Rivian EDV / Commercial Van

The Rivian EDV (Electric Delivery Van) is a battery-electric step-in delivery van developed by Rivian together with Amazon, which is both its first customer and an investor in the company. It is part of Amazon’s 2019 commitment to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans, and the vans carry Amazon branding.

Since February 2025 Rivian has also sold the same vehicle to other fleets in the United States under the name Rivian Commercial Van. The van is reportedly built at Rivian’s plant in Normal, Illinois.

The first production van was reportedly completed in December 2021, and in July 2022 Rivian announced that deliveries to Amazon were starting in more than a dozen American cities, among them Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, St. Louis, Seattle and San Diego. Amazon’s fleet reportedly passed 1,000 vans in November 2022, 5,000 in July 2023 and 10,000 in October 2023. It exceeded 15,000 vans in July 2024, 20,000 in late 2024 and 30,000 at the end of 2025, according to Rivian’s own shareholder letter. Amazon’s target is 100,000 vans by 2030, and a small number of vans were also sent to Germany.

The EDV is built in two body lengths, the Delivery 500 and the longer Delivery 700; the numbers are nominal cargo volumes in cubic feet. A larger EDV 900 with a cargo volume of about 840 cu ft (24 m³) was planned at the time of the first announcements but does not appear in Rivian’s current line-up. The Delivery 500 is reportedly the version used in Europe, and the two sizes reportedly share the same stand-up interior height and differ in width, wheelbase and cargo length. The cab has a very large windshield, circular headlights and a tall, boxy body with red tail light outlines on the rear corners and roof.

Jeff Hammoud, Rivian’s head of design, said the van is used in neighbourhoods, around children and families, so its exterior leans into a friendly appearance. The driver sits in a raised seat with a large view out, and there is a folding jump seat for occasional use. The driver’s door is conventionally hinged, and the curbside door is a sliding one. The cargo area is reached through a roll-up rear door and a powered bulkhead door that, according to Rivian, opens automatically when the van is parked and closes after the driver leaves.

The cab has a 12.3-inch (312 mm) driver display and a 15.6-inch (396 mm) centre touchscreen, with wireless charging pads, heated and ventilated driver’s seat, heated steering wheel and heated mirrors. The Amazon version runs Amazon’s own delivery route application, and fleet customers get telematics through an API, including state of charge, and remote commands. Rivian also offers its FleetOS fleet software and a mobile service with on-site technicians. Safety equipment includes three airbags (a driver’s frontal airbag, a seat-integrated airbag and a side curtain airbag), five radars, eight cameras (including an interior camera) and twelve ultrasonic sensors.

Driver assistance covers automatic emergency braking, forward collision warning, rear cross traffic warning, adaptive cruise control, blind spot warning, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, speed limit information, automatic high beams and a bird’s-eye surround camera. Rivian has described the system as providing 360-degree visibility. The 2025 reference sheet lists the van’s emergency calling over 4G cellular, a walk-away lock and an immobiliser.

The van has a single electric motor on the front axle driving the front wheels, with 320 hp (235 kW) and 405 Nm (299 lb-ft). It was reportedly launched with a dual-motor front-wheel-drive layout borrowed from the R1T and R1S, then moved to a single in-house motor in early 2023. Rivian’s current sheet lists only front-wheel drive.

The battery is a 100 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pack, which Rivian lists with an estimated range of 259 km (161 miles) for the Delivery 500 and 257 km (160 miles) for the Delivery 700. Earlier vans reportedly used a larger 135 kWh pack of nickel-cobalt-aluminium cells, and Rivian stated a range of 323 km (201 miles) for the 700 in internal testing at that stage; the first announcements gave 241 km (150 miles) for the 500 and 700 and 193 km (120 miles) for the 900. Vans delivered to Amazon are reportedly limited by software to 241 km (150 miles).

Charging uses a CCS Type 1 connector, with AC charging at up to 11 kW and DC fast charging at up to 100 kW; the earliest vans were reportedly limited to 50 kW. The charge port is at the front-left corner of the van. The ideal operating temperature is -10 to +43 °C (+14 to +109 °F). The warranty is three years or 60,000 km (36,000 miles) for the vehicle, and eight years or 160,000 km (100,000 miles) for the powertrain including the battery.

The Delivery 500 is 6,311 mm (248.5 in) long on a 4,000 mm (157.5 in) wheelbase, and the Delivery 700 is 7,061 mm (278.0 in) long on a 4,750 mm (187.0 in) wheelbase. Width without mirrors is 2,035 mm (80.1 in) and 2,215 mm (87.2 in), with mirrors 2,449 mm (96.4 in) and 2,629 mm (103.5 in), and the height is 2,914 mm (114.7 in) and 2,917 mm (114.8 in). Ground clearance is 181 mm (7.1 in) and 188 mm (7.4 in), the tyres are 245/70 R17, and the turning circle is 14.6 m (47.9 ft) and 16.9 m (55.4 ft).

The cargo area is 3,487 mm (137.3 in) and 4,237 mm (166.8 in) long, with a volume of 13.8 m³ (487 cu ft) and 18.5 m³ (652 cu ft). Its width is 1,787 and 1,967 mm (70.4 and 77.4 in) wall to wall at the minimum, and the height with the rear door closed is 2,097 mm (82.6 in). The cargo floor is 716 and 719 mm (28.2 and 28.3 in) above the ground. Rivian’s 2025 sheet gives curb weights of 3,101 and 3,285 kg (6,837 and 7,242 lb), a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,309 kg (9,500 lb) for both, and payloads of 1,208 and 1,024 kg (2,663 and 2,258 lb), noting that payload includes the driver; the earlier 2023 sheet listed 3,001 and 3,169 kg curb weight and payloads of 1,240 and 1,140 kg.

Amazon held exclusive rights to the van for a period, and in 2023 Rivian said it would open sales to other fleets with deliveries from 2024. Sales to fleets of any size in the United States opened on 10 February 2025. Reported prices start at US$79,900 for the 500 and US$83,900 for the 700 on Rivian’s fleet page. Tom Solomon, Rivian’s senior director of business development, said the company was excited to open sales to fleets of all sizes in the US, “whether they want 1 van or thousands”. The United States Postal Service reportedly evaluated a Delivery 500 for a month in spring 2024.

Rivian said in early 2026 that it is developing new variants with a larger battery and all-wheel drive. The larger battery is said to increase range by 30 percent, and the all-wheel drive to improve traction, but no capacity, price or launch date has been published.

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