Rivian Stock (NASDAQ: RIVN) Surges on AI and Autonomy Push: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Comes Next (Dec. 20, 2025)
Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) is closing out 2025 with the kind of momentum that can make even long-suffering EV investors sit up straighter. The stock was recently trading around $22.45 after a sharp, high-volume move in the latest session—one of Rivian’s most attention-grabbing bursts since 2023. What’s driving the renewed interest isn’t a single headline so much as a cluster of catalysts that hit within days of each other: bullish analyst upgrades, a detailed Autonomy & AI Day unveiling that reframes Rivian as a “software-defined vehicle” story (not just a vehicle-deliveries story), and a growing sense that 2026 will