Share the QR code < / P > < p > with friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > < p > on November 2, the documents submitted by electric vehicle start-up rivian to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission show that the listed valuation of the company will exceed $53 billion, which is comparable to the current market value of traditional carmaker Honda < p > it is reported that rivian has the support of well-known e-commerce Amazon. It plans to raise $8.4 billion through an initial public offering (IPO), which will become the third largest IPO in the United States in the past decade < p > relevant data show that since 2011, only three companies have raised more than $8 billion through listing. Previously, Alibaba raised a record $25 billion when it went public in 2014; Meta company, renamed by Facebook, raised $16 billion when it went public in 2012; Uber raised $8.1 billion in 2019 < p > since last year, many companies in the field of pure electric vehicles have become the hottest investment targets. Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) investors are looking for the next Tesla < p > although rivian's sales of electric trucks and pickup trucks have not yet been scaled up, their valuation may even be higher than Ferrari, only slightly lower than Honda, general motors or Ford < p > rivian, formerly known as mainstream motors, was founded by R.J. scaringe in 2009 and renamed rivian in 2011 < p > rivian has been investing heavily to continuously increase the output of its electric vehicles. In September, the company launched a high-end all electric pickup truck in an attempt to beat old competitors such as Tesla, general motors and Ford < p > rivian disclosed that it lost nearly $1 billion in the first half of this year. As of September this year, the company has booked about 48390 r1t electric pickup trucks and R1s electric SUVs in the U.S. and Canadian markets < p > at present, rivian is implementing a dual track development strategy, producing electric trucks for Amazon, and developing electric pickup trucks and SUVs for rich consumers < p > Amazon disclosed at the end of October this year that the company held 20% of rivian and ordered 100000 rivian electric trucks to reduce the company's carbon emissions < p > according to the documents submitted by rivian to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Ford also holds more than 5% of rivian's shares < p > rivian secretly submitted the prospectus in August this year. It faces fierce competition from various automobile manufacturers in the consumer and commercial truck markets < p > Ford said last week that its F-150 lightning electric pickup truck had more than 160000 orders, and its transit electric commercial truck had been "sold out". Meanwhile, GM is accelerating the production of electric trucks, SUVs and pickups < p > rivian said it would sell 135 million shares at a price of $57 to $62 per share. In September this year, it was reported that rivian may seek to list in the United States, with a valuation of nearly $80 billion and raising up to $8 billion < p > Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are the lead underwriters of rivian's listing. Rivian will be listed on the Nasdaq stock market with the trading code "rivn". (Chen Chen) < / P > < p >