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Fred Lambert
@FredLambert
Editor-in-Chief at @ElectrekCo co-founder of @Combat_Edge_com, @Nesher_Canada, and @IxianEV
Joined May 2009
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I like what I'm seeing from $RIVN. This is a good quarter, and it's fair to say the progress is real across the board. Five straight quarters of climbing gross margin, from negative 16% a year ago to a positive 11% now, is the kind of progress most EV startups never get close to. While it's important to note that the software division is behind the positive margin, only losing $36 million this early in the R2 ramp-up is incredible news in my opinion. Let's add the regulatory credit in there too, and that would be a ~$140 million loss. The R2 ramp is dragging automotive margin down right now, which is expected. The whole thesis is that R2 volume flips automotive gross profit convincingly positive. And it sounds like those volumes are coming now if Rivian believes it can deliver more than 40,000 vehicles in the second half of the year – literally double what it delivered in the first half. Saying that in late July, Rivian must have great visibility into its production ramp and R2 demand. We could see pure auto margins turn positive quickly, and Rivian's financial story could change just as fast.
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Rivian (RIVN) Q2 2026 earnings: revenue up 27%, gross margins soaring by @fredlambert