Written by Abu Hoaroub Roy and Archia Bajwa
(Reuters) – The Rivian Electric Company (NASDAQ 🙂 to launch its advanced systems to help the driver without using hands in 2025 and its “Al -Ain” systems in 2026, said CEO RJ Scaring said on Thursday.
Screen said the advanced driver assistance system that enables drivers to lift their hands from the wheel and remove their eyes from the road will add “a huge amount of value to customers.”
In recent years, auto makers compete to provide more self -driving features such as helping to maintain a path and adaptive control of speed in their cars.
Screen said that advanced driver assistance technology will give buyers “their time to return”, allowing them to use their phones, read books, or send emails while driving.
Screen said that the development of such capabilities in systems is “something that we focus on.”
Rivian's Gen 2 cars are currently equipped with “Rivian Autonomy Platform”, which help drivers but still require their constant interest and control in the car, similar to the features offered by some other auto manufacturers.
The Scaring Declaration comes amid an increasing audit of advanced driver aid systems, as leading electric cars manufacturers such as Tesla (NASDAQ 🙂 on self -driving technology and automatic taxis.
The US National Traffic Safety Administration opened the highway earlier this month an investigation in 2.6 million Tesla cars, after reports of accidents that involve an advantage that allows users to operate their cars remotely.
Trump effect
The company also does not see great risks to its loan to a factory in Georgia of US President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the electric car industry.
Earlier in January, the Review Company and the US Department of Energy have put the finishing touches on a loan agreement of up to $ 6.6 billion to help build a company that manufactures the electric vehicles manufacturer in Georgia.
On Monday, Trump canceled the 2021 executive order issued by his predecessor Joe Biden, which aims to ensure that by 2030, half of all new cars sold in the United States will be electric.
In addition, Trump also called for the end of the waiver that allows the states to adopt the bases of emissions free by 2035, and said that his administration would consider ending the tax exemptions of electric vehicles.
He also threatened Trump to impose customs duties by 25% on the goods coming from Mexico and Canada shadow on the automotive manufacturers and suppliers.
Screen added that the supply chains of car manufacturers in Mexico, which have witnessed investments in hundreds of billions of dollars for decades, will need to be reinstalized, otherwise they will bear higher costs, adding that the effect “may be really harmful.”
“So we are closely watching it.”
(Participated in the coverage of Abu Harb Roy in San Francisco and Archia Bajwa in Bangaluru; edited by Mohamed Safi Shamsi and Alan Baruna)
