The company said on Feb. 1 that it would cut 6% of its workforce, or about 900 employees. "Our core priorities for 2023 are unchanged," CEO RJ Scaringe said in an earnings release Tuesday. "The team remains focused on ramping production, driving cost reductions, developing the [upcoming smaller] R2 platform and future technologies and delivering an outstanding end-to-end customer experience." Rivian said on April 3 that it built 9,395 EVs in the first quarter and delivered 7,946 vehicles to customers. Both numbers were down from the fourth quarter, a result of planned factory downtime as the company upgraded assembly lines to incorporate its new made-in-house "Enduro" electric motors and lower-cost lithium iron phosphate battery packs. Chief Financial Officer Claire McDonough stressed that the new motors and batteries are "critical to achieve our long-term target cost structure across current vehicle platforms, as well as R2."