Rivian Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN) CEO RJ Scaringe said on Friday that the company expects to move its driver-assist stack from supervised point-to-point driving, similar to Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Full-Self Driving (Supervised), later this year to an unsupervised mode next year.
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Scaringe said during an appearance on the Masters of Scale podcast that this step is aimed at letting drivers take their attention off the road and eventually enabling vehicles to operate without anyone inside.
The autonomy push comes as Illinois Gov. Jay Robert Pritzker touted Rivian's R2 production ramp in Illinois, calling it a milestone for the state and saying he has placed a reservation.
In Illinois, Pritzker used social media on Tuesday to spotlight the Normal factory where the R2 is being ramped, noting the site previously belonged to Mitsubishi and sat idle for about a decade before Rivian's buildout. He described the restart as job creation for central Illinois and a boost to the state's manufacturing footprint.
