Another Apple exec departs for Rivian, a maker of electric SUVs and pickups

Rivian has hired Jeff Alves, who has spent the last 11 years at Apple as director of Hardware Engineering, as the company’s a new senior director of Battery Engineering, reports RivianTracker.

Alves was also involved with the now-canceled Apple Car project. Now he joins Jonas Reinke and DJ Novotney who also left Apple to join Rivian earlier this year. Novotney left to become senior vice president of the company, which makes electric SUVs and pickup trucks. Jonas Reinke also joined Rivian in January o help launch the company’s new EV platforms.

After the Apple Car project was canceled, analyst Gene Munster said that Apple should make a “big move” and buy Rivian. 

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