Rivian cuts hundreds of workers after R2 deliveries start

Rivian 在 R2 交付后裁员数百人

Rivian is laying off hundreds of workers just one week after it began deliveries of its hotly-anticipated R2 SUV, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch. 在备受期待的 R2 SUV 开始交付仅一周后，Rivian 公司向 TechCrunch 证实，他们正在裁减数百名员工。

The company said the layoffs will affect less than 2% of its overall workforce, and that it was done to boost efficiency. It’s at least the fourth round of cuts Rivian has made since the beginning of 2024. The Wall Street Journal first reported the new round of cuts on Tuesday. 该公司表示，此次裁员将影响其员工总数的不到 2%，此举旨在提高运营效率。这是 Rivian 自 2024 年初以来的至少第四轮裁员。《华尔街日报》周二首次报道了这一轮裁员消息。

“We recently restructured a handful of teams within Rivian as we work to profitably scale our business,” the company said in a statement. Rivian said the cuts impact its service and customer teams, which include sales and marketing. “为了实现业务的盈利性扩张，我们最近对 Rivian 内部的少数团队进行了重组，”该公司在一份声明中表示。Rivian 称，此次裁员影响了其服务和客户团队，其中包括销售和市场部门。

Rivian had been looking to turn its first profit in 2027 after accumulating losses of around $30 billion to date. But Rivian pushed that goal back in March because of how much money it’s spending on developing autonomous vehicle technology. 在累计亏损约 300 亿美元后，Rivian 原本计划在 2027 年实现首次盈利。但由于在自动驾驶技术研发上投入巨大，Rivian 在今年 3 月推迟了这一目标。

The profitability delay was revealed to investors alongside news that Uber plans to invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian and purchasing as many as 50,000 R2 SUVs to be used as robotaxis. Rivian has yet to demonstrate that it can develop such capabilities, though, as it currently only offers a hands-off, eyes-on-the-road feature. 这一盈利推迟的消息是在向投资者披露 Uber 计划向 Rivian 投资高达 12.5 亿美元，并购买多达 5 万辆 R2 SUV 用于自动驾驶出租车（robotaxi）的同时公布的。不过，Rivian 尚未证明其具备开发此类功能的能力，因为目前它仅提供“脱手但需注视路面”（hands-off, eyes-on-the-road）的辅助驾驶功能。