ba

Da zuwan motocin lantarki, Ford da Rivian sun shirya kafa wani kamfani na hadin gwiwa don kera motocin lantarki, duk da haka ba za su kara yin hadin gwiwa ba wajen samar da samfurin mai amfani da batir.

Labarin ya zo ranar Juma'a bayan wata hira da shugaban kamfanin Ford Jim Farley. Kocin Blue Oval ya bayyana kwarin gwiwa kan karfin Ford na kera motarsa ​​mai amfani da wutar lantarki, alama ce ta ci gaba da inganta daga abin da ya kasance shekaru biyu da suka gabata. Wannan shine lokacin da mai samar da Ford ya fito da ra'ayin SUV na lantarki, mai alamar Lincoln, dangane da Rivian.

Ford yana da kwarin gwiwa game da ikonsa na kera motocin lantarki

A baya Rivian ya sami damar kera motar lantarki a karkashin sashin alatu na Ford. Watanni kadan bayan bullar labarin, kuma bayan kwararar dala miliyan 500 daga Ford, yarjejeniyar ta lalace sakamakon matsin lamba daga COVID-19. A lokacin, wannan ya sa Ford da Rivian suka haɓaka shirye-shiryen su don wani haɗin gwiwa; yanzu da alama ba zai yi ba.

"Yanzu muna da tabbaci game da ikonmu na samun nasara a masana'antar wutar lantarki," in ji Farley. "Idan muka kwatanta yau da lokacin da muka fara sanya wannan jarin, abubuwa da yawa sun canza a cikin iyawarmu, a cikin al'amuran ci gaban iri a cikin al'amuran biyu, kuma yanzu mun fi ƙarfin abin da ya kamata mu yi. Muna son saka hannun jari a Rivian - muna son makomarsa a matsayin kamfani, amma yanzu za mu kera motocinmu."

Farley ya ce babban abin da ke faruwa shine buƙatar haɗa software na cikin gida na Ford tare da gine-ginen EV na Rivian. Farley ya ba da misalin bambancin tsarin kasuwanci tsakanin kamfanonin biyu, amma ya yaba wa Rivian don "mafi kyawun haɗin gwiwa [Ford] ya samu tare da kowane kamfani."

Rivian ya tabbatar da gibin ci gaban juna

"Kamar yadda Ford ya fadada dabarun EV na kansa kuma buƙatun motocin Rivian ya girma, mun yanke shawarar mayar da hankali kan ayyukanmu da isar da kayayyaki," in ji mai magana da yawun Rivian a cikin imel. "Dangantakarmu da Ford wani muhimmin bangare ne na tafiyarmu, kuma Ford ya kasance mai saka hannun jari kuma abokin tarayya a cikin tafiya tare zuwa makoma mai haske."

An ba da rahoton cewa Rivian yana tunanin gina shuka na biyu don biyan bukatun mabukaci tare da cika wajibai ga babban mai goyan bayan sa, Amazon. A halin da ake ciki, Ford ya riga ya zarce ƙarfin na'urorin batir ɗinsa uku da ba a gama ba da aka sanar a watan Satumba, in ji Farley. Har yanzu ba a fayyace adadin ƙarfin batirin da Ford zai buƙaci ba, amma da alama awoyi 129 gigawatt na fitarwa na shekara bai isa ba.

"Mun riga mun buƙaci fiye da yadda aka tsara," in ji Farley yayin wata hira. "Ba zan baku lamba ba, amma a fili yake cewa za mu matsa nan ba da jimawa ba kuma za a samu."

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