Desperate Rivian Seeks Bailout From Volkswagen
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In this video we analyze the strategic investment and joint venture formed between the EV start-up Rivian and the automobile giant Volkswagen.
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0:00 – 2:04 Intro
2:05 – 5:55 Joint Venture
5:56 – 11:49 Rivian
11:50 Volkswagen
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@wallstreetmillennial
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
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@ronaldocost4
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
What a surprise to nobody. Sell out or bankruptcy, there is no other choice. EVs are not profitable, which is why Rimac and Rivian are gone. Lucid and others to follow, and even the large diversified automakers are abandoning their plans for EVs, Ford just announced the end of the EV F150 and the start of a battery production. Except for Tesla, which somehow manages to produce profitable EVs and looking to diversify into robots and autonomous taxis, which should further increase their profitability.
@UnitedWeStand-g7u
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
I have no sympathy for any individuals or institutional investors that bought into the EV hype, they’ve never been viable alternatives to ICE vehicles and were never going to surpass them, and it was obvious from day one.
@Joey_OLIVER
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
I see martinis on the beach front and a don't call us life style.
@ltkwok
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
What about the R2 & R3?
@williamelkington5430
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Nonsense.
@gregsmith7428
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
VW has hitched itself to a welfare queen who'll drag both into the pit. Good luck!
@ironmantooltime
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
That Bugatti though, one of the worst designs I've ever seen 🤢
@MaxHarden
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Could have licensed Google Built-in for free
@mplewp
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Damn stupid of the vw group
@xetradax2679
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Saudis are trying hard to strangle EVs. Rivian going same path to oblivion as Rimac, with the help of VW
@hereforthechips7710
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
RIVIAN needs to redesign the face of their vehicles. They should have redesigned/updated it.
@td4940
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
I wish Rivian could pull the R2 and R3X in to the end of 2025.
@Shopsmith10er
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
See YouTube vid TFLEV real world usage of the new VW buzz. Absolutely dismal products from both companies. Good luck suckas
@CSTLSRY
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Both be going down hill fast.
Nobody wants your computer-pleather mobiles.
@yesdvt
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
When you print world's money and have overall military political controll you can have companies like Ruvian operating at a loss and being very "successful" 😅
@mathewkelly9968
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Smart actually Musk is going to go after his competitor RIVIAN
@abuferasabdullah
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Both will struggle . Yet Rivian will go bankrupt in 2025
@brianwest7344
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Unless your top of your game never go into software, you will have to complete with Indian worker or Eastern European workers earning 10% of what you need to live on. Oh and if you're a white male your promotion chances are practically zero.
@MrJDG2011
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
What you hugely underestimated, as you did mention VW relliance on subindustries, is the overall effect it will have on the german market, as not just VW struggles, but very other german brand does as well. This is already leading to these subindustries (which produce parts for other brands as well) coming close to collapsing.
Also VW is doing something that has been done countless times before in germany. You privatise any finfnacial gains and socialise is anything goes wrong. That means that they basically say that they are going down to get cheap financial aid from the german federal state. Nothing new really
@companymen42
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
To be fair to Rivian, kinda hard to sell luxury cars in an economy where people are struggling to buy milk and toilet paper
@lilhaxxor
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Why not sell off everything ? Given his experience, he can start a new business, especially if they have strong software engineers.
@legnuminamerica
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Amazon, Ford, Blackrock and Vanguard own Rivian All these companies have plenty of money than to borrow from American taxpayers.
@petertaylor8922
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
More UNINFORMED rubbish…it was VW who sort the collaboration with RIVIAN specifically for their software.
@Martinko_Pcik
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Two non swimmers helping each other in the deep water. It will be ugly, but maybe one will survive.
@rashaunjones9063
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Dang… bought rivian stock at $10.20… ain’t looking good captain
@magnus3833
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Of course they have problems, I never seen such a ridiculous ugly car!
@deeznaughtz
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
What if Steevo never did drugs ^^^^
@CompTechMike
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
trolls on the Internet forums have been saying for years that "Rivian is bankrupt". Yet they still have $7B cash on hand, a deal with Amazon for 100k vehicles, new $5.8B JV with Volkswagen, growing charging network, growing network of service centers, more than 100k vehicles on the road, additional partnerships with other "last mile delivery" services, deal with Illinois to expand the factory there, doing groundwork for a second factory in Georgia, some of the highest customer satisfaction scores on sites like Consumer Reports, dozens of valuable patents, etc.
Regardless of what Internet trolls and stock short-sellers say, actual owners love them and the company has maintained they will be profitable by Q4. Guess we'll see. Want to help them out? Buy that R2. ☺
@apolodelsol
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
cars' software is a privacy nightmare waiting to become a legal nightmare
@drjekelmrhyde
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
VW is going to eat Rivian. It's probably not bad for the consumer in the end
@SmdnSnnd
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Nobody wants an electric work truck
@markimhoffsr.4148
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Thank you for the great info!!!!
@richardsimms251
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Pardon me but honestly, what is a Rivian ?? Hope that it is successful.
@chillphil967
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
literally my (new) job now. great video
@emilianoitaliano508
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
EVs are fraud and scum….
@Notourtube
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
No one wants an ev!
@JudeMarchisio
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
This was such a poorly researched video.
@looloolama
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Stop using AI to write your scripts, or use a better one
@hen-meister
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
They're relying on their EV credits to reach positive gross margin in Q4. A one time thing. Shady stuff.
@kevinbatts2804
May 1, 2026 at 4:40 am
Rivian and Volkswagen know what they’re really doing. This is a tech transfer to VW. A buyout of the most valuable parts of this soon to be dead brand.
@jhoncho4x4
May 1, 2026 at 4:41 am
"The Long Way Up" bump was 5 years ago; if it was sustainable, then it would be by now. Luxury toys is not a good business model that all makers are learning the hard way. No scale of production.
I will keep the original Scout 2; great vehicles if the road salt is kept away, is not overpriced and likely outlast the copies.
@joshnashofficial
May 1, 2026 at 4:41 am
Volkswagen should have just waited for another 6 months. They could have bought the entire company for $5.8 billion.
@LatitudeSky
May 1, 2026 at 4:41 am
VW has never had a problem selling other car brand vehicles AS Volkswagen. They have had Nissan pickups and Chrysler minivans. They should just sell Rivian cars as new VWs and get them into showrooms right away. Then work on buying them out.
@CatoQassem
May 1, 2026 at 4:41 am
How about shelving EV and just making these cars hybrid ICE?
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