Spotting an electric truck on the road remains a novelty in most of the US, but not Normal, Illinois. The town in the Midwestern corn belt is home to the manufacturing operations of Rivian, the ...

NORMAL — Startup electric truck manufacturer Rivian has laid off 6% of its total workforce, or about 840 nonmanufacturing employees, including about 50 at its downstate Normal assembly plant.

Rivian subcontractors have agreed to pay $315,000 in back wages and penalties to settle a lawsuit brought by the state alleging the companies owed overtime pay to 59 Mexican laborers who helped build ...