"There's just one thing that tripped a few folks up: the R2 won't receive its groundbreaking lidar hardware until months after it launches. And Rivian does not plan to offer a lidar upgrade path for early adopters, InsideEVs has learned. This means no retrofitting the hardware later on when it actually becomes available, and that the price of getting Rivian's latest SUV at launch means that it will forever rely on a camera-and-radar-based system."
"What's new is the confirmation that Rivian has no plans to retrofit these early vehicles once lidar becomes available. Rivian also confirmed to InsideEVs that R2 will launch with "an elevated version of the Gen 2 architecture." The automaker was clear that lidar is part of its Gen 3 autonomy architecture implementation—likely made possible by the powerful Rivian Autonomy Processor (RAP1) specifically built in-house for its Gen 3 compute hardware."
Rivian will launch the R2 SUV months before its lidar hardware becomes available, and the company does not plan a retrofit path for early units. Early R2 vehicles will rely on a camera-and-radar-based advanced driver assistance system. Later R2 models will receive lidar as part of a Gen 3 autonomy architecture enabled by the in-house Rivian Autonomy Processor (RAP1). The launch vehicles use an elevated Gen 2 architecture, and lidar integration is scheduled for late 2026. The phased rollout means buyers who take delivery at launch will not be upgradeable to lidar later.
Read at insideevs.com
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