Rivian Voice AI is on the track map, says CEO RJ Scaringe
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In an effort to compete with Tesla, the huge AI integration is ongoing in Rivian with the development of the next generation EV platform, partially funded by a $ 5 billion partnership with Volkswagen.
At a press event in San Francisco last Thursday, RJ Scaringe and Chief Software Officer and co-director of the Rivian Volkswagen Technology consortium, Wassym Bensaid, joint details of the AI Roadmap car.
Scaringe has announced that the company plans to freely go hands in 2025, with its eyes off the road in 2026 for Level 3 autonomy, as it described it. Level 2 are the hands on the steering wheel, the eyes on the road with the driver help, like the one available in Rivian autonomy platform By changing the lane, the park by helping, the cruise control and the collision warning. Level 3 is his hands from the wheel, the eyes on the road, where drivers can send text or read a book, but are in the driver’s seat ready to take control of the car if needed. And Level 4 is the hands of the wheel, the eyes on the road, in the Robotaxis operation, with no one in the driver’s seat or even in the car.
“We believe that there is a huge value for customers to have a strong, first level 2, but significant level 3 in very specific areas,” Scaringe said. “Imagine a world where you leave your home. You are still on the vehicle, but you are taking the highway and have all your time back. You can be on your phone, writing email. You don’t have to look at the road. You don’t have to grab the A wheel to say, I am still here.
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“The AI will be widespread throughout the vehicle and will unlock many new possibilities, whether it is driving and autonomy by approaching end -to -end training or in the cabin experience in the vehicle,” Bensaid explained.
As for when drivers will be able to ask Rivian what a red light on the dashboard means – an Amazon skill integrated into AWS Bedrock a year ago and currently released in Volkswagens with Chatgpt integration – Bensaid replied that Rivians They will soon be able to tell the driver what is happening as well as an appointment for the booking service.
“Imagine everything you do today where you touch the ui. In the future, you will be able to do this through voice. And when you think about it, when you drive, it’s really safer to interact with the voice, “he said.
Managing Director of Rivian RJ Scaringe
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A cheaper Rivian
Of course, many strong features are possible with software -determined vehicles, it is simply a matter of resource distribution, Scaringe said, explaining the massage seats controlled by AI are not at the top of the list, nor are they extensive batteries.
“If we said yes to all the countless big ideas, we will have a car that costs $ 300,000, so the magic of the product development process is to make thousands and thousands of commercial decisions.”
He explained that even if they got the cost of battery at $ 60 per kilowatt-hour-a significant drop from the $ 115 per kilowatt-hour industry achieved last year, According to Bloombergnef-The cost to add spectrum to an electric vehicle is still really high. Of the three Rivian battery packages, the most popular was the medium -sized battery package that gets 300 plus miles from the area, Scaringe said. “Customers would prefer to see the price to be reduced.”
Although the company has sold just over 51,000 Ribians, its ambition is to sell millions, which a cheaper, more compact vehicle can help them achieve. Comparatively, Tesla has produced more than 7 million cars and sell close to it.
To this end, Rivian is planning for growth and recently finalized a loan with the US Ministry of Energy for up to $ 6.6 billion for the construction of the Georgian plant. It has also accelerated the pace of exhibition space and service centers in all the US.