Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free

Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by dv_dt on Friday December 12, 2025 @08:02AM (#46243724)

Maybe, but it might just push many would-be car owners to just use a service and forego buying a car altogether. What's the point of paying the capital expense, and a subscription expense for a car vs just calling up a Waymo. The traditional car makers should really be wary as they've historically been terrible at service offerings.

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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by wongarsu on Friday December 12, 2025 @08:09AM (#46243783)

In the next step, somebody will notice that many people drive to the same destination (like a large shopping mall or an airport) and try to offer to take them in the same self-driving car for a discount. Over time those vehicles might grow to seat as may as 30-100 people and stop at multiple destinations

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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by barnas2 on Friday December 12, 2025 @08:13AM (#46243810)

Incredible startup idea. While we wait for the self driving tech, maybe we could pay specially trained people to drive these vehicles?

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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by rangestransform on Friday December 12, 2025 @02:49PM (#46248010)

Labour is over 50% of the cost for the MTA, we could run more routes and shorter headways with autonomy

Who am I kidding, the NYC unions would rather burn down waymos than accept autonomy

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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by prepend on Friday December 12, 2025 @03:54PM (#46248823)

I get your joke. But I like paying more to ride by myself.

It’s the driving I don’t like.

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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by strange_quark on Friday December 12, 2025 @09:40AM (#46244571)

People said this about Uber 15 years ago, and well, that didn’t happen.

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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by dv_dt on Friday December 12, 2025 @10:13AM (#46244860)

15 years ago we were supposed to have self driving cars in three years

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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by bluGill on Friday December 12, 2025 @12:28PM (#46246351)

If you rarely drive using a service might be worth it. However if you drive more often it will be worth having your own car because it is ready when you want to go. I have a second car that I rarely use - but if I got rid of it a uber is 15 minutes away when I want to go, and the local rental car place is always sold out if I didn't reserve a week in advance.

Even if I'm using a service, someone needs to make the cars the service uses - the car manufactures are not going anywhere, they just get a different customer.

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