"Scaringe said he was "very bullish" on his cars being self-driving in the next couple of years, such that "you can own a car, but it can drop you at the airport, it can pick your kids up from school, it can go get things from the store for you.""
""So if the vehicle has an issue, it's actually not a positive part of the customer experience to have to coordinate a service activity or to coordinate parts, deliver any of those things.""
""We are not necessarily chasing full self-driving, we're not chasing robotaxis," Bensaid said to Business Insider. "Our goal is incremental improvements to the safety and convenience for customers.""
Rivian plans to expand vehicle capabilities beyond driving to include AI-managed servicing and logistics. CEO RJ Scaringe expects the company's cars to achieve self-driving within a few years, enabling tasks like dropping owners at airports, picking up children, and retrieving items from stores. Vehicles will detect issues and automatically coordinate service appointments, parts, and deliveries to improve customer experience. Rivian focuses on incremental safety and convenience improvements rather than pursuing robotaxis. Current Gen 2 models include an Autonomy Platform that can steer, brake, and accelerate on select highways. Production is beginning on the R2, a $45,000 SUV and the company's cheapest EV to date.
Read at Business Insider
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]