While deliveries of LI Auto (LI), XPeng (XPEV) and NIO witness a year-over-year uptick in the second quarter, RIVN and Tesla (TSLA) deliveries contract on a yearly basis.
Recently, the EV theme has regained some life, with stocks such as Tesla and Rivian Automotive enjoying strong price action following solid delivery numbers.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Rivian on Tuesday said it had no plans to produce vehicles with Volkswagen after a media report said the U.S. electric vehicle maker was in early talks with the German automaker to extend a recent partnership beyond software. German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter, that an extended partnership might include producing Rivian's smaller and less expensive R2 SUVs at VW's South Carolina plant that is currently being built. "There are no plans for production of vehicles with Volkswagen Group," a Rivian spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.