{"id":116,"date":"2026-11-10T21:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T02:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-11-10T21:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T02:21:11","slug":"rivian-normal-factory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/rivian-normal-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivian Normal Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/0f\/Rivian_Normal_Plant_Floor.jpg\" alt=\"The first customer R1T on Rivian\u2019s Normal assembly line in 2021\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first customer R1T on Rivian\u2019s Normal assembly line in 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rivian_Normal_Plant_Floor.jpg\">Photo by Rivian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Normal, Illinois, US<\/strong> \u00b7 Electric vehicle assembly<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rivian\u2019s Normal Factory in Illinois began building customer R1T electric pickups in 2021. The site also manufactures Rivian\u2019s R1S SUV.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manufacturing operations<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rivian expanded the Illinois facility for R2 and announced the start of customer R2 production in 2026.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rivian.com\/stories\/r2-start-of-production-spring-delivery-2026\">Manufacturer information<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/rivian\/\">Manufacturer profile<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/north-american-vehicle-factories\/\">Browse North American vehicle factories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normal, Illinois, US \u00b7 Electric vehicle assembly Rivian\u2019s Normal Factory in Illinois began building customer R1T electric pickups in 2021. The site also manufactures Rivian\u2019s R1S SUV. Manufacturing operations Rivian expanded the Illinois facility for R2 and announced the start of customer R2 production in 2026. Sources Manufacturer information Manufacturer profile \u00b7 Browse North American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manufacturingamerica.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}