Rivian is an American electric vehicle automaker and automotive technology company founded in 2009. Rivian is based in Irvine, California, with its manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois, and other facilities in Plymouth, Michigan; Palo Alto, California; Carson, California; Vancouver, British Columbia and Woking, England.[1] In 2017, Rivian announced it was building an electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) and pickup truck on a skateboard platform that can support future vehicles or be adapted by other companies. Both vehicles are designed to be semi-autonomous and are designed for both on-road and off-road driving.