Volkswagen’s recent $5 billion joint venture with Rivian has caused unrest within its software division, Cariad. The partnership, announced in June, came after delays and budget overruns at Cariad pushed back the release of key VW, Audi, and Porsche models by nearly two years. Peter Bosch, tasked with turning around Cariad, and his team were excluded from the negotiations, further…
Update 1: Rivian has confirmed the removal of the Tri R1S vehicles from the R1 Shop. The vehicles appeared early and should not have been on there. Rivian has told RivianTrackr that we can expect to see the Tri-Motor R1S vehicles return in the coming weeks. The moment a lot of us have been waiting for has happened, 2025 Rivian…
Rivian has issued a new recall for select 2022-2023 Rivian R1T and R1S models claiming that the maximum vehicle capacity weight value on the tire placard label is incorrect. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, “Tire Selection and Rims.” To resolve the issue, Rivian will mail owners a…
The numbers are out and Rivian managed to sell 5,133 vehicles in the month of August 2024 which brings the annualized run rate to 61,596, surpassing the expected 57,000 that Rivian projected this year. Motor Intelligence, the world’s leading provider of vehicle sales and leasing data for the United States market, shared these numbers on Thursday evening. In July, Rivian…
Rivian’s Chief of Software, Wassym Bensaid, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 about the challenges of building the technology that powers Rivian vehicles, including how they create both software and hardware from scratch. Bensaid joined Rivian in 2019 and has been a key player in developing the company’s integrated software systems. He oversees the design of Rivian’s network architecture, security,…
