For now, Bezos and crew are among the only ones who can sample these sleek EVs, as pandemic-related supply constraints have delayed delivery of Rivian’s R1S and R1T vehicles.
Rivian R1T pick-up truck (Image: Rivian) Being a billionaire has its perks; in between dips into pools of gold, they build oceanfront compounds, secure audiences with top celebs, and avoid the riffraff with private jets. Lately, they’ve looked beyond the confines of Earth, with Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos each blasting off for brief stints among the outer edges of our planet’s atmosphere. But once that flight suit is zipped tight and the cowboy hat is affixed to your noggin, how best to travel to the launchpad? In Bezos’ case, he and his team of fellow space explorers hopped into a Rivian electric SUV this morning and zoomed to the West Texas launch site and Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable rocket. It was a pretty obvious choice. In 2019, Amazon invested $700 million in Rivian.
