Rivian Hosts Community Celebration Event

Landowners near Rivian defeat state demand for legal costs

ATLANTA — A half dozen landowners who filed a lawsuit that might have halted development of the massive Rivian auto plant near Social Circle do not have to pay some of the legal costs spent by the state to defend the project. Lawyers hired by Georgia and by a local development authority asked a judge in Morgan County to make the landowners pay for the taxpayer dollars Georgia paid them, arguing that the plaintiffs had brought a frivolous lawsuit…

Judge Rules Georgia Residents Who Sued Rivian Won’t Pay $350,000

Morgan County residents who sued to stop the Rivian electric vehicle plant won’t have to pay the state’s legal bills, a judge ruled. What It Means For You: If you’re concerned about government projects in your community, this ruling helps protect your right to challenge them in court without facing massive financial penalties. What’s Happening: […] The post Judge Rules Georgia Residents Who Sued Rivian Won’t Pay $350,000 appeared first on The Ge…

Rivian hosts Community Celebration event

More than 1,500 people registered to attend Rivian Automotive’s Georgia Community Celebration Sunday at the automotive plant construction site off U.S. Highway 278 near Rutledge. Rivian provided refreshments, entertainment and a chance to explore its R1S SUV and R1T truck…

Rivian Set to Break Ground on $5 Billion Georgia EV Plant Tomorrow

Rivian is finally set to begin construction on its second U.S. production facility in Georgia, a massive $5 billion facility east of Atlanta. The 2,000-acre site will produce hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles (EVs) […]

Rivian kicks off construction of $5 billion EV plant in Georgia

The $5 billion project spans 2,000 acres along I-20 in Walton and Morgan counties and is expected to create 7,500 jobs.