Rivian has briefly delayed customer deliveries of the all-electric R1T pickup truck but has confirmed that it will reach the hands of buyers in July. The EV startup had originally planned to commence deliveries of the R1T Launch Edition in June but due to delays on shipping containers, the global chip shortage, and final tweaks being made prompted it to delay deliveries until July. Nevertheless, the R1T will still be the first electric pickup truck to hit the streets. Rivian expects to complete all deliveries of R1T Launch Edition models by spring 2022. Deliveries of the R1S Launch Edition are also scheduled to commence in August and once all deliveries of Launch Edition models are finished, the automaker will turn its attention to the other variants.