Rivian has WAY more pre-orders!
Rivian release their S-1 IPO statement and they have way more preorders than I estimated! Almost 4 times more than I guessed at 48,390 preorders!
Wow. I have to eat my words! My estimate was that Rivian has, at the upper end, about 13,000 total R1* orders. https://blog.hollyman.com/my-wild-speculations-on-rivian-dates/
Rivian just released their S-1 form for initial IPO today at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/000119312521289903/d157488ds1.htm#toc157488_18. That includes details on their operations and includes their hard numbers on pre-orders, as of September 30th, 2021, of 48,390!! That is a LOT more than my high-end estimate of 13,000. Now, certainly they received some recent ordersw with all of the press that came out this week, but wow, that is a lot of orders! $48M in pre-order cash is nothing to sneeze at.
This means I might have to wait a lot longer to receive an R1S model from Rivian. With all of the super-positive reviews this week, they seem to have a lot of work ahead of them to deliver on the R1T orders for their truck. The S-1 form mentions a launch date of December, 2021 for the R1S SUV. Who knows what will ultimately happen, but it becomes harder and harder to wait!
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Another very cool (at first glance) update from their S-1 form is that standing preorders for the R1T and R1S, as of September 30, 2021, will be eligable for some percent of shares in their IPO, through a directed share program:
That could be pretty good news for a lot of preorder holders. I got into the Tesla (TSLA) stock a bit late, but still had enough returns on the investement to fund my Rivian R1S purchase. Maybe Rivian can now, in return, help fund a future purchase of either an R1T, future Rivian model, or even a Tesla! Who knows what the future will hold. Certainly, Rivian will be at the mercy of the semiconductor shortages for the near future.
All I can say is, I'm quite excited to see what comes out of Rivian. I feel like I "get" what RJ Scaringe is trying to accomplish with his time on this planet. That resonates strongly with me and I have drank the kool-aid he is serving up. The only question now is: stay with Forest Green or jump to Rivian Blue? That blue just looks soooooo good.
