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

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319 points doctoboggan | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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modeless ◴[12 Dec 25 06:02 UTC] No.46241301[source]▶
I think it makes sense to do an ASIC later, but not now. Chip development is expensive and risky. They ought to at least start selling a product with positive gross margin first.
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1. pm90 ◴[12 Dec 25 07:05 UTC] No.46241590[source]▶
Its possible that they have tried that and the market isn’t giving them what they need at the price they want. I do mostly agree with you though; its the economics of the car thats gonna supercharge adoption.

EDIT: another commenter mentioned that their platform is used by other companies (VW perhaps?). With that information, it might make more sense to do this.