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Rivian Stock: 3 Things the EV Maker's CEO Wants Investors to Know<blockquote>Rivian股票：电动汽车制造商首席执行官希望投资者了解的三件事</blockquote>
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He talked about his plans in the company's first-ever earnings call on Dec. 17.</p><p><blockquote>然而，首席执行官RJ Scaringe似乎对这一挑战感到兴奋，并热情地谈论了他的公司已经取得的成就以及未来的预期。12月17日，他在公司首次财报看涨期权上谈到了自己的计划。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Rivian Has Ambitions Beyond Profit</b></p><p><blockquote><b>Rivian的野心超越了利润</b></blockquote></p><p> Like Tesla(<b>TSLA</b>) CEO Elon Musk, Scaringe sees EVs as more than just a way to earn a profit. He's pretty passionate, or at least he appears to be, about the impact his company can make on the environment.</p><p><blockquote>像特斯拉（<b>特斯拉</b>）首席执行官埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)斯卡林奇(Scaringe)认为电动汽车不仅仅是一种盈利方式。他对自己的公司对环境的影响充满热情，或者至少看起来是这样。</blockquote></p><p> Our generation will have profound impact on the planet and the world our kid's kid's kids will inherit. We can spend a lot of time on the specifics of climate change, but the reality is we as society are rapidly changing the composition of the atmosphere. If we want life as we know it to thrive for many generations, for now we must change. This is what inspired me to start Rivian and this is what drives the decisions we made as an organization including the decision to become a public company. The challenge of shifting on fossil fuels is as big as it comes, and it's going to require people, companies and entire industries to come together in ways we never had before. From day one, our focus has always been to maximize impact, to keep the world adventurous forever. Those are bold statements, but people who buy EVs often do so because they feel as if they're doing right by the planet.</p><p><blockquote>我们这一代人将对地球和我们孩子的孩子的孩子将继承的世界产生深远的影响。我们可以花很多时间在气候变化的细节上，但现实是我们作为社会正在迅速改变大气的成分。如果我们希望我们所知道的生活能够延续几代人，现在我们必须改变。这就是激励我创办Rivian的原因，也是推动我们作为一个组织做出决策的原因，包括成为一家上市公司的决定。转向化石燃料的挑战是巨大的，它需要人们、公司和整个行业以我们前所未有的方式团结起来。从第一天起，我们的重点就一直是最大化影响，让世界永远充满冒险精神。这些都是大胆的说法，但购买电动汽车的人通常这样做是因为他们觉得自己在为地球做正确的事情。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Amazon Plays a Big Part in Rivian's Plans</b></p><p><blockquote><b>亚马逊在Rivian的计划中发挥着重要作用</b></blockquote></p><p> Amazon(<b>AMZN</b>) backed Rivian early and has placed a huge order for vans, but it can back out of taking delivery if the EV company can't deliver on its promises. Scaringe made clear that he understands the stakes.</p><p><blockquote>亚马逊（<b>AMZN</b>）很早就支持Rivian，并下了巨额货车订单，但如果这家电动汽车公司无法兑现其承诺，它可能会退出提货。斯卡林奇明确表示，他明白其中的利害关系。</blockquote></p><p> In the commercial market, we are bringing to market the Rivian Commercial Van platform. 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Scaringe laid out one of the biggest hurdles facing his company.</p><p><blockquote>Rivian有雄心勃勃的计划，它必须迅速采取行动以实现其目标，而不是看到其市值暴跌。斯卡林奇列出了他的公司面临的最大障碍之一。</blockquote></p><p> Launching and ramping production of three different vehicles within a few months is an incredibly tough challenge. This production ramp requires the simultaneous ramp of our supply chain, hiring and training of our product workforce, equipment bring-up, and rapid iterations through production quality loops. These challenges have been exacerbated, given the state of our global supply chain, tight labor market, and of course the complications from Covid. The company, he said, will fall a few vehicles short of its stated goal to produce 1,200 cars and vans by the end of 2021. He says that the company should be able to ramp up quickly in the new year.</p><p><blockquote>在几个月内推出并提高三种不同车辆的产量是一项极其艰巨的挑战。这种生产提升需要同时提升我们的供应链、雇佣和培训我们的产品员工、设备更新以及生产质量循环的快速迭代。鉴于我们全球供应链的状况、紧张的劳动力市场，当然还有Covid带来的并发症，这些挑战已经加剧。他表示，该公司将比到2021年底生产1,200辆汽车和货车的既定目标少几辆。他表示，公司应该能够在新的一年里迅速发展。</blockquote></p><p> Just as we're scaling our manufacturing facility, hundreds of our suppliers are also scaling their production to match our vehicle ramp rate. Our procurement team has remained nimble and continues to work with our supplier partners across all tiers to mitigate issues stemming from our supply chain delay of market delay to market and the Covid pandemic. Given the uncertainty within the supply chain, we decide to carry higher inventory levels than presumably assumed to help ensure we consistently have parts to build. The good news is we do not believe any of our supply chain challenges represent long-term systemic issues. Rivian in 2022 also plans to begin building a second U.S. factory, in Georgia. That factory, however, won't produce saleable vehicles until 2024.