Rivian's Point to Point starts reaching early access owners in December, bringing address-to-address driving to Gen 2 R1 and R2. It's the closest Rivian has come to matching Tesla's FSD Supervised, and at half the monthly price.
Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production by mid-2027 to free up space for Cybercabs. With the F-150 Lightning already gone and GM pausing its next-gen trucks, the R1T suddenly has a lot less company.
The automaker lobby wants Congress to permanently ban Chinese vehicles during next week's post-election session. Letting them in with lower tariffs would do more for EV buyers than keeping them out.
A few days with iPhone Duo showed me great hardware held back by software that's still struggling, which sounds a lot like Rivian. R2's software is much better than early R1, but mass market buyers won't be as forgiving.
Rivian has used over-the-air updates to add range to the R1 before, including 14 EPA miles on the R1T without touching the hardware. With my R2 struggling on the highway, that history gives owners some reason for optimism.
A guest contributor and longtime R1T owner shares how spending time with the Rivian R2 reminded them why they fell for their truck in the first place. It's a fun look at how Rivian's smaller SUV can make you appreciate the one already sitting in your driveway.
Rivian's LiDAR R2 won't reach customers until 2027, and I'm starting to think it may never matter much. The more camera-based driving improves, the more I wonder if Tesla was right all along.
Rivian's 2026.31 update brought Google Maps and Waze police and speed camera reports into native navigation, but they only appear during active guidance. It's a useful first step that raises a bigger question about how Rivian should roll out features like this.
I asked Rivian for an update on Universal Hands-Free 2.0 this week and got a one line answer. With Q3 ending September 30, the real question is whether 2.0 is still its own release or already part of Point to Point.
Universal Hands-Free 2.0 was promised for the third quarter and the quarter ends September 30 with stop light response, Auto Park, and On-Ramp to Off-Ramp still missing. Point to Point is still on the books for end of 2026, but it quietly became a limited rollout with everyone else waiting on 2027.
