The way to watch Rivian’s Autonomy and AI day and what to anticipate

Rivian is about to present the general public and its buyers one other style of its future with an occasion targeted on autonomy and AI on December 11. The corporate’s Autonomy and AI day begins at 12PM ET. You possibly can watch the occasion through the Rivian website. We’ll be liveblogging the Autonomy and AI day proper right here on Engadget, so we’ll be recapping the main information because it occurs and sharing our reactions.

As for what to anticipate, the identify of the occasion clearly signifies that Rivian will probably be speaking about autonomous operation of its autos. RivianTrackr speculates, fairly moderately, that the corporate will share extra about what CEO RJ Scaringe has known as a Common Palms Free function. Scaringe recently said he’d spent two hours touring round Palo Alto, California, in a second-gen Rivian R1 with the car caring for every thing by itself. It stands to motive that Rivian will a minimum of provide up a demo of Common Palms Free forward of the company’s more affordable R2 model making its debut in 2026.

Earlier this yr, Rivian said that, for 2026, “a hands-off/eyes-off function is deliberate for managed circumstances with our present Gen 2 autos.” So, this Autonomy and AI day appears nearly as good a chance as any for the corporate to share extra particulars about that. When Rivian unveiled the first-generation R1T and R1S in 2018, it mentioned these would support Level 3 autonomy, permitting for the driving force to take their arms and eyes off the highway for brief spells whereas they’re on the freeway.

RivianTrackr additionally means that we might hear extra about Rivian’s sensor technique in addition to its AI and fleet-learning initiatives. The corporate might provide up a extra detailed autonomy roadmap as properly. Nonetheless, the publication suggests Rivian is not fairly able to announce rollout retails or agency pricing for full hands-off driving options.