- The Rivian CEO says a hands -free driving system will arrive this year
- Update for R1T and R1S vehicles is planned
- A SAE Level 3 ‘Ophtand’ system could come as soon as 2026
The founder and CEO of Rivian, RJ Scaringe, has revealed that he plans to launch a new advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that will allow hands -free driving in his vehicles … and could be here before the end of the year.
The system, which will work very like the total TESLA self-control functionality, will effectively allow the owners of R1T and R1 to remove their hands from the wheel (where it is allowed) while the vehicle is navigated by pre-mapated routes using a Set of cameras on board and sensors.
Last year, Rivian updated his R1T and R1S models with the next generation of their camera technology, improving the resolution and adding a new set of sensors and processing units to handle more data.
Thanks to this fact, it is still not clear if first -generation Rivian vehicles will receive the next -generation driver assistance systems, or if it will only be possible with the improved sensor suite mentioned above.
Speaking at the opening of a new Rivian space in San Francisco last week, the CEO hinted that the recently updated matrix LED headlights and the full -wide light bars could also be used to inform other road users that the vehicle is operating in an autonomous way, according to the edge.
In addition, Scaringe says that he hopes to expand the offering to a “sincere view” system of level 3 completely SAE for next year, which would put Rivian along with Mercedes-Benz, which remains one of the few manufacturers ( BMW is is.
Currently, Rivian’s autonomous offer is similar to the most basic Tesla autopilot package, which offers a smart cruise control function that allows the car to automatically accelerate and decreases the speed in road traffic, as well as staying in its lane .
But the recent announcement would cause the autonomous driving of Rivian that offers a notch and allow customers to sit and get their hands from the steering wheel, provided they are ready to take care of driving tasks as soon as the vehicle requires it.
However, drivers would not be allowed to legally read a book, answer emails or take their eyes off the road during the “non -practical” modes, since this is only reserved for those SAE level 3 systems that have been legislated for use.
Analysis: Rivian needs to insert and deliver in excess
Currently, Tesla is receiving a large amount of flock from its customer base that opted for the “complete self -registration package” under the premise that one day, they would be allowed to operate the system without supervision at all times, according to Electrek.
The company has gradually update its autonomous driving hardware and many of the original FSD customers are worried that the package they paid (some of the offers date back to 2016) will really not work with their oldest vehicles if and when the team Musk cracks and when and when he cracks and when and when and when he cracks and when, and when and when, and when, and when, and when and when and when the Musk team is cracked.
Unhappy customers are now calling Tesla to transfer any driver pre -existing autonomous driving pack, allowing them to transfer it to newer vehicles, instead of linking it to the car. Tesla has previously honored this, but only by limited time windows.
The promising abilities of promising autonomous, as Musk has been doing for years, is simply incorrect, because vehicles are not able to do so.
Instead, Rivian has chosen to play it safer, offering “synthesization” driving capabilities that knows that they already exist and that rival manufacturers are already in use. But you will still have to make sure the systems work (and be legal) before thinking about demanding that customers deliver money for them, especially where “nights” promises are made.
In addition, only offering the latest technology to the owners of the newest Rivian models is a safe way to alienate all the first users who bet big and supported the company in the first days.
After all, the dream that we are all being sold by the vehicle defined by software establish that cars only improve over time. But as we usually see, this is not always the case.
