2021年11月,电动汽车初创公司Rivian进行了轰动一时的IPO。上市首日,其股价飙升,使公司市值达到1000亿美元。
In November of 2021, the electric vehicle startup Rivian conducted a blockbuster IPO. On the first day of trading, its stock price surged, giving the company a market capitalization of $100 billion.
考虑到当时公司尚未售出一辆汽车,这简直是荒谬的。他们于2022年开始销售R1系列豪华电动汽车。虽然普遍获得评论家的好评,但高昂的定价导致销量微乎其微。Rivian自成立以来一直处于经营亏损状态,每年烧钱数十亿美元。
This was absurd when you consider that at this point, the company had yet to sell a single car. They started selling their R1 series of luxury EVs in 2022. While they generally received good reviews from critics, their high price points resulted in minuscule sales. Rivian has incurred operating losses since inception and burns billions of dollars per year.