“To start, Rivian went to a unibody rather than body-on-frame structure for the R2, accounting for a cost savings of about 44% while reducing body weight by 37%,” pointed out Matt Wolfe, vice presiden…”
“If we can use the same part for multiple functions, that's what we do all over the place. So by doing that right out of the gate, we save about 10 kilograms. That wasn't enough. By doing that, we als…”
“A major savings came by subbing out a $200,000 supplier-produced controller to operate the microprocessor for R2’s lights with one created in-house at a cost of just ten bucks, according to Wolfe.”
“The way seats are attached also came under cost scrutiny, resulting in a change in design integrating the structure into the overall body, rather than attach them with a separate component. Savings? …”
