A new electric vehicle car company is close to rolling off it’s first delivery vans, trucks and SUVs from the assembly line in Bloomington-Normal.

Rivian recently hosted US Senator Dick Durbin for a tour and he says the state is primed to be a leader in electric vehicles and that’s why he wants billions in federal infrastructure spending to include charging stations. Electric vehicles don’t burn gasoline or ethanol – Durbin says biofuel producers need to be ready to adapt to what he sees as the future of transportation.

Amazon has pledged an order of 100,000 delivery vans from Rivian.