Senior reporter Sean O'Kane popped over to Palo Alto to check out Rivian's Autonomy & AI Day, which some insiders told us would be the company's most important event. I'm not sure I would categorize it as such, but how about I let the journalist on the ground give his assessment' It was easy to get lost in the buzz words at times during Rivian's 'Autonomy & AI Day' this week. But there was a clear underlying message being shared: Rivian is trying to build a company that is about more than just selling cars. Rivian's hands-free version of its driver-assistance software ' which today can be used on about 135,000 miles of road ' will expand to 3.5 million miles and include surface streets. This expanded capability, which will launch in early 2026 and eventually include point-to-point hands-free (but eyes on) automated driving comes with a cost of $2,500 or $49.99 per month. Then there is its future hands-off, eyes-off system. Rivian revealed it has developed its own custom 5nm...
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