Riding onboard with Rivian's race to autonomy

Riding onboard with Rivian's race to autonomy

Rivian demonstrated the progress it's made, and in the process showed just how far it still has to go to make its cars autonomous.

Riding onboard with Rivian’s race to autonomy

The robot swerved through the cafeteria of Rivian’s Palo Alto office, shelves adorned with chilled canned coffees — until it didn’t. Five minutes later, a man carefully pushed it out of everyone’s way, the words “I’m stuck” flashing yellow on the poor droid’s screen. It was an inauspicious start…