</p><p><blockquote>就在我们扩大制造设施的同时，我们的数百家供应商也在扩大生产规模，以匹配我们的车辆增长速度。我们的采购团队保持灵活，并继续与各级供应商合作伙伴合作，以缓解因供应链延迟、上市延迟和新冠疫情而产生的问题。鉴于供应链中的不确定性，我们决定保持比预期更高的库存水平，以帮助确保我们始终有零件可供制造。好消息是，我们认为我们的任何供应链挑战都不代表长期的系统性问题。Rivian还计划于2022年开始在佐治亚州建设第二家美国工厂。然而，该工厂要到2024年才能生产可销售的车辆。</blockquote></p><p></p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Rivian Stock: 3 Things the EV Maker's CEO Wants Investors to Know<blockquote>Rivian股票：电动汽车制造商首席执行官希望投资者了解的三件事</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nRivian Stock: 3 Things the EV Maker's CEO Wants Investors to Know<blockquote>Rivian股票：电动汽车制造商首席执行官希望投资者了解的三件事</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">TheStreet</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-12-28 13:50</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>Rivian(<b>RIVN</b>) has a $92 billion market cap even as it had produced only 652 vehicles and delivered 386 of those at the close of its first quarter as a public company.</p><p><blockquote>Rivian(<b>RIVN</b>）的市值为920亿美元，尽管该公司作为上市公司第一季度末仅生产了652辆汽车，交付了386辆。</blockquote></p><p> The company, of course, isn't trading based on what it has done so far, but instead on what investors expect the brand to deliver.</p><p><blockquote>当然，该公司的交易不是基于迄今为止的表现，而是基于投资者对该品牌的预期。</blockquote></p><p> That's still a very high bar for the company to reach as its market cap exceeds that of both Ford(<b>F</b>) -Get Ford Motor Company Report and General Motors(<b>GM</b>) .</p><p><blockquote>对于该公司来说，这仍然是一个非常高的门槛，因为其市值超过了福特（<b>F</b>)-获取福特汽车公司报告和通用汽车(<b>GM</b>).</blockquote></p><p> Chief Executive RJ Scaringe, however, seems excited about the challenge and spoke enthusiastically about what his company has accomplished and what it expects to do going forward. He talked about his plans in the company's first-ever earnings call on Dec. 17.</p><p><blockquote>然而，首席执行官RJ Scaringe似乎对这一挑战感到兴奋，并热情地谈论了他的公司已经取得的成就以及未来的预期。12月17日，他在公司首次财报看涨期权上谈到了自己的计划。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Rivian Has Ambitions Beyond Profit</b></p><p><blockquote><b>Rivian的野心超越了利润</b></blockquote></p><p> Like Tesla(<b>TSLA</b>) CEO Elon Musk, Scaringe sees EVs as more than just a way to earn a profit. He's pretty passionate, or at least he appears to be, about the impact his company can make on the environment.</p><p><blockquote>像特斯拉（<b>特斯拉</b>）首席执行官埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)斯卡林奇(Scaringe)认为电动汽车不仅仅是一种盈利方式。他对自己的公司对环境的影响充满热情，或者至少看起来是这样。</blockquote></p><p> Our generation will have profound impact on the planet and the world our kid's kid's kids will inherit. We can spend a lot of time on the specifics of climate change, but the reality is we as society are rapidly changing the composition of the atmosphere. If we want life as we know it to thrive for many generations, for now we must change. This is what inspired me to start Rivian and this is what drives the decisions we made as an organization including the decision to become a public company. The challenge of shifting on fossil fuels is as big as it comes, and it's going to require people, companies and entire industries to come together in ways we never had before. From day one, our focus has always been to maximize impact, to keep the world adventurous forever. Those are bold statements, but people who buy EVs often do so because they feel as if they're doing right by the planet.</p><p><blockquote>我们这一代人将对地球和我们孩子的孩子的孩子将继承的世界产生深远的影响。我们可以花很多时间在气候变化的细节上，但现实是我们作为社会正在迅速改变大气的成分。如果我们希望我们所知道的生活能够延续几代人，现在我们必须改变。这就是激励我创办Rivian的原因，也是推动我们作为一个组织做出决策的原因，包括成为一家上市公司的决定。转向化石燃料的挑战是巨大的，它需要人们、公司和整个行业以我们前所未有的方式团结起来。从第一天起，我们的重点就一直是最大化影响，让世界永远充满冒险精神。这些都是大胆的说法，但购买电动汽车的人通常这样做是因为他们觉得自己在为地球做正确的事情。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Amazon Plays a Big Part in Rivian's Plans</b></p><p><blockquote><b>亚马逊在Rivian的计划中发挥着重要作用</b></blockquote></p><p> Amazon(<b>AMZN</b>) backed Rivian early and has placed a huge order for vans, but it can back out of taking delivery if the EV company can't deliver on its promises. Scaringe made clear that he understands the stakes.</p><p><blockquote>亚马逊（<b>AMZN</b>）很早就支持Rivian，并下了巨额货车订单，但如果这家电动汽车公司无法兑现其承诺，它可能会退出提货。斯卡林奇明确表示，他明白其中的利害关系。