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Rivian shares surge after Volkswagen agrees to $5bn investment

electric vehicles are assembled
Second-generation R1 vehicles at Rivian's factory in Normal, Illinois, on 21 June 2024. Photograph: Joel Angel Juarez/Reuters

Shares in Rivian surged after Volkswagen agreed to invest up to $5bn in the Amazon-backed electric carmaker.

Volkswagen will initially invest $1bn as part of a partnership with Rivian to form a new, equally controlled joint venture to share electric vehicle architecture and software, the companies said on Tuesday.

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