Rivian Surpasses GM As 2nd Most Valuable Carmaker

Rivian Automotive, a company that has delivered about 150 electric pickup trucks mostly to employees, has surpassed General Motors (GM) to become the nation’s second most valuable automaker, Associated Press (AP) reported.

Photo Insert: Rivian will be letting GM eat its dust as the former has overtaken the latter to capture the number two position as the US' biggest automaker in stock valuation.

The California company’s market valuation exceeded Ford’s in its first day as a public company Wednesday. Its shares rose 10% at the opening bell Thursday pushing its valuation over $90 billion.

That’s greater than Detroit’s GM, one of the biggest auto manufacturers in the world, which sold more than 6.8 million vehicles globally last year.

Rivian’s goal this year is to produce 1,000 electric vehicles. The company rolled out its first vehicle, the R1T electric truck, in September and plans to launch its electric SUV, the R1S, in December.

Ford is one of Rivian’s high-profile backers, having invested a half-billion dollars into the company in 2019. The other is Amazon, which held a 20% stake in Rivian ahead of the initial public offering.

Rather than focusing on the number of vehicles it has sold, investors are anticipating a vast potential for Rivian with the appetite growing for electric vehicles. And Rivian’s soaring stock price pulled almost all companies in the EV sector higher Thursday.

Lordstown Motors Corp. jumped 11%, Nikola Corp. 3%, Fisker Inc. more than 8% and China’s Nio Inc. rose 4%.

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