</blockquote></p><p> In the commercial market, we are bringing to market the Rivian Commercial Van platform. Our first vehicle on this platform will be our 700-cubic-foot electric delivery van, or EDV 700. We designed these vehicles working closely with Amazon, who has placed an initial order of 100,000 EDVs. Our commercial vehicles are designed with a focus on safety, comfort and ease of operation. They offer a step change in driver experience while also delivering a lower total cost of ownership. Every commercial vehicle sold to Amazon is complemented by FleetOS, our proprietary end-to-end centralized fleet management platform with a recurring monthly subscription fee. The 700-cubic-foot EDV has achieved a range of 201 miles based on internal testing using official EPA test procedures. Basically, Rivian succeeds or fails based on its ability to keep Amazon happy. The online giant won't be the only customer for its vans, but it will be the biggest and will serve as a bellwether for any other company that considers buying one (or many) for its fleet.</p><p><blockquote>在商用市场，我们正在将Rivian商用货车平台推向市场。我们在该平台上的第一辆车辆将是我们的700立方英尺电动送货车，或EDV 700。我们与亚马逊密切合作设计了这些车辆，亚马逊已下了100,000辆EDV的初始订单。我们的商用车的设计注重安全性、舒适性和易操作性。它们为驾驶员体验带来了巨大的变化，同时也降低了总拥有成本。出售给亚马逊的每辆商用车都由FleetOS补充，FleetOS是我们专有的端到端集中式车队管理平台，每月收取经常性订阅费。根据使用EPA官方测试程序进行的内部测试，这款700立方英尺的EDV的续航里程已达到201英里。基本上，Rivian的成败取决于它能否让亚马逊满意。这家在线巨头不会是其货车的唯一客户，但它将是最大的客户，并将成为任何其他考虑为其车队购买一辆（或多辆）货车的公司的领头羊。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Manufacturing May Be the Biggest Challenge</b></p><p><blockquote><b>制造业可能是最大挑战</b></blockquote></p><p> Rivian has ambitious plans and it has to move quickly to achieve its goals and not see its market cap plummet. Scaringe laid out one of the biggest hurdles facing his company.</p><p><blockquote>Rivian有雄心勃勃的计划，它必须迅速采取行动以实现其目标，而不是看到其市值暴跌。斯卡林奇列出了他的公司面临的最大障碍之一。</blockquote></p><p> Launching and ramping production of three different vehicles within a few months is an incredibly tough challenge. This production ramp requires the simultaneous ramp of our supply chain, hiring and training of our product workforce, equipment bring-up, and rapid iterations through production quality loops. These challenges have been exacerbated, given the state of our global supply chain, tight labor market, and of course the complications from Covid. The company, he said, will fall a few vehicles short of its stated goal to produce 1,200 cars and vans by the end of 2021. He says that the company should be able to ramp up quickly in the new year.</p><p><blockquote>在几个月内推出并提高三种不同车辆的产量是一项极其艰巨的挑战。这种生产提升需要同时提升我们的供应链、雇佣和培训我们的产品员工、设备更新以及生产质量循环的快速迭代。鉴于我们全球供应链的状况、紧张的劳动力市场，当然还有Covid带来的并发症，这些挑战已经加剧。他表示，该公司将比到2021年底生产1,200辆汽车和货车的既定目标少几辆。他表示，公司应该能够在新的一年里迅速发展。</blockquote></p><p> Just as we're scaling our manufacturing facility, hundreds of our suppliers are also scaling their production to match our vehicle ramp rate. Our procurement team has remained nimble and continues to work with our supplier partners across all tiers to mitigate issues stemming from our supply chain delay of market delay to market and the Covid pandemic. Given the uncertainty within the supply chain, we decide to carry higher inventory levels than presumably assumed to help ensure we consistently have parts to build. The good news is we do not believe any of our supply chain challenges represent long-term systemic issues. Rivian in 2022 also plans to begin building a second U.S. factory, in Georgia. That factory, however, won't produce saleable vehicles until 2024.</p><p><blockquote>就在我们扩大制造设施的同时，我们的数百家供应商也在扩大生产规模，以匹配我们的车辆增长速度。我们的采购团队保持灵活，并继续与各级供应商合作伙伴合作，以缓解因供应链延迟、上市延迟和新冠疫情而产生的问题。鉴于供应链中的不确定性，我们决定保持比预期更高的库存水平，以帮助确保我们始终有零件可供制造。好消息是，我们认为我们的任何供应链挑战都不代表长期的系统性问题。Rivian还计划于2022年开始在佐治亚州建设第二家美国工厂。然而，该工厂要到2024年才能生产可销售的车辆。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.thestreet.com/investing/rivian-stock-3-things-the-ev-makers-ceo-wants-investors-to-know\">TheStreet</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"RIVN":"Rivian Automotive, Inc."},"source_url":"https://www.thestreet.com/investing/rivian-stock-3-things-the-ev-makers-ceo-wants-investors-to-know","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1165616074","content_text":"Rivian(RIVN) has a $92 billion market cap even as it had produced only 652 vehicles and delivered 386 of those at the close of its first quarter as a public company.\nThe company, of course, isn't trading based on what it has done so far, but instead on what investors expect the brand to deliver.\nThat's still a very high bar for the company to reach as its market cap exceeds that of both Ford(F) -Get Ford Motor Company Report and General Motors(GM) .