- Rivian CEO says a hands -free driving system is arriving this year
- Update is scheduled for R1T and R1S vehicles
- A SAE-LEVEL 3 ‘EYES-OFF’ SYSTEM CAN GETTING IN 2026
Rivian’s founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has revealed that he is planning to launch a new Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), which allows for hands -free driving in his vehicles … and it may be here by the end of the year.
The system, which works much like Tesla’s full self-propelled functionality, will effectively allow R1T and R1S owners to remove the hands from the steering wheel (where allowed), while the vehicle navigates before mapped routes using a package of table cameras and sensors.
Just last year, Rivian updated his R1T and R1S models with the next generation of its camera technology, improved the resolution, and added a new sensor package and treatment units to handle more data.
Thanks to this fact, it is still unclear whether the first generation of rivic vehicles will receive the next generation’s driver aid systems or whether it will only be possible with the aforementioned upgraded sensor package.
CEO, who spoke at the opening of a new rivetical space in San Francisco last week, suggested that the recently updated matrix LED headlights and full-width light beams could also be used to inform with road users that the vehicle is working in an autonomous state according to The Verge.
In addition, Scaringe says he hopes to expand the offer to a full SAE level 3 “Eyes” system by next year, which would put Rivian on par with Mercedes-Benz, which is still one of the few manufacturers (BMW is one second) To offer motorists, the chance assumes side tasks under extremely strict driving conditions in certain US states and European regions.
Currently, Rivian’s autonomous offer resembles the most basic Tesla Autopilot package that offers a Smart Cruise Control function that allows the car to automatically speed up and slow down in highway traffic as well as remain in its lane.
But the recent message would curl Rivian’s autonomous driving, which offers a notch and allows customers to sit back and take their hands off the wheel as long as they are ready to take over driving tasks as soon as the vehicle demands it.
However, drivers would be legally allowed to read a book, answer emails or take their eyes out of the way under the “hands-off” states as this is only reserved for the SAE-Level 3 systems that have been legislated for use .
Analysis: Rivian needs under legislation and survives
Tesla is currently receiving a lot of flack from its customer base that chose the “full self -driving package” on the condition that one day they would be allowed to operate the system unattended at all times, according to Electrek.
The company has gradually upgraded its autonomous driving hardware, and many of the original FSD customers are concerned that the package they paid for (some of the offers dating back to 2016) do not actually work with their older vehicles if and and When Musk’s team cracks it.
Displaced customers now call for Tesla to transfer any already existing full self -propelled packages to the driver so they can transfer it to newer vehicles instead of tying it to the car. Tesla has previously honored this, but only for limited time windows.
Promising full self -propelled capabilities that Musk has been doing for years is just commonly wrong because the vehicles are obviously unable to do so.
Instead, Rivian has chosen to play it safer and offer “hands-off” driving features it already knows and is already in the use of rival producers. But it still has to make sure the systems work (and are legal) before thinking about demanding that customers hand over money to them – especially where “eyes” promises are made.
What’s more, only offering the latest technology to owners of the latest rivic models is a sure way to alienate all the early adoptors who bet big and supported the company in the early days.
After all, the dream we are all sold by the software -defined vehicle says cars only get better over time. But as we so often see, this is not always the case.
