Ree Automotive finds contract manufacturer for its electric delivery van
Roush Industries, a contract manufacturer of vehicles, will take over the assembly of Ree’s P7 electric trucks. They will be assembled at Roush’s Detroit facility. The partners are targeting a production of 5,000 electric vans per year. Indian automotive supplier Motherson, with whom Ree signed a strategic collaboration last week, “will manage [the] global supply chain and logistics targeting cost reduction, improved unit economics and higher margins.”
Ree’s P7 line of electric vehicles is based on four ‘ReeCorners.’ These bundle key vehicle components into the area between the chassis and wheel, enabling a consistently flat electric chassis with up to 35 per cent more interior volume for passengers, cargo and batteries, the company explains. Electric vehicles built on the P7 chassis have a particularly low entry height, are capable of autonomy and can be powered by either batteries or fuel cells.
“We chose to work with Roush because of their proven capabilities and expertise in the commercial EV market, their capacity to scale production, and their understanding of our unique business model, which is to build our vehicles to order, not for inventory,” said Josh Tech, Chief Operating Officer of REE. “We want to get our trucks in the hands of our customers as soon as possible, while not sacrificing on quality, making sure our customers can count on us as they build their electric commercial fleets. By partnering with Roush, we can concentrate on our core technology and production of the REEcorners while optimizing production costs and reducing go to market times benefiting from their nearly 40-year track record of engineering and manufacturing spans from NASCAR, to lunar terrain vehicles, to the most innovative EVs.”
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