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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: 0.308s | source
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frankfrank13 ◴[11 Dec 25 18:53 UTC] No.46235441[source]▶
Is there some tight coupling on autonomy + electric cars? Seems the only 2 viable hands-free car companies are Tesla and Rivian. I don't see myself ever getting an electric car, but it doesn't seem like the big car companies are anywhere near this.
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1. jmtulloss ◴[12 Dec 25 03:33 UTC] No.46240595[source]▶
The reason for this is Rivian and Tesla bet big on software defined platforms… ie every piece of hardware talks to a small number of central computers instead of many independent systems. This gives them a huge leg up in developing software than can actually take all the available input and use it to control all aspects of the vehicle.

Downside is all the buttons are on a screen. But I’ve grudgingly decided it’s worth it for software upgrades.