\nChief Executive RJ Scaringe, however, seems excited about the challenge and spoke enthusiastically about what his company has accomplished and what it expects to do going forward. He talked about his plans in the company's first-ever earnings call on Dec. 17.\nRivian Has Ambitions Beyond Profit\nLike Tesla(TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, Scaringe sees EVs as more than just a way to earn a profit. He's pretty passionate, or at least he appears to be, about the impact his company can make on the environment.\n\n Our generation will have profound impact on the planet and the world our kid's kid's kids will inherit. We can spend a lot of time on the specifics of climate change, but the reality is we as society are rapidly changing the composition of the atmosphere. If we want life as we know it to thrive for many generations, for now we must change. This is what inspired me to start Rivian and this is what drives the decisions we made as an organization including the decision to become a public company. The challenge of shifting on fossil fuels is as big as it comes, and it's going to require people, companies and entire industries to come together in ways we never had before. From day one, our focus has always been to maximize impact, to keep the world adventurous forever.\n\nThose are bold statements, but people who buy EVs often do so because they feel as if they're doing right by the planet.\nAmazon Plays a Big Part in Rivian's Plans\nAmazon(AMZN) backed Rivian early and has placed a huge order for vans, but it can back out of taking delivery if the EV company can't deliver on its promises. Scaringe made clear that he understands the stakes.\n\n In the commercial market, we are bringing to market the Rivian Commercial Van platform. Our first vehicle on this platform will be our 700-cubic-foot electric delivery van, or EDV 700. We designed these vehicles working closely with Amazon, who has placed an initial order of 100,000 EDVs. Our commercial vehicles are designed with a focus on safety, comfort and ease of operation. They offer a step change in driver experience while also delivering a lower total cost of ownership. Every commercial vehicle sold to Amazon is complemented by FleetOS, our proprietary end-to-end centralized fleet management platform with a recurring monthly subscription fee. The 700-cubic-foot EDV has achieved a range of 201 miles based on internal testing using official EPA test procedures.\n\nBasically, Rivian succeeds or fails based on its ability to keep Amazon happy. The online giant won't be the only customer for its vans, but it will be the biggest and will serve as a bellwether for any other company that considers buying one (or many) for its fleet.\nManufacturing May Be the Biggest Challenge\nRivian has ambitious plans and it has to move quickly to achieve its goals and not see its market cap plummet. Scaringe laid out one of the biggest hurdles facing his company.\n\n Launching and ramping production of three different vehicles within a few months is an incredibly tough challenge. This production ramp requires the simultaneous ramp of our supply chain, hiring and training of our product workforce, equipment bring-up, and rapid iterations through production quality loops. These challenges have been exacerbated, given the state of our global supply chain, tight labor market, and of course the complications from Covid.\n\nThe company, he said, will fall a few vehicles short of its stated goal to produce 1,200 cars and vans by the end of 2021. He says that the company should be able to ramp up quickly in the new year.\n\n Just as we're scaling our manufacturing facility, hundreds of our suppliers are also scaling their production to match our vehicle ramp rate. Our procurement team has remained nimble and continues to work with our supplier partners across all tiers to mitigate issues stemming from our supply chain delay of market delay to market and the Covid pandemic. Given the uncertainty within the supply chain, we decide to carry higher inventory levels than presumably assumed to help ensure we consistently have parts to build. The good news is we do not believe any of our supply chain challenges represent long-term systemic issues.\n\nRivian in 2022 also plans to begin building a second U.S. factory, in Georgia. 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