Lincoln´s luxury carmaker, affiliated with American Ford Group and emerging electric carmaker Rivian, has decided to drop their plan to develop a luxury electric SUV car. In) bear the Lincoln sign and rely on the Revian structure.
The Motor Trend website, which specializes in auto issues, pointed out that the two companies´ retreat from the plan announced last January represents a big surprise in light of the strong and wide relations between Ford and Rivian, which relations seem to be unaffected by this step.
Ford confirmed that Revian and Lincoln will continue to collaborate on other projects in the future.
The initial plan included Lincoln´s use of the basic structure of the electric car developed by Revian, which could have been considered a base for a children´s toy car, "Hot Wheels", as it could be used to install any components from wheels, gearbox, batteries, or any car body, whether it was from Lincoln or from Revian. .
It is noteworthy that the economic model of Rivian company depends on the basis of selling this structure and its basic design to various car manufacturers to use in developing electric cars bearing the trademark of these companies. Rivian also has big plans to develop electric cars in cooperation with other companies such as the American giant e-commerce company Amazon.
At the same time, Lincoln does not intend to abandon its plans to develop electric cars in the near term, as it will depend on its capabilities to develop the electric vehicle "SUV", which was to rely on the Revian chassis in the beginning.
