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    James MartinBy James MartinFebruary 1, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Electric vehicle maker is laying off another six percent of its workforce. The company reduced its headcount by the same proportion of workers . The automaker has around 14,000 employees, according to , so it will be letting go around 840 people this time.

    As with the previous round of layoffs, Rivian says it’s focusing resources on increasing production and becoming a profitable company.”While this doesn’t impact manufacturing jobs in Normal, teams across the company will be losing passionate collaborators — teammates who stretched themselves daily and have given their all to help us execute on our mission,” CEO RJ Scaringe wrote in an email to employees. The company shared a copy of the memo with Engadget.

    As part of its push toward profitability, Rivian is attempting to ramp up production of its R1T and R1S vehicles, as well as the delivery vans it’s . It had to slash its production target for 2022 due to supply chain issues. Reuters notes that Rivian fell just short of its goal of last year.

    The company is also working on more affordable R2 electric trucks, which it plans to produce at high-volume, but it doesn’t expect to start shipping them . Rivian will build that truck at a $5 billion factory .

    “Continuing to improve our operating efficiency on our path to profitability is a core objective and requires us to concentrate our investments and resources on the highest impact parts of our business,” Scaringe wrote. “The changes we are announcing today reflect this focused roadmap.” 

    We’ll get a clearer picture of the state of Rivian’s business when it reports quarterly earnings on February 28th. The company announced its latest layoffs soon after and cut prices of their EVs, making it more difficult for newer players like Rivian to compete. Earlier this week, EV startup Arrival said it would .

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