Rivian is about to enter the main EV market, says CEO RJ Scarinige, while revealing plans to start production in the first part of next year.
Smaller and more accessible than the original Rivian R1S-the promised $ 45,000-R2 should become the most important car manufacturer’s product, which is expected to accumulate enough sales to finally make the EV start-up a black man after many years of long loss. However, do not expect Rivian to make R2 a vehicle that will be safe to maximize its attractiveness.
Not everyone
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Scarge is convinced that buyers will find a new R2 “convincing” car because of their range, performance, price and technology.
However, even before the market came, critics have taken the goal of some things that R2 will not offer, starting with Apple Carplay or Android Auto. And, like the original R1, practically everything the driver may want to control or adjust, including mirrors, steering position, even air ventilation, will be controlled by an electric SUV touch screen.
If you don’t like it, “buy something else,” said Scaringe Autoblog Monday after a conversation after the car press association (APA) meeting.
What’s wrong with the buttons
Apple Carplay used to be Lexus EU.James Riswick
Rivian is not the only car manufacturer who doesn’t like buttons. Tesla also requires drivers to use their touch screen for most features. Both car manufacturers have the same justification for why. Almost all other car manufacturers use “distributed” electrical systems with a location of between 100 and 150 microprocessors scattered throughout the vehicle to operate everything from radar sensors to power drive systems to entertainment technology. Rivian, like Tesla, adopted the centralized calculation system “Digital ecosystem that combines navigation, energy management, charging and adventure planning”.
Adding Carplay would “break down,” he noted. Meanwhile, the buttons would complicate “constantly updated (user) interface”.
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As a result, all controllers are on the touch screen, although certain features such as mirrors are then adjusted using HAPTIC touch panels on the steering wheel. Rivian has also updated its built -in voice assistant by explaining Scaringe, explaining his belief that “we will use our hands to control our vehicle functions less and less in the next few years.”
All this said that Rivian rearranges its doors, which now operate electrically to make it easier to manually control power loss.
Autonomy will be necessary
The current Rivian Improved Highway Assistance System allows you to drive limited headset. It is expected that everything will be moved to the next level when the R2 SUV will debut next year.Ryvian
Among the functions you can control in voice: driving without hands. “Autonomy will become more factor” when we are approaching the late decade, and when Rivian releases not only R2 but also smaller R3 and other “variants”, “said AB during the meeting.
It remains to find out how advanced this technology is, and what shows that it can be what the industry is called “level 3” or “Level 4” the latter basically allows vehicles to drive almost anywhere, even if the driver gets away. Level 3 allows the driver to turn away, maybe send a text or watch a video. But they will have to remain ready to take over the emergency.
“By 2030, basically our expectations are that the car will be able to drive from point to point,” Scarge said. He predicted that it would be the expectation of most drivers. ”
Initially, this story was reported by Autoblog in 2025. October 8, where she first appeared in the autonomous vehicle department. Add Autoblog as the desired source by clicking here.