Mercedes-Benz automotive group and Rivian have a new joint venture to build commercial electric vans for both automakers. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to start a strategic partnership that will build the new vans on an existing Mercedes-Benz side in Central / Eastern Europe.
There will be two van models, one built on Mercedes’ Vans Electric Architecture (VAN.EA) platform and the other on Rivian’s second generation electric van platform called Rivian Light Van (RLV).
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