Video teases Rivian vehicles

Rivian Automotive's big day is almost here.

The electric vehicle startup is set to debut two vehicles, an SUV and a pickup, this week at AutoMobility LA and teased at least one of them in a video on its YouTube channel.

The 58-second video has the feel of a science fiction movie before cutting to an aerial view of what appears to be a pickup driving on a dirt road. As the vehicle drives off, the words "Unplug" and "Charge On" appear.

Just before the clip ends, a front view of one of the vehicles is shown, bringing attention to a thin, bright light bar that runs the width of the vehicle, the Rivian logo on the hood and two smaller vertical lights.

Rivian plans to make the vehicles at the former Mitsubishi plant in Illinois and begin shipping in mid-2020.

"We're launching a vehicle that has to deliver a lot of technology — electrification, connectivity, self-driving," founder RJ Scaringe said last month during a presentation at Automotive News' office in Detroit.