"EV automaker Rivian just held its inaugural Autonomy and AI day which, unsurprisingly, focused extensively on hands-free driving. An upcoming software update promises the introduction of "universal hands-free" driving. The company says its vehicles will be able to autonomously navigate more than 3.5 million miles of roads in North America, "covering the vast majority of marked roads in the US.""
"This is coming to the R2 line of EVs, but also Gen 2 R1 vehicles like the recently-released Rivian R1S. The service will be locked behind a subscription for something called Autonomy+ that includes self-driving, but also offers access to forthcoming and unannounced autonomous features. Rivian customers can pay $2,500 for lifetime access to the platform or $50 per month. The R2 is getting LiDAR sensors, which will presumably help enable some of those upcoming autonomous features, in addition to a new chip called the Rivian Autonomy Processor."
"Today's event wasn't just about hands-free driving. Many of the company's vehicles will soon be given access to the AI-powered Rivian Assistant, which uses LLMs and can connect to apps like Google Calendar. This assistant will be model-agnostic, as it will "orchestrate different models and choose the best one for the task." In addition to the upcoming R2, the company is prepping the R3 and R3X. A Rivian offshoot just introduced an extremely expensive, but modular, electric bike called the TM-B."
Rivian announced universal hands-free driving capable of autonomously navigating more than 3.5 million miles of North American roads. The capability will reach upcoming R2 models and Gen 2 R1 vehicles such as the R1S. Access will be sold through an Autonomy+ subscription with pricing options of $2,500 lifetime or $50 per month. R2 models will include LiDAR sensors and a new Rivian Autonomy Processor designed for multimodal applications and running a proprietary neural net engine, slated to ship starting at the end of 2026. Many vehicles will also gain an AI-powered Rivian Assistant that uses LLMs and orchestrates models, and the company is developing R3 and R3X models.
Read at Engadget
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]