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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by rootusrootus on Thursday December 11, 2025 @06:43PM (#46238969)
And to be even more real, a staggering amount of drivers won't be able to afford an autonomous driving subscription even if they wanted to. Or a car new enough or in good enough condition to have functional self driving.
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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by LightBug1 on Friday December 12, 2025 @06:44AM (#46243215)
This is the real truth.

For all of the Musky wank chat about the future, with FSD, robots, and popping over to Australia on a Starship ... a vanishingly small amount of people will actually be able to afford it once they "get the pricing right".

We're talking about some impressive technology ... doused in snake oil from the top.

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