Rivian Eyes Lidar Production, Eyes Chinese Partnership

Rivian Automotive is exploring the production of its own lidar sensors for self-driving technology, potentially partnering with a Chinese firm. The company aims to create compact, affordable sensors for its upcoming R2 vehicles, unlike the bulky ones used by Waymo. Rivian acknowledges the innovations in solid-state lidar from China and considers a joint venture to bring this technology to the U.S. They are also investing heavily in custom chips for their self-driving stack, aiming to control their autonomy tech and avoid supplier dependencies. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/b110a88fc801d6ea