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A tornado tore through Rivian's factory in Normal, Illinois on April 17th, ripping open the roof and flooding the assembly pits just days before the company was set to begin production of its R2 SUV.
Five days later, factory lights were back on, the first R2s were rolling off the line, and CEO RJ Scaringe was insisting the launch timeline hadn't moved.
The storm did real physical damage; the harder question is whether Rivian can absorb the structural pressures that no squall line caused.
A Hole in the Roof, Not the Schedule The tornado developed as a supercell before expanding into a squall line of thunderstorms.
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