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What electric car company is known for outsourcing?
My friend and I were talking about electric cars, and he said that all electric car companies make all their own components and never outsource. That doesn’t sound right to me. I was sure there was a company that was known for outsourcing. What electric car company is known for outsourcing?
Bellina Gaskey · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Great question, and we have good news for you! There are a few electric car companies that outsource, but Rivian is the company that has made the biggest wave doing so. Although companies like
Tesla
made their name on designing and fabricating all their components in house, that’s not true for all electric car companies. Rivian is taking a different approach to motors than automakers traditionally do. Traditionally, motors are in-house creations. Rivian has chosen so far to outsource its electric motors. It’s been speculated that this was done to accelerate the launch of its R1T pickup truck.
Rivian eventually plans to phase in its own motor design, along with a heat pump and 800-volt electrical architecture.
Rivian is the most well-known for outsourcing their electric motors, but there are other companies doing the same. Geely, a parent company of
Volvo
, outsources almost all of its EV motors. However, that will change as Volvo and Polestar have announced they’ve in-sourced motor development.Electric vehicles have opened the doors for a variety of different ways to source vehicle components. For instance, General Motors has designed a new generation of electric motors, but the company says it won’t be directly building them, implying that it holds the patent, but is having the building portion outsourced.
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