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Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free

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328 points doctoboggan | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source
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mrcwinn ◴[11 Dec 25 19:34 UTC] No.46236078[source]▶
This is really poor execution. You're taking a complex, low margin vehicle and introducing even more cost and supply chain complexity. On top of that, you're essentially making a proxy bet that more expensive hardware (LIDAR) will beat Tesla's software bet.

It's absolutely fair to criticize Elon for his ridiculous FSD timeline claims, but here we are now evaluating the market: if you have experienced the latest FSD, Waymo's and now Rivian's bet is just so obviously the exact wrong bet.

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1. senordevnyc ◴[11 Dec 25 19:50 UTC] No.46236251[source]▶
Waymo is delivering millions of paid rides per month all over the country with no one in the driver's seat. Tesla still can't manage that in one small city without a backup driver in the front.

But yes, just like the dozens of other times I've read this comment for years now, I'm sure "the latest version of FSD" is so groundbreaking, and it's all about to change!