Rivian

RIVN

Market cap $15.7B

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Rivian Automotive (RIVN). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

Rivian leverages a "clean slate" approach, building its vehicle and software ecosystem from the ground up, avoiding the technical debt that slows Tesla. The company is pursuing full vertical integration, with in-house perception, software, and compute systems enabling advanced autonomy and faster feature rollouts. Rivian's AI-first strategy treats vehicles as intelligent platforms, collecting high-fidelity data to improve autonomous capabilities and future innovations.

Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) are changing hands for about the same price as a week ago, outperforming the Nasdaq.

Before Tesla (TSLA -1.44%), electric vehicles (EVs) were just something that hobbyists played with. Now, however, every major automaker and a significant number of EV-focused producers compete in the EV space.

Shares of Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) lost 3.40% over the past five trading sessions after losing 9.49% the five prior.

Rivian Automotive (RIVN) closed the most recent trading day at $13.05, moving +1.95% from the previous trading session.

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. , Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Agillence, Inc., an optimization company, today announced that Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) has selected it to provide proprietary optimization software to support the planning of parts logistics networks.

Make no mistake, Rivian Automotive (RIVN -0.98%) has been a punishing investment for its early investors, with shares down a whopping 90% since their public debut in late 2021. That said, the embattled company has now become a relatively affordable way to bet on the future of the U.S. EV industry as it pioneers its truck and SUV-focused business model.

The EV market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32% through 2030, but Rivian Automotive Inc.