What makes Rivian unique is its ownership. Both Amazon and Ford own significant stakes in the company and provided a lot of the seed capital get it off the ground. What makes the Amazon ownership particularly meaningful is that it has already given Rivian an order for 100,000 delivery vans. This gives Rivian an enormous advantage over other standalone EV companies, in that it has a guaranteed order book of significant size that will provide cash flow for the other pieces of the business.
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