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ivian, an electric vehicle startup, already has more than 1,800 employees (with 1,000 being added this year) and has raised $3.5 billion to build the R1T electric pickup truck and R1S three-row electric SUV at a mothballed Mitsubishi plant in Normal, Illinois. Rivian will also build an electric SUV for Ford and fulfill a contract for 100,000 electric commercial delivery vans for Amazon Prime. Rivian is led by CEO RJ Scaringe, who splits his time between operations

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