Early Rivian R2 vehicles will not include lidar sensors. Rivian leadership says buyers will not notice meaningful differences between lidar-equipped and lidar-less models for some time. Rivian plans to use lidar-equipped vehicles to build an improved data flywheel for its Large Driving Model, benefiting Gen2+ fleets regardless of sensor suite. Rivian’s autonomy and AI leadership states that autonomous driver assistance capabilities are expected to remain the same between different sensor configurations. The change has raised concerns among early adopters, including those worried about technological lag compared with later autonomy-focused hardware updates.
"“Lidar-equipped vehicles will form the foundation of an improved data flywheel for our Large Driving Model (LDM), with benefits that accrue to the entire Gen2+ fleets, regardless of sensor suite,” said Philbin in a response to a question regarding autonomy capabilities between lidar-equipped and lidar-less models."
"“We do not expect a noticeable difference between lidar and non-lidar vehicles for some time.” Philbin went on the say that the company believes that the autonomous driver assistance capabilities are expected to remain the same between Rivian's Gen 2 an"
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