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FORBES.COM MARCH 20 20ELON’S
NEW
NEMESIS
CHECK YOUR REARVIEW MIRROR,
TESLA. RIVIAN HAS A $3 BILLION
WAR CHEST FROM AMAZON, FORD
AND THE SAUDIS, AND IS REVVING
UP PRODUCTION ON ITS ELECTRIC
SUVS AND TRUCKS. NOW ALL THE
SECRETIVE AUTOMAKER HAS TO DO
IS START BUILDING CARS AND AVOID
THE ROADBLOCKS THAT ALMOST
CAUSED TESLA TO CRASH. A RARE
INTERVIEW WITH ITS 37 -YEAR-OLD
FOUNDER, R.J. SCARINGE.
BY CHUCK TANNERTTHE PROFILE