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Rivian leader with responsibility for production technology ends up in management position
Mwangi, a former Tesla (TSLA) executive, served as Executive Vice President from May 2020 in Rivian. He brought the R1T pickup and R1S SUV to production at the end of 2021.
His departure comes amid the arrival of former Magna International chief Frank Klein, who will take over as chief of operations in June and oversee production, supply chain and production technology.
The Amazon (AMZN)-supported company, which cut the production target for 2022 earlier this year, added that it was convinced that the restructuring of the operations team will strengthen Rivian̵[ads1]7;s ability to deepen relations with commercial partners.
Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe has said it would be able to double production if there were no supply constraints, after pointing out that the allocation of semiconductors was a problem.