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I’d give you twice that, if I was in hands-free mode… :)

Name checks out.

Google Maps will occasionally direct me to make a right turn and then a U-turn instead of the perfectly desirable left-turn lane with a protected green arrow, so I dunno about giving it priority.

My TLDR of the OP’s TLDR of the Autoblog’s TLDR of the Stratechery podcast (only available on Spotify, for $15 per month) is: “Other car maker’s software than Rivian and Telsa sucks and Carplay is the preferred escape path, but it’s not very good at the actual important car stuf and creating a...

Note: In the event of ownership transfer, a one-time purchase of Autonomy+ stays with the vehicle.

No. LIDAR is “just” a different type of sensor with its own strengths and limitations. Traditionally it was quite expensive and so the more cost advantageous approach was to use it to map entire roads for high resolution maps, meaning pointing in every direction and storing those results...

Some people struggle to learn that jokes have boundaries, and the medium of their delivery can muddy their intent, their reach, and their reception. I still fail at this.

I wonder what it would cost Rivian to buy those samples for the, ah, discriminating Rivian owner.

I have to disagree. One major concern people (at least should) have is the privacy of their AI communications. If Rivian controls the majority of your vehicle-related AI interaction then at least we don’t have to worry about Google changing their mind about data sharing and sharing your...

That’s a significant margin over the stragglers.

Is it just me or does Kirk look pretty much like he did in half of his episodes.

Hear me out out … “Space Tunnels” !

They think they’re pushing the brake but simply not hard enough so they push the accelerator even harder. I’ve been a passenger in a car when this happened. It maxed out their insurance from the property damage it caused.

Service could be trivial for a system such as this because the bikes are not *that* expensive that Rivian mobile couldn’t service them for you by simply bringing a new bike in the bed of an R1T (no need for the expense of tow trucks, etc.), swapping out any customization from your’s, leaving you...