Raws li tsab ntawv ceeb toom Reuters thaum Lub Xya Hli 2, Asmeskas cov chaw tsim hluav taws xob tsheb hluav taws xob Rivian tau hais tias nws tsis muaj phiaj xwm los koom tes nrog Volkswagen Group ntawm kev tsim tsheb. Cov lus tshaj tawm no ua raws li xov xwm tshaj tawm qhia tias Asmeskas cov tuam txhab hluav taws xob tsheb tau sib tham ua ntej nrog Volkswagen txog kev nthuav lawv cov kev sib koom tes tsis ntev los no tshaj li software suav nrog kev tsim tsheb.
Thaum Lub Xya Hli 2, Lub Tebchaws Yelemees Handelsblatt, hais txog cov ntaub ntawv xov xwm, tau tshaj tawm tias Rivian thiab Volkswagen Group tuaj yeem nthuav dav lawv txoj kev koom tes nrog rau kev tsim Rivian tus qauv me me thiab pheej yig dua R2 ntawm Volkswagen lub tuam txhab tam sim no nyob rau hauv South Carolina.
Hauv kev teb rau tsab ntawv tshaj tawm no, tus kws tshaj lij Rivian tau hais hauv email rau Reuters tias lub tuam txhab "tsis muaj kev npaj koom tes nrog Volkswagen Group ntawm kev tsim tsheb." Tus cev lus tau lees paub tias Rivian tsis tau hloov pauv nws txoj kev npaj yuav pib R2 ntau lawm ntawm nws cov nroj tsuag Ib txwm, Illinois, ua raws li nws lub Hoobkas npaj hauv Georgia.
Volkswagen Group tsis kam tawm tswv yim rau cov lus tshaj tawm xov xwm, hais tias lawv lub hom phiaj tseem nyob hauv kev sib koom tes ntawm ob lub tuam txhab. Yav dhau los, Volkswagen tau tshaj tawm cov phiaj xwm pib tsim Scout-branded electric SUVs thiab cov tsheb thauj khoom ntawm nws cov nroj tsuag South Carolina txij li xyoo 2026. Ib tug Scout Motors tus cev lus tau hais tias, "Peb tsis tau muaj kev sib tham txog kev tsim tsheb Rivian."
Lub lim tiam dhau los, ob lub tuam txhab tau tshaj tawm tias Volkswagen yuav nqis peev txog $ 5 nphom hauv Rivian ua ib feem ntawm kev sib koom tes ntawm kev sib koom siv hluav taws xob tsheb thiab software. Reuters tau sau tseg tias thaum qhov kev thov qeeb qeeb rau lub tsheb fais fab, kev sib koom tes muab kev txhawb nqa tseem ceeb rau Rivian. Rau Volkswagen, kev sib koom ua lag luam muaj kev nkag mus rau lub tsheb hluav taws xob thev naus laus zis uas cov neeg tsim hluav taws xob niaj hnub tau tawm tsam los tsim nws tus kheej tab sis xav tau ceev.
