Ford's Lincoln to partner with Rivian to make electric vehicles

Reuters

Published Jan 29, 2020 01:00PM ET

Ford's Lincoln to partner with Rivian to make electric vehicles

(Reuters) - Ford Motor (NYSE:F) Co owned Lincoln Motor on Wednesday confirmed its plans to make battery-powered electric vehicles in partnership with Ford-backed startup Rivian.

The vehicle, to be built on a custom electrified chassis that resembles a skateboard, is part of Ford's investment of more than $11.5 billion electrification plans that include the roll-out of Mustang Mach-E and electric F-150 pickups.

Founded in 2009, Rivian closed a $1.3 billion investment round in December last year, and counts e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) as one of its investors.

Amazon has ordered 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from the startup, the first of which will be delivered in 2021 and built in Normal, Illinois.