"Universal Hands-Free This feature takes Enhanced Highway Assist, Rivian's existing hands-off highway-driving feature, and expands it to far more roads. Before, Rivian invited owners to take their hands off the wheel (while keeping their eyes on everything) on 135,000 miles of approved freeways in North America. Now that's grown to over 3.5 million roads of all kindshighways, rural roads, city streets and anything else. "If the lane lines are clearly marked, you can engage it," Rivian said in a blog post on Thursday."
"Assuming the system works well, that capability blows features like General Motors Super Cruise (750,000 miles of divided highways) and Ford BlueCruise (130,000 miles) out of the water. To make this possible, Rivian says it stopped depending on high-definition maps for its automated features. This feature is much more reliant on what the car actually senses about its environment. Since Universal Hands-Free doesn't stop at traffic lights or stop signsit pilots the car within a lane while responding to the speed of traffic"
Rivian began rolling out its Universal Hands-Free driver-assistance feature to second‑generation R1S and R1T vehicles via the 2025.46 software update. Universal Hands-Free extends Enhanced Highway Assist from 135,000 miles of approved freeways to over 3.5 million roads including highways, rural roads, and city streets when lane lines are clearly marked. Rivian removed reliance on high‑definition maps and instead relies on vehicle sensing for automation. The system pilots the car within a lane and responds to surrounding traffic speed but does not stop at traffic lights or stop signs. The update also adds a phone key and off‑road features and targets Gen 2 owners.
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