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NEWS: Rivian has announced its autonomy subscription, Autonomy+, launching in early 2026 and priced at $2,500 (one-time) or $50/month. Rivian Gen 3 autonomy platform will include 11 cameras, 5 radars and a front-facing LiDAR. It will be powered by RAP1, Rivian's in-house silicon. Software advancements are coming to the... company’s second gen R1 vehicles in the near term with the addition of Universal Hands-Free (UHF), bringing hands-free assisted driving for extended periods: • Available on over 3.5 million miles of roads across the USA and Canada. • Capable of operating off-highway on roads with clearly painted lines. "These features have the potential to make the roads safer, address customer demand and become veritable drivers for the business. We plan to continuously improve the autonomy capabilities of its Gen 2 R1 and future R2 vehicles, with a clear trajectory including point-to-point, eyes off and personal L4."show more

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TraderJohn9 months ago

"Capable of operating off-highway on roads with clearly painted lines" I can't even imagine the number of "Take The Wheel!!!" warnings this will produce

Levi Loomi9 months ago

• Available on over 3.5 million miles of roads across the USA and Canada. • Capable of operating off-highway on roads with clearly painted lines. So Mercedes all over again?

Barnabas9 months ago

Honestly we need more of this. Tesla has zero competition for autonomous features on the Tesla. They can charge $100 for FSD because they're the only game in town. More competition will bring the prices down for what we all really want (Tesla FSD).

Scott Dembraski9 months ago

“Needs clearly painted lines”. lol. Smh. You get what you pay for.

TechGeek Tesla 🔋⚡️9 months ago

General public looking at this chip design: "WOW!" Elon Musk looking at this chip design: "They did it wrong."

Scott Dembraski9 months ago

Tesla will be unsupervised by then 😇

Devin Olsen9 months ago

Autonomy for more is only a good thing, it’ll make our roads safer. The pricing is a bit strange, the monthly is high for how “cheap” the buyout price is, but nonetheless this is all good news.

Khairul Anwar Sanusi9 months ago

I guess licensing FSD hurts their ego so much that they’re willing to burn billions building something they know is inferior.

Overly Trev’s Future9 months ago

I applaud them for going into autonomy, this will save more lives. I will ask though, what happens when Tesla proves you do not need any of these other sensors or lidar that Rivian and others say you need?

David Tolsma9 months ago

i'm sorry, but they should just license tech from Tesla instead of trying to do it. If after using Tesla tech they want to create their own, sure. but don't create another unproven solution.

🇨🇦 Daryl9 months ago

Literally everyone is sprinting away from lidar radar moving towards a camera only model …… what does rivian do?? Finds that crutch 🩼 to lean on …. Seriously what are they doing?

Vekay9 months ago

This looks like rules based driving, not end-end - DOA!!

Rahul Sood 🏴‍☠️9 months ago

I hope it works for them, it's the only thing preventing me from looking at any other car.

josh9 months ago

Still using lidar doomed from the start…

Oh Deer9 months ago

Lidar? Seriously?

Tiger9 months ago

Either FSD is way too cheap or Autonomy+ is way too expensive

Josh Daniels9 months ago

This is the equivalent of selling a DVD player in 2025… the technology is already YEARS behind.

Youssef El Manssouri9 months ago

The $50/month option is interesting because it lets customers try before committing, lower barrier to getting people using the system.

Marios Vasilakis9 months ago

Biggest flop underway, and after that, they will hopefully work with Tesla to make RAP1 and their 11 cameras FSD ready

JS9 months ago

Clearly painted lines. So most of Pittsburgh is out

THE RED DRAGON9 months ago

This is the price FSD should be

François Durand9 months ago

If Tesla halved their monthly fee I'd say they'd triple their subscribers. Price is king to most of the population.

Tezlar9 months ago

Believe it when I see it

Alexandru Voicu9 months ago

I hope with this price Tesla will have to decrease theirs. I have a free year on my Cybertruck and have been using 14.2 about 70% of my drives now, and it's really amazing, but I don't know if I can afford $1200 a year, so I may only get it on occasions when my free year expires.

Nani Yeager9 months ago

$50 a month for basic Autopilot?! 😂 That’s insane—while Tesla’s already cracked full end-to-end FSD. These guys are straight-up clowning at this point 🤦‍♂️

truth seeker 💼 🔥9 months ago

Chips made by $tsmc

Static🔥Kat9 months ago

I get that the program is going to be $2,500 but what about all the extra lidar equipment? How much more will that put on the base price of one of these vehicles.

Carlos Rincon9 months ago

Dang $50 a month? Maybe that will pressure Tesla to lower their FSD subscription because if they offered it for $50 so many people would buy it

InvestorX9 months ago

Why are they so stubborn as to not license with Tesla?

ここ9 months ago

"Capable of operating off-highway on roads with clearly painted lines" So it's a cruise control system

𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝9 months ago

Or you could license FSD from Tesla and drive on any road in the world

François Durand9 months ago

If you assume equivalent functionality, it's much more sensible pricing than Tesla. Tesla's monthly is too high for most people as an ongoing cost, and the one-off price is crazy to have it tied to a single vehicle (unless you get lucky with a migrate offer when upgrading).

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