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Upstart Rivian Could Be a Tesla Disrupter in SUVs and Pickups

The Rivian Automotive Inc. R1T electric pickup truck

The Rivian Automotive Inc. R1T electric pickup truck

Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

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The nascent electric vehicle market in the U.S. -- currently dominated by Tesla Inc. -- hasn’t been around long, but it’s already due for a disruption.

Elon Musk’s Tesla grabbed an 80 percent share of the U.S. electric vehicle market in 2018, a mastery that Morgan Stanley sees as “unsustainable.” Once more companies join the fray with their electric cars, analyst Adam Jonas expects the next serious competition to come from a “clean sheet” startup, “with access to talent and capital focused on the fastest growing segments of pickup trucks & SUVs.”